BAKING CLASSES FOR PRE SCHOOLERS

[laurlaur]

BAKING CLASSES FOR PRE SCHOOLERS: Dear all, I am thinking of starting up a pre-school baking class. I thought I might see if local parents/carers might be interested. I'm trying to work out how long each class should be and what to charge. Obviously I need to think about the ingredients and equipment that I'll need. I can't make a loss but also don't want to charge too much to put people off. I was thinking of a class that ran from 10am-11.30, this should allow for school drop off and pick up. Every week the children would make something different, whether int be novelty fairy cakes, spiced decorated biscuits or flapjacks. They would wash their hands, pinny up, measure and weigh, mix, bake and decorate depending on what we're making. While things are cooking we'd be washing up and preparing icing/packaging. I thought I would invite the parent/carer to stay if they want to help or possibly to have coffee in the sitting room. What I don't need is a load of women standing around chatting while I'm trying to help their lovelies.

Please help me and tell me what you think. I love baking and kids so this seems like the perfect idea for me but it may not be worth all the effort.

Thanks

Laura

Whoops put this in Residential earlier!!

[Pickle]

Hi Laura,

This kind of thing is already well established in the area, Crafty Cooks run classes, and I think I've seen others advertised too.

[Piaf]

But I think it would be lovely in a home setting and crafty cooks etc I think covers a wider age group? I think you could charge about ?5+ ... Go for it!