It’s now a breeze to organise your little one’s next party with this divine range of birthday invitation cards. Sydney designer Katie King has put together a sophisticated palette of stripes in combination with numbers. The vibrant colour and bold designs are juxtaposed with brown kraft paper envelopes.

They’re available for ages 1 all the way through to 10. Cards come in packs of 10 (all same age).

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Here’s some we prepared earlier!

Preparation Time
45 mins (including 30 mins resting time for the gingerbread)

Cooking Time
10 minutes

Gingerbread Ingredients
125g Butter at room temperature
100g (1/2 cup, firmly packed) Brown Sugar
125ml (1/2 cup) Golden Syrup
375g (2 ½ cups) Plain Flour
1tbs Ground Ginger
½ tsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Nutmeg
½ tsp Salt
1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
1 Egg Yolk

Icing
1 Egg White
150g (1 cup) Pure Icing Sugar, sifted

Method
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.
Mix butter and sugar in bowl until pale and creamy. Add egg yolk, golden syrup and mix until combined.
Stir in flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda.

Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.
Press dough into a disc, cover with plastic and place in fridge for 30 minutes to rest.

Meanwhile, place egg white in a clean, dry bowl. Use and electric beater to beat until soft peaks form.
Gradually add icing sugar and beat until still peaks form. Cover with plastic and store in the fridge.

Put the dough between two sheets of baking paper and roll out until about 4mm thick.Use a 9 cm gingerbread man cutter to cut out shapes. You could also use a Christmas tree shape, or any other festive cutter. Place on trays approx 3cm apart.

Bake in oven for 10 mins until brown. Remove from over and transfer to a rack to cool.

Place prepared icing in small plastic zip lock bags. Snip a small hole in the corner of each bag.
Pipe icing over ginger bread to decorate.

You’re done! All that’s left to do is enjoy them!

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It seems that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) is having an impact on everything!

Beat the Global Financial Crisis!

With the household budget being increasingly challenged, Wholesome Productions has the answer to make sure all the doom and gloom does not extend to your children’s fun!

There is no doubt that kids birthday parties and group activities can be expensive. The cost of hiring clowns, a mobile petting zoo or bouncy castles can be prohibitive for many.

But now there’s no need for your children to miss out, in fact there is a simple answer to throwing a memorable and fun kids party for a very reasonable cost.

You can host your own DIY Kids Cooking Party using one of the specially designed kits designed by Wholesome Productions.

If you look at the cost per child, our kits can work out from under AUD $13 per child.

And here’s the bonus, each child gets to take home items such as a Chef’s Hat, Apron or other cooking utensils (depending on kit selected) – so the price basically includes the party bag goodies too!

Plus, all the children get to bake tasty treats such as Pizza or Cookies while learning kitchen skills and about good health and nutrition.

Check out our DIY Kids Cooking Party Kits here and all of the other kids cooking kits, party decorations and cookware on our online store.

Forget the GFC and ensure children can still have fun!

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Worlds Cutest Little Chef Photo Competition

$450 in PRIZE VOUCHERS to be won!

Simply email a photo of your little chef (or chefs!) at work in the kitchen for your chance to win!

The entry deadline is now 31 May 2009 when Wholesome Productions founder, Sam Skinner, will select the top three photos.

1st Prize: $250 VOUCHER
2nd Prize: $150 VOUCHER
3rd Prize: $50 VOUCHER

Entering is easy!

If you’re not a member of our website already, register first using the link above and then email your photo as a jpeg attachment to:

cutestlittlechef@wholesomeproductions.com.au

Please ensure your email contains the name of the adult Wholesome Productions account holder who is entering the competition.
Also include your hometown and country.

The names of little chefs will not be published without the permission of the adult entrant.

Good luck!

Sam, Wholesome Productions.

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After requests from customers, we’ve added Kid’s Cooking Party Kits to our range.

They’re a great way to celebrate birthdays, sleepovers or a fun school holiday activity.  The range currently includes Pizza Party Kits and Cookie Baking Party Kits for groups of 6 to 18 little chefs!

Premium Cookie Baking Kit for 12 Children

The sets include everything you need to host your own cooking party, all you need to do is send out the invites and buy a few basic ingredients!

Wholesome Productions Kids’ Cooking Parties come with triple-tested recipes, a shopping list, plus chef’s hats, aprons and utensils – depending on which kit you buy.  There’s even a ‘How to host a Kids Cooking Party’ guide in the box, so everyone has fun – including the grown ups!

Premium Pizza Baking Kit for 12 Children

Check out the range here at our online store. Whatever you party size we have a kit to suit, plus we have great little treat bags also available that make organising a party too easy!

This post is from the Blog of Wholesome Productions Kids Cooking. Subscribe to our Newsletter now for a 5% Off Voucher, plus easy kids recipes and great ideas for little chefs!

This post is from the Blog of Wholesome Productions Kids Cooking. Subscribe to our Newsletter now for a 5% Off Voucher, plus easy kids recipes and great ideas for little chefs!