The Christmas Cafe

 A couple of years ago, I was fortunate to find a Little Tikes kitchen here for a decent price. It was used and definitely loved, missing a few things but it was great for our apartment. After a while, though, playthings tend to get forgotten or little used but I decided to change that. I stocked our play kitchen with felt sweets that I had either found or bought from Ikea. I included the gingerbread man cookies that I made for my tot bag and some snowman ornaments that never made it to the tree. I added a fake candle, a tablecloth, pipe cleaner candy canes, table and our Christmas Cafe was born.

We made a sign and set our table for business. J was the owner and she was all too willing to serve us. I helped her develop a picture representation of the menu so she could remember what we ordered correctly.

J is serving our drinks with a smile. The Christmas Cafe only serves treats with coffee, hot chocolate, and tea.

Kaleb loves the "sugar" from the sugar bowl.

The gingerbread cookies were popular as well. We dipped them in our pretend hot chocolate.

They played at this all week. Anyone who visited the house just had to pay a visit to the Christmas Cafe. This was a great way to breathe new life into a toy that has otherwise been somewhat forgotten. We definitely had fun. If you are ever in town, please join us at the Christmas Cafe.