Little People's Baking Set

I found out recently that it's pretty well impossible to find a useful boxed up baking set for children.We all know that there are a few more things needed than some wooden spoons, whisks and chef's hat.

I decided I'd have to collect individual pieces to make up the set I planned to wrap alongside a pretty little girl's apron. Because this was not as easy as one would think, I thought it worth to share my find at the Cobblestone Kitchen Store . . . not to advertise for this store . . . but simply to tell you where I found these cute tiny tools. Probably any Kitchen Store would do . . . as opposed to the local toy department.

The smile on the face of a special four-year old, back in January, was worth the search! To top it off, I did not realize how fun this gift had looked to another girl in the room, until she recently requested the same for her Birthday. So back I went.

Both times, the hardest to find were tiny baking pans. I know there are pie plates etc, but I like the idea of a child having his or her own cookie sheets . . . especially since what we mostly bake together is buns and cookies.  For the first gift, I got some little pans at the MCC store and bought them all. So now I scoured places that sold toaster ovens, to see if one could buy extra little pans that go with a toaster oven. I came up empty handed several times, until I found a rack at Walmart that sold an assortment of tiny Wilton cake pans . . . and on the very bottom rung hung these little cookie sheets that just made my day! Sometimes it really is the little things that matter most.