Kitchen Safety / Chicken Pot Pie

An educational yet tasty activity. I had the girls sign up to bring different ingredients (really the mom's on our Facebook page) like chicken, stock, carrots, frozen peas and corn, potatoes, butter, cheese, etc. If you do this activity, you may want to get the chicken in the oven first thing as this is what held us up at the end, waiting for it to finish cooking. We talked about rules of safety in the kitchen like no goofing off, being aware of your surroundings, knife safety, hot pots and pans safety, etc. We then had the girls break off into different assignments depending on their age and maturity level (older girls used the knives, younger grated cheese or peeled potatoes). We had some cutting up veggies, some peeling, some grating, some making crust, some making gravy. We then dumped it all in a big bowl to mix it together. I bought 8x8 square pans for each of the girls and we divided up the filling for each of them. we then sprinkled cheese on and then rolled out the dough for the crust on top. the girls tucked in edges and poked holes to let out the steam. The pot pies got wrapped in foil and baking instructions attached. Each girl got to take a pot pie home to bake the next night for their families.