Crystal turned nine and her parents wanted to celebrate it in an alternative way than the usual birthday party.   There was no clown, a magic show, a pool party, someone making balloon animals or the usual birthday party for the girl that was turning nine.  Her parents wanted to celebrate it in more of a productive and creative way.

Crystal always enjoyed helping her mom cook and wants to help out in the kitchen but her mom, being the busy mom don’t always have the time to teach her daughter how to cook.  She wants to get through the cooking to have dinner on the table in a timely manner.  So what’s a mom to do in celebrating her daughter’s 9th birthday?

Solution: Have a professional teach her by having a cooking lesson party by a real chef for the birthday girl and her 5 closest friends!

That’s where Chef Julie comes in.  (for the food part, you can go to Chef Julie’s blog to get the details)

And that’s where I come in to document the event of the cooking class for Crystal and her friends!

cute little kid-friendly recipe notes

the birthday girl enjoying the participation of the class

the awesome helper Amy providing the extra hand..

the girls mixing their very own Fizzy Strawberry Ice Cream Float that they made

making their own Pita Chips from scratch

the little gift bags provided by Chef Julie.  Crystal was a little excited as you can tell on the right

i think they enjoyed this part =)

making their own Easy Ravioli

crystal making her favorite food…

…the cupcakes!

their very own apron!

customized aprons! part of their side activity away from the kitchen

decorating her own birthday cupcake!

and making a wish!!  They loved their cupcakes!