Printable activity pack · ages 2–4
The Ridiculous Monster Café
Take the order. Make a ridiculous meal. Swap jobs and open again.
- Ages
- 2–4Flexible starting guide
- Players
- One child and a grown-up; swap roles or invite another player.
- First print
- 3 play sheets9 pages in the full file
Here’s the adventure.
Take the order. Make a ridiculous meal. Swap jobs and open again.
What you’ll find inside
- 9 picture-first pages with a three-picture start
- Twelve illustrated ingredient cards and twelve customer orders
- A large serving mat and a reusable menu
- Three character portraits for pretend customers
- Blank ingredients and orders, with a grown-up answer reference
Start here
Show one customer order. Let your cook choose a painted food piece and serve it on the café table.
Then try it another way
Twelve orders, make-your-own ingredients and customers, and open pretend restaurant play. Swap cook and customer.
From the actual pack
A peek inside.
Ready for paper?
Choose your print file.
Pick the paper in your printer, then colour or low ink. Each PDF contains the complete pack.
A smaller first print
Play sheets: pages 2, 4, 6. First play sheets: 2, 4, 6. Pages 2–6: five play sheets. Pages 2–3 are the full ingredient set; pages 4–5 the twelve orders; page 6 the serving mat. Print pages 2, 4 and 6. Every starter order has at least one match among those first six ingredients. Introduce two or three pieces at a time. Page 7 supplies blank orders and ingredients. Page 8 has large customer puppets and a menu. Read guide 1 and answer reference 9 on screen. A grown-up cuts outside the large rectangles. No-cut play: leave ingredient sheets intact and point to the chosen piece; draw or describe the finished meal.
Print single-sided at 100% / actual size. Use the matching paper size. The PDFs leave a white border for home printing.
Local revised edition. Actual home printing and family play are still untested.