March Madness isn’t just for basketball fans—it’s for cookie lovers, too! 🍪🏀 If your family loves sweet treats and a little friendly competition, our Cookie Madness Tournament is the perfect way to have fun together this season.
Not only do you get to vote on your favorite flavors, but this is also a great opportunity to bring your little ones into the kitchen. Baking with kids is a wonderful way to bond, teach basic cooking skills, and create sweet memories. Plus, it’s an interactive activity that helps kids develop creativity and confidence in the kitchen!
So, while you’re casting votes for your favorite cookies in our tournament, why not let the kids help out and make some of their own? Here are some fun baking activities for kids to get them excited about cookies, taste-testing, and March Madness fun!
1️⃣ Create Your Own Cookie Bracket at Home
Before voting begins, get your kids involved by making a Cookie Madness Bracket at home! Print out our tournament lineup (or draw your own on paper) and let them predict which flavors will win. This is a great way to make baking fun for kids while adding a little friendly family competition.
How to Make It Fun:
✅ Use stickers, markers, or drawings to decorate your bracket. ✅ Get creative—have kids draw what they think each cookie flavor looks like. ✅ Offer a prize—whoever has the most correct guesses at the end gets to pick the next baking project!
Pro Tip: If your kids love art, let them design their own fantasy cookie flavors and “enter” them into a mini bracket for fun!
2️⃣ Fun Baking Activity: Bake & Taste-Test Cookies Together
Instead of just voting, take the fun up a notch by baking some of the competing cookie flavors at home! Let your kids help make a batch of cookies from the tournament lineup and turn it into a fun family taste test.
Kid-Friendly Ways to Help in the Kitchen:
👧 Toddlers (Ages 2-4): Pouring ingredients, stirring, adding sprinkles. 👦 Preschoolers (Ages 4-6): Rolling dough, using cookie cutters, placing dough on baking sheets. 👩🍳 Older Kids (Ages 6+): Measuring ingredients, cracking eggs, reading the recipe aloud.
Make It a Cookie Taste Test!
Blindfold your kids and have them try different cookies to guess the flavors. This is a great sensory activity that helps kids explore textures and tastes while making baking extra fun!
🔹 Pro Tip: Let kids rate the cookies on a “scorecard” (taste, texture, and overall favorite) to make them feel like real judges!
3️⃣ Let Kids Play ‘Cookie Judge’ with a Cookie Scorecard
Since voting is a big part of our tournament, let your little ones become the judges at home! Create a simple cookie scorecard where they rate cookies based on:
✅ Taste: Sweet, salty, chocolatey, nutty? ✅ Texture: Crunchy, soft, chewy? ✅ Appearance: Prettiest cookie? Funniest looking? ✅ Overall Favorite
Why This Is Great for Kids: ✔️ Encourages critical thinking and decision-making ✔️ Builds vocabulary (describing flavors and textures) ✔️ Makes them feel engaged and involved
Bonus Fun: Give them a judge’s badge or chef’s hat while they score the cookies—it makes the experience feel extra special!
4️⃣ Decorate Cookies Like a Champion
Even if you’re not baking from scratch, kids LOVE decorating cookies! Buy or bake plain sugar cookies and set up a DIY decorating station with:
🎨 Colored icings ✨ Sprinkles 🍫 Chocolate chips 🍬 Crushed candies
Challenge your kids to decorate a cookie inspired by their favorite tournament flavor. Snap a picture and tag us on Instagram—we’d love to share your little bakers’ creations!
5️⃣ Celebrate the Winning Cookie with a Family Baking Party!
As the tournament goes on, check in daily with your kids to see which cookies advanced to the next round. When the final winning cookie is crowned, celebrate by baking a batch of it together!
📍 Fun Family Idea: Have a cookie party with milk, pajamas, and a cozy movie night featuring the winning cookie flavor!
If your kids submitted the winning cookie flavor in our tournament, they’ll even win a dozen cookies for free! What better way to end Cookie Madness? 🎉
Join the Fun: Vote for Your Favorite Cookies!
Our Cookie Madness Tournament starts Thursday, March 20th, and we want you and your family to be part of it!
📍 How to join: ✅ Follow us on Instagram and vote in our stories! ✅ Comment below with your family’s favorite cookie flavor! ✅ Tag us in your baking adventures so we can share your sweet creations!
Let’s make March the most delicious month of the year! 🍪🏀 What’s your family’s all-time favorite cookie? Drop it in the comments below!
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