Kitchen tools · Cooking together

20 Fun Kitchen Tools for Cooking with Children

A ninja for the chopping. A vampire for the garlic.
A proper job for every character.

Meet the kitchen crew

An adult preparing an onion on the wooden Ninja Board, with a standing ninja-shaped board beside it

Bring a little character to cooking with children: measure with an ice-cream cone, separate eggs with a pig, or send a vampire after the garlic. These 20 playful kitchen tools pair a visual joke with an everyday job.

Start with something your family already does—baking, making sandwiches or washing up. Choose a playful tool that earns its place in the kitchen.

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Prep together

01

Gracula vampire garlic crusher

Crushing peeled garlic

For a vampire, this is an extraordinary career choice. Gracula crushes garlic inside his little body with a twist, putting his natural enemy right at the centre of dinner prep.

An adult should open and empty it; keep fingers away from the crushing teeth.

02

Splatypus platypus jar scraper

Scraping and spreading

A platypus has taken responsibility for the last spoonful of jam. Splatypus is a jar scraper whose long bill reaches into a container and doubles as a spreader.

An adult can steady the jar and portion ingredients as needed.

03

YolkPig pig-shaped egg separator

Separating egg yolks

This pig is remarkably fussy about breakfast: only the yolk will do. Peleg Design’s YolkPig uses a squeeze-and-release action to lift a yolk away from the white.

Wash hands and work surfaces after handling raw eggs.

04

Lemongator alligator lemon squeezer

Squeezing citrus

An alligator has bitten the lemon, and lemonade is the happy consequence. OTOTO’s Lemongator puts citrus between a pair of jaws that press out the juice.

Keep fingers clear of the hinge and pressing surfaces. The brand listing showed sold out during research.

05

Rockula vampire rocking garlic press

Pressing garlic on a board

Another vampire has decided to settle matters with garlic personally. Rockula works with a rocking motion across a clove on a board, making the pressing action easy to see.

Pressing takes force. An adult should prepare the cloves and supervise any hands-on use.

06

Gratiator sword-shaped cheese grater

Grating cheese

Dinner’s most dramatic accessory has a very modest mission: more cheese. Gratiator is a real cheese grater shaped like a little sword, making it a playful addition to family pasta night.

The grating surface is sharp. Keep the tool under adult control unless the child can use it with direct supervision.

07

Ninja Board cutting board and knife

An adult’s chopping station

The vegetables have attracted a suspiciously well-equipped ninja. This wooden cutting board comes with a knife that slots into the character’s body.

The included knife is for the adult to handle and store securely; this is not a children’s knife set.

08

Coney ice-cream measuring cups

Measuring baking ingredients

Dessert appears to have arrived before anyone has baked anything. OTOTO’s Coney disguises measuring cups as a stackable ice-cream cone, giving flour and sugar a much more entertaining route into the bowl.

Check the marked capacity against your recipe; the pieces are kitchen utensils, not pretend food.

Cook & serve

09

Pan Man superhero spatula

Flipping and serving food

At last, a superhero whose cape is useful at breakfast. Pan Man turns that flowing costume into a spatula for flipping and serving food.

An adult handles the hot pan and cooking surface.

10

Egguins penguin egg holder

Cooking, storing and serving eggs

Each egg gives a penguin its white belly, which is a fine reason to look twice at breakfast. Egguins holds up to six eggs in a small colony that can go from cooking to storage and serving.

An adult must lower and lift the holder in boiling water and handle the hot eggs.

11

Pastail whale-shaped colander

Rinsing and draining

A whale has swallowed the kitchen colander, and its tail is now the handle. Pastail gives rinsing and draining a wonderfully literal sea-creature shape.

An adult should drain hot pasta and handle boiling water.

12

Sparrow salad bowl with bird servers

Tossing and serving salad

These birds have found a nest with a generous supply of lettuce. Qualy’s Sparrow salad bowl comes with bird-shaped servers that perch at the rim between jobs.

Help support the bowl and serve portions when needed.

13

Bernie bunny toaster tongs

Picking up toast and pastries

Bernie’s unusually long ears have found employment at breakfast. These wooden bunny tongs grip toast and pastries, giving a simple serving tool a face children can recognise.

An adult operates the toaster and retrieves toast; keep children’s task away from the appliance.

14

Agatha witch spoon holder

Holding a spoon or propping a lid

Agatha has swapped the broomstick for a cooking spoon. This little witch sits at a pot’s rim to hold a utensil or help prop a lid, turning the adult’s cooking station into something worth noticing.

An adult should position or adjust Agatha on hot cookware and keep hands clear of steam.

15

Aqua crab spoon holder

Supporting cooking utensils

Aqua has finally found a constructive use for those claws. This silicone crab holds a cooking utensil and can help prop a pot lid, adding a tiny seaside scene to the stove.

Adults should handle the crab around hot pans, lids and steam.

Clean up

16

Dustache moustache dustpan and brush

Sweeping up small messes

This moustache positively welcomes crumbs. Dustache combines a small dustpan with a brush whose bristles become a grand piece of facial hair.

Keep it for ordinary crumbs; adults should clean broken glass and other sharp debris.

17

Cleo lion bottle brush

Scrubbing inside bottles

Cleo has brought a magnificent mane to a fairly unglamorous job. This lion-shaped bottle cleaner uses flexible silicone bristles to scrub inside containers, turning the wash-up into a small encounter with wildlife.

An adult should control the water temperature and supervise washing.

18

Beardy gnome dish brush

Scrubbing dishes

This gnome has put his beard to work on the washing-up. Hold Beardy by his hat and use the bristles underneath to scrub dishes—a small household job with a very committed character.

An adult should check the water temperature and handle sharp utensils or breakable items.

19

Dracowave dragon microwave cleaner

Loosening microwave splatters with steam

This dragon breathes steam, and yesterday’s splattered sauce is in trouble. Dracowave is a microwave cleaner that helps loosen residue so an adult can wipe it away.

Adults handle filling, heating, cooling, removal and wiping; follow the product’s instructions for hot steam.

20

Angry Mama microwave cleaners, two-pack

Steam-assisted microwave cleaning

Angry Mama has noticed the state of the microwave and is visibly unimpressed. This Abnaok two-pack uses water and vinegar to generate steam that helps loosen food residue for wiping.

Adults handle the entire heated-cleaning process. Follow the supplied instructions and allow cooling before handling.

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