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6 Cool Coffee Shop Crafts to Keep Your Kids EntertainedM
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With Hand Drawn Instructions
playful parenting
Six creative ways, using the materials found in coffee shops, to keep your kids entertained while you enjoy your coffee!
No.1 Espresso train
![Coffee shop activity: Espresso Train](https://makefuncreating.com/images/content/collections/posts/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop/photo-6/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop-1000px.jpg)
Keeps kids entertained for: 15 mins
Pros: Kids love trains, enough said!
Cons: Adults will need to get heavily involved
![Coffee shop activity: Espresso train how-to illustration](https://makefuncreating.com/images/content/collections/posts/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop/how-to-2/1000px.jpg)
Step 1: Take the cardboard sleeve nd add four additional folds.
Step 2: Shape it until it takes on a rectangular shape when viewd from above.
![Coffee shop activity: Espresso train how-to illustration](https://makefuncreating.com/images/content/collections/posts/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop/how-to-3/1000px.jpg)
Step 4: Draw a train onto each side of the sleeve and carefully tear around the train, removing the areas indicated in light red above.
Step 5: Break off pieces of a stirring stick and push them through the base of the sleeve, to form axles.
Step 6: Grab an instore leaflet and draw train wheels onto it, tear them out and force them onto the ends of the axles.
As a final touch, stick another piece of stirring stick in the chimney and push on crumpled pieces of napkin to create clouds!
No.2 Stick house
![Coffee shop activity: Stick House](https://makefuncreating.com/images/content/collections/posts/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop/photo-5/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop-1000px.jpg)
Keeps kids entertained for: 10mins
Pros: The perfect starter for older kids (7+)
Cons: Some parent involvement required
![Coffee shop activity: Stick house how-to illustration](https://makefuncreating.com/images/content/collections/posts/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop/how-to-1/1000px.jpg)
Step 1: Take one stick and hold it vertically. Overlay two more sticks so they form a cross towards the bottom third of the vertical stick.
Step 2: Interlock two horizontal sticks, one at the top and one at the bottom.
Step 3: Add another two sticks to form the roof.
Step 4: Add the final two sticks to form the sides of the house.
Step 5: Snap off the bottom of the side sticks so they are flush with the bottom of the house. That’s it!
No.3 Table football
![Coffee shop activity: Table Football](https://makefuncreating.com/images/content/collections/posts/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop/photo-1/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop-1000px.jpg)
Keeps kids entertained for: 10min
Pros: Very easy, and great for more than one child
Cons: It can get a bit noisy!
Make a football by screwing up a small piece of paper napkin. Create goals from paper cups. Use straws to blow the football between the posts.
No.4 Checker board
![Coffee shop activity: Checker Board](https://makefuncreating.com/images/content/collections/posts/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop/photo-2/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop-1000px.jpg)
Keeps kids entertained for: 10mins
Pros: Great challenge for older kids (7+)
Cons: You need a lot of sticks!
Weaves the stirring sticks in and out… just as if you were making a rug!
No.5 Wagon wheel
![Coffee shop activity: Wagon Wheel](https://makefuncreating.com/images/content/collections/posts/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop/photo-3/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop-1000px.jpg)
Keeps kids entertained for: 5mins
Pros: One for the young children (3+)
Cons: You can’t take it away with you.
Carefully position the sticks on top of each other, slightly rotating each stick.
No.6 Baby sick!
![Coffee shop activity: Baby Sick](https://makefuncreating.com/images/content/collections/posts/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop/photo-4/keep-kids-busy-at-a-coffee-shop-1000px.jpg)
Keeps kids entertained for: 8mins
Pros: You only need a pen…
Cons: …it needs to be a permanent marker
Turn the plastic lid of a paper cup into a face using a marker pen. Tip the cup on its side (make sure its empty) and position it in front of a small spillage!
Creative Takeaway
Always choose a coffee shop that has wooden stirring sticks, they are the most useful of all the materials.
Always keep a marker pen in your bag, because if all else fails, the kids can just decorate their paper cup.