How to Make Breakfast in Bed for Your Mom
Make your mom smile by serving her breakfast in bed.
Instructions
- Step 1: Pick mom’s favorite Pick one of mom’s favorite breakfast foods. Cereal? A frozen waffle? Toast with jelly? Remember, leaving a big mess in the kitchen won’t be a very nice gift for her!
- TIP: If you need to use the toaster or microwave, ask your dad or an older brother or sister to help you.
- Step 2: Make a menu Take a piece of colored construction paper and write a fancy menu for the tray, including the date. It will be a nice keepsake for Mom.
- Step 3: Prepare the tray Before you get the food ready, prepare the tray. Spread a cloth napkin or a clean dish towel on the tray. Add a napkin and Mom’s good cutlery.
- Step 4: Add a flower Add a flower. If you can’t pick a fresh one, see if there’s a fake arrangement in the house that you can pluck one from. Put it in a bud vase, if you have one. If not, a tall drinking glass will do just as nicely.
- TIP: Don’t serve breakfast too early—part of your present should be letting Mom sleep in!
- Step 5: Pour juice Pour mom a small glass of juice and put it on the tray.
- Step 6: Add extras Add whatever extras mom may need—pats of butter, a tiny pot of jam, a small pitcher of syrup. If you have someone older helping you, heating the syrup is a nice touch.
- TIP: If you’re including butter, cut a pat and then use a cheese spreader to cut it into a heart shape.
- Step 7: Prepare the food When everything else is in place, prepare the food. You want to make sure you can serve it warm—unless cold cereal is on the menu, of course!
- Step 8: Sit with Mom Sit with Mom as she enjoys her breakfast in bed. The only thing Moms like better than breakfast in bed is spending time with you!
- FACT: One-quarter of moms say they’d love breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day.
You Will Need
- Breakfast food
- A piece of construction paper
- A pen or magic marker
- A tray
- Two cloth napkins
- Plate or bowl
- Utensils
- A flower
- real or fake
- A bud vase or tall glass
- A clean dishtowel
- A cheese spreader