Thinking for an activity for you and your son is hard work and that is why one of the activities that you could do would be by teaching him to help you out in the kitchen. Time has changed. Men who are good in the kitchen are very much appreciated now and so why not make an early start your child. If you ever watched the “Master Chef Junior edition,” you would be amazed on the food that 8 year – olds are able to prepare. They were exposed in the kitchen at a very young age so why not try it out with your son. Of course, you should start with the most basic recipes like baking cookies for example. You could start off your activity together by teaching him the basics of measuring through cups and spoons. You could tell him the importance of following the proper measurements in baking. After which, you could start mixing the ingredients all together, dry ingredients and wet ingredients would be mixed together and after which, the best part, you could let your son do the cutting of the cookie dough. You can give him the tool cookie cutters and let him decide on the shape of the cookies and I am sure that this is the second best part next to eating the cookies when it is done being baked.
You can teach him on how to properly use the tool cookie cutters and you can even introduce other cookie cutters to make his day. There are just so many things that you could do with the cookie dough. At the end of the activity, not only did you and your son have a great time but you definitely paved the way for him to start loving the kitchen.