• Allow your budding chef to decorate her own hat.china figure of chef isolated on white image by Elnur from <a href='http://www.fotolia.com'>Fotolia.com</a>
  
  Most professional chefs have very strict rules about what they can wear in the kitchen, and tradition calls for a white chef's hat with no decoration in almost all cases. Luckily, your small budding chefs don't have such rules. Whether you're hosting a child's cooking party or you just have a chef in the making at home, small disposable chef's hats are a blank slate for creative expressions of all kinds.
  
  

Girly Cooks

• Use glitter glue to write each girl's name on her chef hat. Provide bottles of school glue and an assortment of sequins, glitter, ribbons and charms so that each girl can add her own style to her hat. Make sure that all of the embellishments are securely glued, and allow the hats to dry thoroughly before being used. Allow the girls to wear the hats while serving food to show off their creativity in another way.
  
  

Rainbow

• Provide a large collection of felt-tip markers to the party-goers and allow each child to decorate his own hat. You might suggest a theme, such as Disney movies or favorite foods, or let their imagination flow and let them do what they want with the hats. These chef hats are perfectly safe to use while cooking, so allow the small chefs to use them while cooking their masterpieces.
  
  

Foam Scene

• Purchase grab bags of craft foam shapes that are designed for scrapbooking and other crafts. Allow the children to create scenery around the rim of their hat, or let them decorate with the foam shapes glued to the hat in whatever design they desire. Allow the glue to dry before using the hats, and keep the hats away from food while it is being prepared.
  
  

Holiday

• Add some holiday pizazz to your chef's outfit by decorating her hat to match the special day. Use paint pens to paint the brim red and attach a white boa around the top to imitate a Santa chef hat. Draw Easter eggs and bunnies in the spring, or bring a spooky look to Halloween parties with plastic skeletons and spiders.