Fancy Restaurant Table

What you need

• Paper (optional)
• Crayons or markers (optional)
• Plate or tray, 1 per guest
• Forks, 1 per guest
• Napkins, 1 per guest
• Towel, 1, for the waiter's arm (optional)

How to do it

Grown-up prep: Set out plates, forks and napkins within reach. Keep knives and glasses for yourself.

1. Count the chairs. How many guests are coming tonight?
2. Put a plate in front of every chair.
3. Fold a napkin, put it on the left, and lay the fork on top.
4. Add something pretty in the middle, like a flower, a toy or a candle drawing.
5. Make a menu card for tonight's dinner.
6. Practice your fanciest waiter voice.
   Ask: How would a fancy waiter say hello?
7. Greet everyone like a waiter when they sit down.
8. Take everyone's dessert order, and pick a new restaurant theme for next time!
   Ask: What will your next restaurant be called?

Play it again

• Theme night: pick a theme like pirates or space and make the menu match.
• Silent waiter: set the whole table without talking, using only signals.
• Speed setter: time how fast you can set the table, then beat it tomorrow.