Café Nicolas — Printable Pretend Play Restaurant for Kids

Café Nicolas pretend restaurant game for children

In the old Silk Road cities, the guest was the most important person in the house. In Café Nicolas, your child gets to make someone feel that way.

One child is the waiter and takes the order by ticking pictures. Another is the chef and "cooks" with toy food, playdough or real snacks. The guest orders from a colourful menu with plov, manti dumplings, lagman noodles, samsa, baklava and apricot juice, then pays with play coins. Then everyone swaps roles.

While they play, children practise counting and adding coins, matching pictures to words, taking turns and the polite words every café needs: please, thank you, enjoy your meal. Every page carries a short, warm note from Nicolas.

Menu, order slips and play pieces included

• Cover page with "How to play" in 4 steps for grown-ups
• Menu with 12 dishes in 4 sections: starters, main dishes, sweets & fruit, drinks, with prices in play coins
• 4 waiter's order slips with picture tick boxes (no reading needed)
• 2 bills + 24 play coins to cut out (12 × 1, 6 × 2, 6 × 5)
• Fold-and-stand OPEN / CLOSED sign, table numbers 1–4 and name badges for Chef, Waiter and Cashier
• "My Special Dish" page: draw it, name it, price it

Café Nicolas design and PDF format options

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Who the pretend café game is for

For families looking for a pretend-restaurant activity for children aged 3–8.

How to set up Café Nicolas at home

1. Check the contents, licence and selected format.
2. When purchasing becomes available, choose the product and one design.
3. After purchase, use the supplied download files and printing instructions.

Digital files are for personal use. Please do not share or resell them. Screen and printed colours may differ.