Hobbies And Interests
Customer Satisfaction Games
Kids serve custom-made cupcakes for customers in "Cupcake Frenzy," accessible at Novel Games. Players select the right cupcake base, frosting and toppings. Customers refuse wrong orders and leave if they wait too long. Cupcake ingredients cost money, and players must reach the monetary sales goal before time runs out to advance to the next level. Players help Jessica turn her family's bakery business into a successful cafe chain in "Jessica's Cupcake Cafe," available as a limited online game or one-hour free-trial download at Gamehouse. After preparing batter, kids bake, frost and decorate cupcakes. Customers leave if they wait too long for orders. Kids must reach the daily monetary goal to advance in the game. Players sell any excess cupcakes in a park bake sale.
Decorating Accuracy Games
Players try to earn high accuracy scores as a cupcake decorator in "Tutti Cuti's Cupcake Company," found at Santoro Graphics. Using model cupcakes as guides, kids select toppings and try to put them in the correct spot. After finishing a cupcake, players receive cash and their accuracy percentage score. Scores of 100 percent earn players bonus cash. In "Career" mode, kids must earn the target amount of cash to advance to the next day. "Speed" mode challenges players to make as much money as possible in one day.
Home Delivery Games
Kids deliver cupcakes to customers' homes in "Daisy Cupcakes," accessible at GirlsGoGames. After taking customers' orders, players click the right cupcake shop to deliver the cupcakes to customers. The heart meter increases after successful deliveries, and decreases if kids give customers the wrong order or if customers wait too long. In "Speed" mode, kids deliver cupcakes as fast as possible, while in "Memory" mode, players must remember orders and deliver the right cakes to customers. "Daisy Says" mode requires kids to deliver cupcakes in the correct order. Players advance to the next level when the heart meter fills completely. After completing a level, kids try to catch as many falling money bags as possible for bonus points.
Selling Games
Rather than play virtual cupcake business games, kids interact with real-life cupcakes and compete to sell the most at a family gathering, party or bake sale. An adult leader may bake the cupcakes and let kids decorate them, or supervise kids as they prepare and bake cupcakes themselves. Kids may use items such as Smartlab Toys' "Cupcake Decorating Studio" or Girl Gourmet Bakery's "Cupcake Maker," both of which come with assorted baking tools. "Cupcake Maker" also includes cupcake mixes, frosting and sprinkles. When it's time for the competition, the adult leader supervises kids as they prepare cupcake mix, bake their cupcakes in a microwave or oven, and add frosting and toppings. At the party or bake sale, the kid who sells the most cupcakes wins.