A clever stay-at-home mum has created a novel way to keep her kids entertained and maintain a sense of normality during lockdown.
Megan Paley, from Leeds, created a DIY McDonald’s takeaway, consisting of french fries, chicken nuggets, burgers and ketchup, all to cheer her little ones up.
The mum of two didn’t want lockdown to stop her kids enjoying a treat, and she said her simple creation made everything feel more normal in these uncertain times.
‘My son Ben is autistic and loves a McDonald’s,’ Megan told LatestDeals.co.uk. ‘I decided to make DIY McDonald’s to give my children a small bit of their normal lives back.’
Megan’s crafty creation even included a classic cardboard box for the chips, to give the meal a really authentic feel.
‘I looked up a template for the chip box online and copied it and coloured it in,’ she explains. ‘We just grabbed some frozen chips, nuggets and burgers from M&S and just made the same order they get when they go.’
Another bonus is that the whole thing cost Megan next to nothing. It was a quick and cheap way of giving her kids something to smile about.
‘It cost us the piece of card and felt tip ink as we already had the ingredients in, so it cost us nothing in total!
‘I now know that they do a printable version online so would probably be easier to do that but I didn’t know about those at the time.’
Megan says her son was delighted with the homemade fast food, and that it cheered up her kids during what is a trying time.
‘Ben absolutely loved it,’ Megan adds. ‘He was very impressed and has asked for it to be a regular thing during lockdown.
‘We did it as we feel keeping a sense of normality is important when life throws you a curveball. Our kids had already gone through so much change with schools closing and not being able to see their friends and we just wanted to give them something they might usually do for a treat.
‘Being able to give them that little bit of happiness is great when you cannot stick to your old routines.’
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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/07/mum-creates-mcdonalds-fakeaway-keep-kids-happy-lockdown-12519784/?ITO=squid
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