Classroom Project: Design A Donut
Back in May, we were invited to a school here in Regina to judge a Design a Donut competition. It was so much fun! Their teacher (Mme Gardiner) gave her grade 3 students a persuasive writing assignment – design a donut and present it to a bakery owner for a chance to have your donut featured in the bakery! We had so much fun with it and we’ve had a lot of other teachers inquire about it so I’ve decided to put together some more information for you.
So here’s how it works, you have your students use this Persuasive Writing Worksheet and design a donut including why a bakery should choose to sell their creation. What makes this creation unique? What types of people would be interested in buying this product? Describe your donut in detail and how you came up with this idea. This worksheet includes both an area for the printing and for drawing their creation.
The teacher can contact us at the bakery and we can arrange a time to come out to your classroom for the students’ presentations. During the presentation and judging day, each student can stand in front of the class and talk about their donut and read out their writing assignment. The more creative the better! At our first judging competition, we even had a student make a t-shirt to match her donut idea!
At the end of the presentations, we (Go Big Treats) then reviews all of the submissions and chooses a winner. Yes, the winner is chosen at that time right at the school! After that, we hand out freshly baked plain donuts to each student along with a candy buffet so that they can make their own donut to take home. All of our donuts are made in a peanut and tree nut free kitchen and all of the candies we provide are peanut and tree nut free as well. Our youngest son is severely allergic to nuts so we understand the importance of this in school.
That’s not all! We then work with the teacher (and the winner’s parent) to set up a time for the winning student to come into the bakery and decorate their creation with us! We then feature their creation for sale in our bakery for a week.
The cost of this classroom program is $8 per child. That price includes all taxes, all donuts and candy, our time at the school, our time with the winning student at the bakery, etc.
This program is best for children who are at a printing level – so grade two’s and up.
Please contact us a 306-569-9519 if you have any questions or would like to set up your own competition at school.
New Look!
It was much overdue but we have a new look! The old siding came down, the outside was painted to match our bright playful theme, and the weather finally warmed up enough to put on our window decal.
You’d actually be surprised how many people have come in since the upgrade to say “when did you open up here?”…umm, 5 months ago. Ha! It’s funny how a little paint can make such a big difference.
See you soon, cookie monsters!
Yes, We Make Sugar Cookies!
Yes, we do offer nut free sugar cookies in our Regina bakery! We have a limited amount of sugar cookies available in the shop daily so we recommend calling us at least one week in advance to place any special orders. We had SO many orders for sugar cookies on Valentine’s Day and Christmas!
Our sugar cookies are soft, thick cookies decorated with royal icing. We offer a variety of different designs for all sorts of holidays and special occasions like:
- birthday parties
- all special holidays like Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, etc.
- bridal showers and bachelorette parties
- baby showers
- divorce parties
- …and the list goes on!
Our small, basic sugar cookies are $3 including taxes. Our larger sugar cookies are $6+ each. Feel free to give us a call and we can discuss your ideas and needs.
Visit us on Instagram for more samples of our sugar cookie designs.
We look forward to fattening you up soon!
Yes, We Make Cakes!
We’ve been receiving a lot of requests for nut-free cakes and cupcakes in Regina and we’re happy to announce that YES – we do offer specialty drip cakes and cupcakes from our nut-free bakery!
Our gourmet cupcakes and drip cakes are available by special order only. This means, if you would like to order cupcakes and cakes for your next event, please contact us at the bakery (306) 569-9519 to place an order.
We will have a small amount of cupcakes available in the shop daily but we recommend that you call us to place an order for your event. Our gourmet cupcakes start at $4.00 each including taxes.
Our drip cakes are 6″, 5-layer cakes that serve 8-10 people. They can be decorated and topped in a variety of different ways. Call us at the bakery to discuss your dessert needs and we’d be happy to create something special for your next event! Our drip cakes start at $50 including taxes.
We recommend calling us one week in advance to place your special orders.
We look forward to serving you soon!
New Location!
Yes, we now have a storefront location!
We moved into the Cathedral Village location in January 2019 and we couldn’t be more excited about it! We’re located right on 13th Avenue (2816 – 13th Avenue) between Rae and Retallack. It’s a great location for a specialized bakery like ours and the support from the community has been amazing!
Visit our Shop page for the most updated listing of our hours and we look forward to serving you in our new location soon!
