Kitchen Utensils for Kids: Whisk, Ladle, Grater and Tongs

Eight tools from the kitchen drawer: the knife, fork and spoon everyone knows, and the cooking utensils children see in action when they help at home, the whisk for beating eggs, the ladle for serving soup, the grater for cheese, the peeler for carrots and potatoes, and the tongs for turning food in a pan.

No word is diagonal, but grater, ladle and spoon run upward and fork reads backwards.

Kitchen Tools Vocabulary: 8 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down; 4 of the 8 read backwards. The longest words are Grater and Peeler, with 6 letters each.

Fork: A utensil with prongs for eating, or a long two-pronged fork for lifting meat.
Grater: A metal tool with sharp holes for shredding cheese, carrots or citrus zest.
Knife: A sharp blade with a handle for cutting food.
Ladle: A deep spoon with a long handle for serving soup.
Peeler: A tool with a slotted blade that removes the skin from potatoes and carrots.
Spoon: A utensil with a bowl for eating, stirring or measuring.
Tongs: A tool with two arms for gripping and turning hot food.
Whisk: A tool made of wire loops for beating eggs and cream.

How to Solve the Kitchen Tools Word Search

"Whisk" has the only W and H and runs straight down. "Ladle" has the only D. "Peeler" is the only word with a double E and the only one that reads normally across; "spoon" has the only double O.

Kitchen Safety and Cooking Activities for Kids

Lay out real utensils and let children match each one to its word.
Talk about kitchen safety: which tools are sharp and need a grown-up?
Make a simple recipe together and use as many tools from the list as you can.