Just this morning I took an ice cube tray and filled it with different spices and small food items (rice, couscous, imitation bacon bits, sugar, brown sugar, coriander, fennel, chili flakes, rosemary, etc.) and gave him a small measuring spoon, a whisk, and a small pot with about 1 cup of water in it. Sat him at the table and he made 'soup' for about 45 minutes! Just don't use powdered spices, flour, or icing sugar - they get everywhere and we had a cinnamon in the eyes incident the first time I did this. Learned my lesson!