Backward Dinner

• This meal will have everyone laughing at the table. Serve dinner or lunch in the wrong order. Serve dessert first, although it should be a small portion so that main meal will still be eaten. Have everyone eat using large serving spoons and forks instead of the proper-sized utensils. Cooking spoons, which are larger, will be even funnier. Serve drinks out of bowls with straws. Pineapple upside-down cake would be an ideal dessert for this meal.
  
  

Breakfast for Dinner

• Switch things up and serve an elaborate breakfast for dinner, such as eggs, pancakes, sausages and toast. A well-balanced breakfast is good for any time of the day. Make it a Southern breakfast by including homemade biscuits, sweet tea, and chicken and waffles. Alternately, serve dinner for breakfast.
  
  

1950s Diner

• Transport your children back in time. Spread a checkered tablecloth on the table, and serve homemade burgers and fries. Have the children help you make milkshakes and root beer floats. The children can dress like people did in the 1950s, with poodle skirts and hair bows for the girls, and rolled-up jeans and slicked-back hair for the boys. Tell the kids about life in the 1950s as you are cooking. Decorate a piece of cardboard to look like a jukebox, place it in front of your CD player and play popular 1950s music.
  
  

Kid Restaurant

• Help the children come up with a kid-friendly menu and supervise them, but allow them to cook dinner for their parents. The children can cook a variety of foods in the microwave, such as chicken tenders, sandwiches, vegetables and quesadillas. The kids can create paper menus for the parents and take orders, just as waiters would do in a real restaurant. Let the kids serve the meal to their restaurant "patrons" and bring the food to the table, so that the parents can dine with the "chefs."