Dad shares genius tip for giving his daughter a McDonald’s ‘happy meal’ at home

IF our kids had it their way, they'd be eating McDonalds for breakfast, lunch, and dinner – day-in, day-out.

But while there's no denying that the fast food chain comes in handy when you fancy treating the family, one dad shared his genius way of making Happy Meals at home – and let's just say, it makes for very happy meal-times.

Andy Penn from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire recreates the McDonald's favourite for just £1.70 using supermarket food and spare packaging.

And the best part is, his six-year-old daughter Chloe liked it MORE than the original takeaway.

The single dad said: "It was my weekend and she asked for McDonald’s for tea. I said I need to go shopping and asked her how she’d feel about making one at home, if I grabbed a toy while we were out.

"She was really excited about the idea saying we can stay at home and watch a film with homemade McDonald’s."

Raving about the parenting hack on Facebook, he wrote: "Next time you're in McDonald's, ask the staff nicely for some spare packaging – they don't seem to mind when you explain.

"Then, when your child wants a 'happy meal' and you can't be bothered to leave the house or wanna save some pennies, you can just make them one up at home."

Putting the hack into practice, Andy posted pictures of him filling the empty cup with a store-bought strawberry milkshake and added ASDA fries to the mini McDonald's carton.

But urging parents to remember the most important detail of all, he added: "Just don't forget the toy."

And rather than only giving Chloe a standard four Mcchicken nuggets, Andy doubled this serving and scribbled the number eight on the pouch.

The hack has proved a hit with other parents in the group – who also admitted to doing this with pizza and fish and chip takeaways.

"This is a great idea," one wrote. "Iceland do nuggets that look just like McDonald's."

Another added: "I do this! We call it a 'home happy meal', my little one loves it."

However, others questioned whether their kids would like this at all.

"Mine would figure it out in an instant," one mum replied.

"He knows the difference," another wrote. "I've done this before."

Andy added: "I think if a family went and got like three or four of the happy meal boxes, a low income family or a struggling single mum if she did it you're looking at £3 to feed four kids.

"The saving money is just a bonus to be honest, my daughter just found it really fun. Obviously it was her ideal setting we could cook it at home in front of the telly while watching a film."

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