Homemade McDonald’s.. we’re lovin’ it
Mum’s crocheted chicken nuggets are treat for drive thru-daft twins
MUM Elaine Scougal created “Dundee’s only operating McDonald’s” as a birthday treat for her identical twins, who have Down’s syndrome. She crocheted some chicken nuggets as she pulled out all the stops to create a replica fast-food restaurant for Ollie and Cameron, seven. It comes a week after McDonald’s closed more than 1270 restuarants in the UK as the country went into lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus. Elaine said: “The boys are always very laid back about presents and never ask for much for birthdays or Christmas. “Lately, they’ve really been enjoying watching some child bloggers on YouTube and one of them role-plays McDonald’s in some of her videos. As a result, the boys were inspired to ask for a drive thru as a birthday present.”
Elaine put a post up on Facebook asking for help, which prompted a friend to get in touch saying they had a McDonald’s kitchen that was no longer played with.
Elaine said: “I couldn’t believe my luck. I then had the idea of popping into a McDonald’s to ask for some boxes to add to the authenticity of the finished product.
“They happily obliged. We already had some toy burgers and things.
“The only popular thing we were missing was chicken nuggets so I crocheted some from yarn.”
The twins have become internet hits since Elaine set up a Facebook page when they were just weeks old.
It has more than 200,000 followers who enjoy watching home videos and reading about their latest updates.
Elaine posted a video of the moment the boys got their McDs-themed present and later they also enjoyed a conference call with family to make up for their cancelled party.
Elaine said: “They have been enjoying serving each other in Dundee’s only operating McDonald’s.”
The family have been contacted by the assistant manager of a local McDonald’s branch offering to give the boys a tour of their site when it reopens.
Elaine said: “It was such a kind offer so I hope that happens in future. They’d love it, albeit I haven’t told them about it as I’ll need to ration the excitement.”