What could be better than sweet, creamy ice cream on a hot summer day? How about making your own homemade ice cream in a bag! Kids of all ages will love making and shaking their own individual summer treat to eat!
What You’ll Need to Make Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag
You’ll need to have pint and quart size freezer bags – one of each per person. Be sure to have plenty of ice cubes and rock salt. For the ice cream, you’ll need milk, sugar and vanilla. That’s it!
How to Mix It Up
In the pint size freezer bag add ½ cup of milk, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and ¼ teaspoon of vanilla. Seal the bag. Make sure it is sealed well (you wouldn’t want any salt to ruin the flavor of your ice cream)! Fill the quart size bag half full with ice cubes then add 6 tablespoons of rock salt. Now the fun begins! Shake it! Shake the bag for 5-10 minutes or until your ice cream becomes firm.
Eating Your Ice Cream
When your ice cream is firm, take the pint size bag out of the quart size bag. Rinse it off with cold water to remove all the salt. You can dump your ice cream into a bowl or eat it right out of the bag! Add cookie crumbs, sprinkles, or other toppings to spice it up! Enjoy!
Heart Attacking is a group Valentine activity that will surely bring thrills. It’s an exciting way to spread a little love and joy on this sweet holiday!
What You’ll Need
Heart Attacking is simple. You will need several pieces of colored paper, scissors, and tape. That’s it. How much easier can things get!
How to Go Heart Attacking
As a group, cut out several large hearts. You can write messages or draw pictures on them if you like. Print (PDF) or make a sign that says “You’ve Just Been Heart Attacked.” Once the hearts are all ready, your group needs to decide a home you can heart attack. Think of someone who may be lonely or may need a little extra love. When it’s dark, drive to the selected home. Using tape, place the hearts and sign all around the front door! Be sure to be sneaky and quiet so you won’t be caught! If you want to be extra nice, you could leave a plate of cookies or a box of chocolates. When you are finished, ring the doorbell and split as fast as you can!
Heart attacking will make you happy and bring happiness to others! It’s an exciting way to share Valentine love!
Heart Attacking Sign
Homemade Valentines are much more fun to give. These simple hand sewn, candy filled Valentines add a personal touch that will be sure to make them extra special. Every year for Valentine’s Day my mom helped my siblings and I make Valentines to pass out to our class mates. We LOVED creating these easy gifts for our friends, and always felt proud to bring them to school.
What You Need to Make the Valentines
You’ll need several sheets of red cardstock or a large red poster board, plastic sheets (you can find these at home improvement stores or page protectors work well too), yarn, tape, scissors, a hole punch, and most importantly, small candies to fill the heart!
How to Make the Homemade Valentines
First, print and cut out the Homemade Valentine Heart Pattern (PDF). Trace the heart pattern on your cardstock and plastic sheet. Cut out the shapes and lay them on top of each other. Punch holes around the heart about ¼ of an inch in from the edge and about ½ inch apart. Cut a piece of yarn about a yard long. Wrap tape around one end of the yarn to make it easier to sew with. Starting at the top of the heart, thread the yarn through the punched holes, wrapping around and going to the next hole. Be sure to leave about 5 inches of yarn at the top of the heart to tie a bow with. Continue sewing around heart. Once you have sewn about ¾ around the heart, stop and fill it with candy. Sew remaining holes up and tie a bow at the top!
Your Valentine is now complete! You can write a note on the back or give this sweet treat just the way it is!
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Valentines is the perfect day to let those you care about know you love them. This is a great opportunity for children to show appreciation for their friends and family. Kids will love expressing their feelings with conversation heart love letters.
What You Need To Make Conversation Heart Love Letters
Besides paper, pencils, crayons, or markers, and a little bit of glue, the obvious material is conversation hearts! You can find these inexpensive candies at just about any store during this holiday season. You can use the large or small candy hearts; either works fine.
Creating the Love Letters
Kids can sort through the conversation hearts to find phrases or words to use in their letters. Add hearts that say “I HOPE,” “I LOVE YOU,” “SWEET TALK,” and other phrases to create sentences. Try to use as many candies as possible to express meaning in your letter, and for those words that just need to be written, use pens or markers to fill in the blanks. Use liquid glue to attach the candies on paper to complete sentences. Once the letter has been completed, allow it to dry. Friends and family will feel loved and valued when they receive this “sweet” and creative Valentine.
Christmas Music Wind Chimes will be a favorite holiday tradition for years to come! With the right tools, these magical chimes are simple and inexpensive to make, and bring an exciting element to any group gathering or party!
What You’ll Need to Make the Pipe Wind Chimes
You’ll need two 10-foot lengths of ½ inch galvanized conduit pipe. You can find these at most hardware stores. A hacksaw for cutting metal, a drill, and a vice are necessary tools for this project. You’ll also need string to dangle the chimes from, a permanent marker, and spoons or large nails.
How to Make the Pipe Wind Chimes
Cut the pipes to exact measurements (1/8” off will change the pitch) which you can find in the Chimes Measurements and Instructions PDF. Drill hole for string 1 to 1 ½ inches from the top. It works best to put the pipe in a vice to make the sawing and drilling steadier. Number the pipes accordingly at the top with the permanent marker.
Making Music with the Pipe Chimes
Make a large poster with the numbers for the songs, which you can find in our Chimes Songs PDF. You’ll need one person for each pipe number in the song, and one person to conduct. The conductor points to the numbers on the poster with a long stick and keeps the pace and syncopation. Each person plays their pipe when their number is touched by ringing the pipe with a spoon or large nail hitting the pipes in the center.
At a party or while you carol, enjoy hearing favorite carols come to life, as the group plays your Christmas Music Pipe Wind Chimes!
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What is Christmas without some sort of countdown craft in anticipation for the exciting holiday? Here are instructions for a tasty and decorative Christmas countdown craft!
What You’ll Need for the Christmas Countdown
This simple and easy countdown requires a few materials. Gather together plastic wrap (you’ll need about 5-6 feet depending on how many days your countdown is), ribbon, scissors, and the best part – some small yummy treats! Use whatever tickles your tongue! Candy kisses or small gingerbread cookies work well! You’ll need one treat for each day of the countdown.
How to Put the Christmas Countdown Together
Lay your plastic wrap on a long flat surface. Place each treat about three inches apart down the middle of the plastic wrap. Fold each side of the plastic over the treats, and then tie the ribbons between each candy. It should look like a long chain of candy garland!
Hang your countdown in a prominent place, and each day before Christmas cut off a piece of candy! If there are multiple children counting down, take turns each day! Enjoy a sweet month waiting for Christmas with this fun activity!
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