[Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer Fun with Kids

[Annette Carr]

Great ideas!

You can make butter with...I think...heavy cream a wide mouth tightly sealed
container, and a lot of shaking.  Put the cream in the container, and let
everyone have a chance to shake it.  It takes a while.

Annette
 

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Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 9:21 PM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer Fun with Kids

Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all enjoying this warm summer weather.  I thought we could
talk about making ice cream this week.  I will also talk about some open
ended painting activities.

It is open endedd projects that make us more successful when working with
kids. If the project is assumed to come out in a certain way we might get
ourselves in trouble. But if the children have open range on their finished
projects they are happier and that is what makes us happy.

Sidewalk Ice Cream

The original activity, many years ago, used any regular ice cream recipe.
This one is more successful because the ice cream is finished before the
kids get bored.

Materials

One large coffee can with lid
one one pound coffee can with lid

duct tape

salt and ice

Chocolate peanutbutter ice cream

1 pkg instant chocolate pudding mix
1 and 1/4 cups milk
about 1/2 cup peanutbutter

dirrections for ice cream

Mix pudding and milk. Add peanutbutter and mix to blend.  Place the mixture
in the one pound coffee can.  Place it in the larger can filling the area
around the mixture can with layers of salt and ice.

It is a good idea to tape the lids on the cans

Have children sit on the sidewalk and roll the can back and forth.  In no
ime they will have wonderful ice cream.

Note:  This is a great recipe to make with sugar free pudding. To freeze in
the house, just put it on plastic wrap on a cookie sheet and freeze. Then
cut into squares.  It doesn't work well in popcycle molds.  Flexable ice
cube trays might work well. But it is fantastic.

Marble painting

Materials

a lid from a gift box
Paper to fit inside
finger paints or poster paints

  A couple marbles


Dirrections

Place the paper in the box.  Put a few globs of paint of different colors in
the box, making sure they don't touch.

Put a couple marbles in the box and have the children roll them around.
This makes interesting designs and should keep hands clean. 
Afterall, it takes two hands to move the box.

String painting

Materials

fingerpaint paper
finger paints
string or yarn

Dirrections

Place a few globs of pain in the center of the paper. Fold the paper and
have children pull the string back and forth through the paint in the folded
paper.

Both of these activities can be used as wrapping paper or a background for a
photo or they can be the placemats for lunch.

Have fun with your kids.


Henrietta
~I wish you enough~


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