Cooking with Kids: Frozen Fun

Some frozen treats you can create with your kids.

Watermelon Bombe
1 pt. Lime sherbet
1 pt. Pineapple sherbet
2 pt. Raspberry sherbet
Chocolate chips

Line a rounded bowl with foil. Apply a thin layer of lime sherbet around the edge of the bowl. Let harden. Apply a thin layer of pineapple sherbet on top of the lime sherbet. Freeze. Fill the hollow left in the middle with raspberry sherbet to the top of the bowl. Let freeze 5 hours. Turn bowl upside down over a plate and slide the sherbet out of the bowl. Remove foil and cut into wedges. Poke chocolate chips into the raspberry sherbet for the watermelon seeds.

Cereal Parfait

Cold cereal
Vanilla Ice cream
Sweetened berries

Layer bottom of parfait glass with cereal. Top with ice cream. Place a layer of berries on top of the ice cream. Repeat layers.


Dirt Dessert

Chocolate sandwich cookies
Vanilla or chocolate ice cream (soften)
Gummy worms
Rock-looking candy
Cups or a flower pot (clean)

Blend cookies into a fine powder. Place a layer of the cookie powder on the bottom of the pot or cup. Blend some "worms" and "rocks" into the ice cream and place a layer over the cookies. Continue layering ending with the cookie powder. If desired, you can insert a plastic straw into the middle of the cup or pot. Insert the stem of a flower into the straw.

Juice snow

Pour fruit juice into a 9 x 13" pan and place in the freezer. Every half-hour to an hour "rake" the juice with the tines of a fork. This creates fine snow-like ice.

Home-made Craft Supplies

Finger-paint

1/2 c. Cornstarch
1/4 c. cold water

Mix together and slowly add:
2 c. hot water

Cook until boils. Remove from heat and add:
1/2 c. cold water
1 T. glycerin
Food dye or Tempera paint (note tempera paint needs to dissolve over night.)

OR
Can mix powder laundry starch or use liquid laundry starch and add:
1 T. glycerin
Food dye or Tempera paint (note tempera paint needs to dissolve over night.)

To use:
Wet shelf paper or freezer wrap. Place the paint on the shiny side.


Goop

My son's favorite. Please note that Borax is a poison and goop should not be given to small
children and should be stored in a safe place.

Stir together:
1/2 c. Elmer's Glue
1/2 c. cold water

Mix together:
1/2 T. Borax
1/4 c. hot water
Optional may add food dye

Stir the two mixtures together and knead. Store, labeled, in your refrigerator.

Father's Day

Great Kid's Web sites for Father's Day


Father's Day
Several terrific poems. Mazes, crafts and cards.

Kid's Domain Father's Day
E-cards, make a card, clip art, gifts for Father's Day and
stories.

Billy Bear 4 Kids Father's Day
Coupons, Greatest Dad Award, screen savers, greeting cards, clip-art and games.