Ice Ice Baby

-

It's been a hot week, so we're staying inside and playing with ice. This week's theme was experiments with ice. 
Our experiments:
Homemade ice cream
What makes ice melt the fastest
Pick up ice cube without touching it
We started off our theme day with a snack, homemade ice cream and blueberries. To make homemade ice cream in a bag you need:
1 cup half and half cream
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups ice
1/3 cup sea salt 
1 large ziplock bag
1 sandwich size ziplock bag
3 cups ice cubes
Directions:
Place half and half, vanilla and sugar in the small ziplock bag and close the bag 
Fill the large ziplock bag with the ice cubes
Place the smaller bag inside the bigger one. Close the bag tightly and shake for 8 minutes.
Our perfect ice cream shaking soundtrack was "ice ice baby" by Vanilla Ice and "shake it off" by Taylor Swift
When the cream is frozen scoop into bowls and top with blueberries.
What makes Ice Melt Fastest?
What you need:  
A large ice block with toys  frozen inside (I froze bouncy balls in small plastic containers)
3 small spritz bottles:
one with hot water, one with salt water one with vinegar and water
Place the large ice blocks in a pie plate. Use the spray bottles to melt the ice. See which bottle melts the ice fastest. Little man decided that a mixture of all three and some extra salt worked best.
Pick up an ice cube without touching it
What you need:
Ice cubes
String
Salt
Pie plate or plate
What to do:
Place ice cubes on the pie plate
Place the string on top of the ice cube ( it can be more than one ice cube) 
Shake salt on top of the ice cube, around the string
Let sit for 3-4 minutes
Slowly pick up the string, see if the ice cube is attached , if not wait another minute.
There are so many experiments involving ice! Have a great time and happy experimenting!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Kids in the Kitchen

-
Image
Parents with young kids might know Tasty Time with Ze Fronk on Disney Junior. My little one, I've said before, sees something on TV and wants to make it asap. Luckily all the recipes are healthy and easy to make without being too plain. You can download the a Ze Fronk cookbook for your kids at  Disney Junior . For lunch we made ze tasty turkey rolls and ze tomato surprise Ze Tomato Surprise Ingredients: Cherry tomatoes Cottage cheese Sprinkles to decorate (or use chopped up basil to decorate) Directions: Cut the tomatoes in half and scoop out the inside Fill tomatoes with cottage cheese Top with sprinkles or basil Ze Tasty Turkey Rolls Ingredients: 2 large tortillas 4 slices of turkey lettuce 2 slices tomato Caesar or ranch dressing Directions: Place tortilla on a plate and spread with dressing Top with remaining ingredients Roll up and cut in half
Read more

Pom-pom Yoga Games

-
Image
There are so many great yoga game ideas for kids out there, this is one that I found that is good for all age groups. The original idea was picking up the pom-poms with your toes only but I found that you can make many variations as you go. Ask the kids for ideas as you're playing as well it's fun to see what they will think of. Toe-ga Empty a bag of pom-poms on the floor. Sit in a circle around the pom-poms. Each player sits back, hands on the floor, knees bent. Place an empty bowl near each player's feet. 123 go, using only their toes each player has to put as many pom-poms in their bowl as they can. Yoga pose pom-pom pick up Empty a bag of pom-poms on the floor. Standing or sitting in a circle choose a yoga pose that everyone can do. While in the pose each player has to place as many pom-poms in their bowls as they can.  Some poses to try: Downward dog, use your hands to pick up the pom-poms.  Tree pose use your toes to pick up the pom-poms. Rainbow ...
Read more

Time Out

-
Image
                                                        What I had planned to do this weekend My activity suggestion for this week is to leave the kids at home (under supervision of course, while you’re at it you can leave your spouse there too) and have some alone time.   Real alone time.   Not alone while doing the groceries time, that’s nice but every once in a while we all need some good quality time by ourselves.   I was lucky enough to get two days to myself.   My sister was going out of town and she offered me her apartment.   This was exciting for a number of reasons 1- she lives in the city and I live in the suburbs (there is a Starbucks within walking distance of her plac...
Read more