Fun Kid Stuff

SNOW ICE CREAM

1 cup evaporated milk 

½ cup sugar 

2 tsp vanilla 

about 7 cups clean snow 

Combine milk, sugar, and vanilla. Quickly beat in snow till consistency is similar to ice cream. 

Single portion of Fundough

*4 TBSP (or spoonfuls) Flour 

*2 TBSP (or spoonfuls) salt 

*3 TBSP (or spoonfuls) Water 

*small part of package of Kool-aid or drops of food coloring in water (optional) (add to dry ingredients) 

1. Mix dry ingredients with craft stick 

2. stir in water

3. add more water or flour until dough forms a non sticky ball. 

4. Put into bag and label with name to take home. 

The Learning Center Best Playdough recipe

1 cup flour

½ cup salt

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 cup water

1 tablespoon salad oil

1 package of your choice of flavor kool aid (.16 oz)

1. Mix all ingredients together into pot on med heat

2. Cook on a low heat setting till mixture is lumpy.

3. Turn the dough out on counter or on wax paper.

4. Knead when cool…add flour if too sticky.

Put into Ziploc bag but leave bag open to allow moisture to escape.

I usually triple recipe for class use.

Gluten Free Play dough (found on Pinterest)

3 cups Baking Soda

2 cups corn starch

2 cups water

Kool aid or Duncan Hines Frosting ( I tried it with Kool aid not with frosting)

Mix all in cook pot on med heat. Stir till dough few mins.

1. Thicken up (it will quickly start to bubble and then get to next stage)

2. Looks like mashed potatoes. (at this point put onto board or wax paper and knead)

3. let cool

4. Play

Vegetable Garden "Dirt" cups with Ranch Dip

2-4 cups pumpernickel pretzel or dark corn chip crumbs

2 cups Hidden Valley Original Ranch Light dressing

Variety of vegetables for dipping: mini carrots with tops, pea pods, mini sunburst squash, celery sticks, green beans or anything your child likes to dip

• crush the pumpernickel pretzels or dark corn chips until mixture resembles dirt

• Pour a layer of dirt crumbs into the bottom of a clear container (or for single servings pour into paper cups).

• Pour dressing over crumbs then add a thicker layer of dirt crumbs on top.

• Place vegetables into dirt cup or serve them on the side to dip.

• Serves 8 to 10

Cool (Pizza) Down when it Heats Up: On a hot summer day, let your kids "veg out" with a no-bake pizza. Start with a pre-baked pizza crust and spread on a mixture of equal parts of low-fat cream cheese and ranch dressing. Encourage your kids to add their favorite veggies on top-try broccoloi florets, bell pepers, portabella mushrooms and diced green onion.

The above came from the Journal Inquirer food section on Wednesday, August 11, 2010.

Dinner in a Pumpkin (my kids enjoyed this when they were young-thought I'd share)

1 large pumpkin

1 ½ pounds ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped

¼ cup soy sauce

2 tbsp brown sugar

1 4 oz can sliced mushrooms, drained (I didn’t use this, just fresh, if any)

1-10 ¾ oz can cream of chicken soup

2 cups cooked rice

Cut the top from pumpkin and clean out seeds and stringy pulp. Then draw a face on the pumpkin with marker. In a large skillet, brown the onion and meet together. Add soy sauce, sugar, mushrooms, soup. Simmer 10 mins. Mix in rice, then pour mixture into pumpkin. Place filled pumpkin on cookie sheet or baking pan and bake one hour at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and place on a plate.

Double Delicious Halloween Bars (we usually served this with that and you loved it)

½ cup butter

1 ½ cup graham crackers crumbs

14 oz can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk

1 (12oz) package semi sweet choc chips

1 cup peanut butter chips

Preheat oven to 350 (325 for glass dish). In 13x9 baking an, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle crumbs evenly over butter. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Top with chips, press down firmly. Bake 25-30 mins or till lightly browned. Cool. Cut to bars.