August Activities
-Ice Cream Sandwiches-
To make the cookies you will need:
-1/2 cup butter
-3/4 cup cocoa
-4 eggs
-2 cups sugar
-2 Tablespoons oil
-2 cups flour
-2 teaspoons baking powder
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Combine the butter, cocoa, sugar and eggs in a mixing bowl. Beat. Add oil and mix again. Sift in dry ingredients and mix. Finally add the vanilla. Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours or until firm. Place a piece of wax paper or parchment on cookie sheet and place balls of dough on top. Bake 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees. When cookies have cooled, place in freezer until hard. Remove your favorite ice cream from freezer to let it soften. Place a scoop of ice cream between 2 cookies and freeze until hard. Eat and enjoy.
*Try different flavors of ice cream to find your favorite!
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-Clean Pennies-
You will need:
-1 Dixie cup
-Coca-Cola
-pennies
Fill one dixie cup half-way with the soda. Drop in the penny and watch what happens!!
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-Only At Home-
Visit your local library and check out the book "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch and read it with a parent or by yourself. Then use the Story Time Felts pieces to tell the story again from memory. Use the extra papers that come with the sets to tell other stories with the same pieces or make up a story of your own.
To get your own "Only At Home" Story Time Felts set visit our product pages.
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-Creamsicles-
You will need:
-instant chocolate pudding
-milk
-evaporated milk
Make pudding according to directions. Add 1/2 cup evaporated milk. Pour into containers and freeze.
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-Pirates-
Play Pirates, or for additional fun, try playing with our felt set "Pirate Island". This set comes with many great games that kids of any age can play. There are also some great pirate facts and a list of books you can check out at the library to learn even more! You can play by yourself or with friends.
To get your own "Pirate Island Set" Story Time Felts set visit our product pages.
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-Koolaid Ice Cubes-
You will need:
-2 envelopes unsweetened kool-aid
-1/3 cup sugar
-3/4 cup water
Mix above ingredients. Pour into ice cube trays. Freeze. Add to any glass of Kool-aid or eat as a Popsicle. Recipe taken from "Kool-aid Twists" package.
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-Back to School Meal-
You will need:
-Dinner Items
-Desert
-Drink
Start by eating desert first! The entire meal is eaten opposite of what you normally do. Most times the kids don't get to the real food, but it is still a fun tradition!
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-Freddie Frog-
Visit your local library and check out the book "Froggy Gets Dressed" by Jonathan London and read it with a parent or by yourself. Then use the Story Time Felts pieces to tell the story again from memory. Use the extra papers that come with the sets to tell other stories with the same pieces or make up a story of your own.
To get your own "Freddie Frog" Story Time Felts set visit our product pages.
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-Mini Pizzas-
You will need:
-Pre-made biscuits
-pizza sauce
-cheese
-pizza toppings
Flatten the biscuits individually on a greased cookie sheet. Spoon some pizza sauce and then place toppings on each pizza. Cook biscuits according to package directions. Pizzas are done when the bottoms are golden brown.
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