Up Coming Activity National Ice Cream Day

I Scream You Scream We All Scream for Ice Cream. This will be by far the Yummiest playgroup activity of the whole Summer. We hope to have many Tiny Friends to eat ice cream with.



To start our play group we will begin by making a Ice Cream Cone frame. We will use Ice Cream sticks also know as pop sickle stick. When finished they will be able to place a pictures of their self on National Ice Cream Day in the frame.



Once most of our Tiny Friends have arrived we will begin with making our ice cream.

1. Mix sugar, milk or half & half, and flavoring in a bowl, then seal it in a quart-sized plastic bag.



2. Take roughly two quarts of ice (crushed if possible) and place it into the gallon-sized bag with rock salt. Ideally, the gallon bag will be roughly half full with the ice and salt mixture.

3. Place the sealed quart-sized bag with the ingredients into the gallon-sized bag. Make sure the bags stay sealed! Do not allow the contents to mix at any time. If the bags don't seal sufficiently, use duct tape to seal the top of both bags to ensure they don't open during shaking.



4. Gently agitate, massage, and shake the bags for about five to ten minutes. In this amount of time the contents of the quart (smaller) bag should start to turn into solid ice cream.

As you agitate the two bags, it is important that you are mixing the contents of the inner bag, but you don’t want to be so aggressive that you burst the inner bag or cut it on the ice (double-bagging should prevent this).

If your hands get uncomfortably cold, use a towel or an old t-shirt to hold the bags as you massage them; they will be quite cold and might become slippery with accumulated condensation. Consider using gloves or massaging while holding onto the top seal if a towel or similar cloth is not available.



5. Then once you are done, you may enjoy your ice cream!



Recipe for one serving:

* 1/2 cup milk
* 1 tablespoon of sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract or chocolate syrup
* lots of ice
* rock salt
- or use table salt if needed


Some of our Tiny Friends mothers had mentioned helping with a few of the supplies. If you would be willing to bring a supply from the list below please leave a note in the comments before Tuesday evening so I can pick up last minute needs. One note when bringing a supply/ingredient please remember to bring enough for about 7-10 Tiny Friends.

Supplies: Sugar, Vanilla Extract, Rock Salt or Table Salt, Milk, Spoons, Gallon Size Zip Lock Bags, Sandwich Size Zip Lock Bags, Paper Towels.

One last note before signing up for a supply to bring please read all comments to see what others are bringing.

Thank You all.