Mom's Marbles: Friday Food Fun: Lemon Shake Ups!

Reader Tip

Gina at Money Making Mommy sent us a great tip for keeping little ones occupied! Here is what she had to say:

"Looking for a project to do on these long winter break days? Dig out some of the packing peanuts that came with your shipped holiday gifts. Set the kids up with glue, construction paper, and a bowl of styrofoam peanuts to make Snow Pictures.

I gave the toddlers some glue with a paintbrush; it's a good skill for them to work on and it's a less messy than letting them loose with a bottle of glue.

If you want to encourage eye-hand coordination, draw a snowflake (or any other shape) for the kids to glue their pieces onto. Or, you can encourage letter/number recognition by having them cover their initial or age."

Check out the pictures of this great craft here.

Thanks for the fun and frugal tip, Gina!

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Friday, July 11, 2008

Friday Food Fun: Lemon Shake Ups!

What's more refreshing on a hot summer day than a Lemon Shake Up? With it's lack of skills needed, and a few inexpensive items, it's perfect for anyone and their youngster!

Supplies: 3 Lemons, a bit of sugar, ice, some water, a knife, and a container to shake it in!

The adult needs to cut the lemons in half. Let the youngster squeeze as much juice out as possible of all 6 halves. Add a bit of sugar to sweeten, fill the shaker with ice and then fill to desired drink level with water. Put the lid on and let the kids shake away. As if shaking wasn't enough fun on its own, you can have them shake to music. While the music is on, shake away, but as soon as it stops the shaker better freeze! Then turn the music on again!