Birthday Party

Ice Cream in a Bag.

Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup of whole milk or Half and Half or light cream
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract or other flavoring
    Put the first three ingredients into a one quart size ziplock bag. Seal tightly, but don't squeeze all the air out.

  • 1 1/2 to 2 cups of small ice cubes or crushed ice
  • 6 heaping teaspoons of salt--Kosher or rock salt is best
  • Put the ice and salt into a one gallon size ziplock bag. Put in the one quart size ziplock bag with the ingredients. Seal the bigger bag.

  • Hold the big bag by opposite diagonal corners and agitate until the contents of the inner bag freeze.
  • Open the large bag and remove the small one. Wash the outside of the small one before opening. Open the small one and eat it all up.

Wave bottle.

Fill a baby food jar 2/3rd full with water that has food coloring in it. Add vegetable oil until the jar is almost full. Cap the jar and rock it back and forth.

Use other ideas from this web site like Slime or Silly Putty or Fun with Polymers.

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