Some classic fun can be made at home! Here are some easy ways to create homemade bubbles, lollipops and Popsicles.
Bubbles & Wands
Materials needed:
- 1 c. water
- 2 T. light corn syrup or 2 T. glycerin
- 4 T. dishwashing liquid
Mix together and have fun!
You can make many easy varieties of bubble wands. Here are a few simple ideas:
- Bend a wire coat hanger into fun shapes and use it as a bubble wand. For a wand this large, aluminum pie plates work great to hold the bubble solution.
- Bend pipe cleaners into favorite shapes and use them. These are easier for children to bend.
- Use string and soda straws. Simply run some string through a soda straw or two (straws cut to be shorter work too) and tie the string together ... essentially creating a straw necklace. Then hold onto the straws and dip the string into the bubble solution.
- Straws work by themselves—but be sure to blow the bubbles and not the solution!
Lollipops and Popsicles
Buy inexpensive Popsicle molds and make your own frozen treats. Mix your favorite concoction, pour it into the mold, freeze and enjoy! Some favorites:
- Lemonade
- Instant chocolate, vanilla or butterscotch pudding
- Fruit juice
- Smoothie or milkshake mixes
- Paint Popsicles. These are not edible but are lots of fun! Fill a Popsicle mold with tempera paint, freeze, pop out and let the kids use the paint pops to paint on white paper.
EASY Homemade Lollipops
- Chocolate Lollipops: Purchase Wilton easy melt chocolates, molds and lollipop sticks. Melt, pour into the mold, and pop out when hardened to enjoy.
- Jolly Rancher Lollipops: Materials you need are hard Jolly Ranchers, cookie sheet, aluminum foil, parchment paper and lollipop or Popsicle sticks. Preheat oven to 275°F. Line cookie sheet with a piece of aluminum foil topped with a piece of parchment paper. Unwrap and place Jolly Ranchers together in groups of two or three. Leave enough space between them so they won't melt together and so you have room to place a stick in them as they soften. Place the baking sheet into the preheated oven and let the Jolly Ranchers melt together slightly together, about 6 minutes (watch closely). Remove from the oven and quickly twist the sticks into the melted Jolly Ranchers before the candies harden.