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World's most popular free typing program! Typing.com's K-12 typing curriculum features touch typing, digital citizenship, coding lessons, and games.

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In Letters and Sounds, there are 'sets' within the Phases - so your child might not know all the sounds in every book within their Phase.

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My trip to the longest country in the world was really a special treat! Chile has many different landscapes and traditions all together in one amazing country! The lush green rainforests reminded me of home, and the dry deserts were something I'd never seen before. There was so much to learn and do, I could spend a year there and STILL not see everything!

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¡Hóla amigos! My trip to the longest country in the world was really a special treat! Chile has many different landscapes and traditions all together in one amazing country! The lush green rainforests reminded me of home, and the dry deserts were something I'd never seen before.

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AirPano is a VR project created by a team of Russian photographers focused on taking high-resolution aerial 360° photographs and 360° video. Today AirPano is the largest virtual travel resource in the world -- by geographical coverage, number of aerial photographs, and artistic and technical quality of the images - featuring 360° panoramas and 360° videos of the highest quality shot from a bird's eye view.

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WorldStories is a growing collection of stories from around the world. The collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories in the languages most spoken by UK children.

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"Sheppard offers everything from early math to pre-algebra. The lessons include interactive activities to practice concepts. Students can shoot fruit, pop balloons, and even play math man (the math version of pac man!). Fractions, place value, money, and basic operations are some of the areas that are covered. Check it out at https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm. "
--Shannon Jakeman , sjakeman.blogspot.com

"Online math games, like the ones that you'll find for free at Sheppard Software, provide a valuable opportunity for children to learn a great deal while they're having fun. The games at Sheppard Software are well written, interactive and very fun to play.

It can be very difficult for parents to find productive and worthwhile activities for children on the Internet; however fun online math games do offer a wonderful alternative.

This free section of Sheppard Software was written for children. Mostly all of the material you'll find at the site is completely free for kids to use. These fun online math games cover all of the math fundamentals, including early math, basic and mixed operations, fractions, pre-algebra, dollars & cents and place value. While teachers often use worksheets to solidify the math concepts learned in the classroom, these sort of games actually have the same educational impact on the child, and the format of the examples as an exciting game keeps the child engaged, interested and coming back for more.

From the main page parents or children will find a simple and easy to navigate menu featuring the different levels of math games and the various math concepts that are available. Children from pre-k up to 8th grade will find fun online math games that teach important math skills that are appropriate for their age level.

Sheppard Software offers a couple of cute games for the youngest math students. In this game, called Bugabaloo Addition, children are shown a number of "bug shoes" on the left and the right. The game asks the child to add the two groups of shoes together, and then pick the bug with the correct number printed on it. This game teaches addition through a graphical display that lets the child see and count the shoes. With the numbers right underneath, children easily make the association between the visual cues and the act of addition.

For slightly older kids, there are a number of very popular arcade-style "popup" math games. In these games, the child is presented with a math problem and must find the creature that's holding the correct answer and smack it on the head with the hammer. The comical expression the creature makes and the sound effects make this game so fun that children will forget that they're learning math! "
--Written March 30, 2010 by Ryan Dube in Educational Freeware -- Reviews of the best learning games, software, and websites --http://www.educational-freeware.com/online/sheppard-math.aspx

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Brain-engaging geography map games: learn countries of the world, capitals, flags, US States, continents, oceans, mountains, rivers, islands and much more.

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Drinking straws at the ready, let's try bubble painting!

Bubble painting

This really is an art activity where the process of creating the art is at least as much fun as the finished result. Every child I've done this with has loved blowing bubbles.

Blow, don't stuck!

It is important that all the artists understand the concept of blowing, not sucking, through their straw.

You can try out the technique using a glass of milk first, showing them how to make lots of bubbles rather than sucking up the milk to drink.

This way, it doesn't matter if they get a taste of the milk, while they learn the technique, before moving on to the bubble mix, which of course they don't want to have in their mouths.

Materials needed

:: plastic tray

:: card

:: bubble mix or a combination of water and dish soap

:: drinking straws (nowadays we have alternatives to single-use plastic ones)

:: tempera craft paint

How to make bubble paintings

To make bubble paintings, place a shallow layer of bubble mix (or dish soap and water) in the bottom of your plastic container.

Squeeze in some paint and then use your drinking straws to blow up a mound of colourful bubbles. You can spend as much time as you like enjoying this, talking about how the bubbles look and what colours you can see.

When you're ready to capture your art, you can gently press a piece of card over the top of your bubbles, to take a mono print. Don't press the card down too hard or leave on for too long or you will end up with a soggy card and the bubble print will be lost.

You can let the first print dry and then re-dip the same piece of card on top of another set of bubbles, perhaps with a different colour of paint added in, to layer up the colours on your print.

This is a fun art process to capture on video.

Variations to try

You can vary this technique by using watercolour inks in place of the tempera paints. This can produce beautiful results, but be aware that this is messier.

You might like to try this version outdoors and have the children wear a mask so they don't end up with ink splatters on their faces.

You can use the drinking straws in a different way by making blown paintings.

Mix a little water with tempera craft paint and place a pool of the paint down on a piece of card.

Use your straw to blow the paint across your page, creating abstract shapes and patterns.

Once the paint is dry, you might like to go back to your blown paintings and see if the paint blots suggest any figures or forms to you. You can use marker pens and googly eyes to add features to your paint spots.

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Drinking straws at the ready, let's try bubble painting! Bubble painting This really is an art activity where the process of creating the art is at least as much fun as the finished result. Every child I've done this with has loved blowing bubbles. Blow, don't stuck! It is important ...

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Making puppets with children is a springboard into art, story telling, role play and lots of language practise. Here are some great ideas you can use to make and play with puppets.

Making puppets with children

If you sit and watch your child as they play with puppets, you'll notice so much complex learning happening.

If you're making your own puppets, they will have the opportunity to imagine up a character and use their creative skills to realise it. They might use paint or pencils, practice scissor skills, problem-solve what materials to pick to create their costumes.

As they play, they might be acting out a story, one they know from books, or one from their imagination. This involves memory work, sequencing skills and lots of imagination.

Playing with puppets boosts language skills

Making puppets talk to each other develops important language skills.

Children get to try out phrases they've heard elsewhere and build their vocabulary.

It can be a very good way to develop language skills for children who are reluctant to talk in social situations, or to give time and space for practice to children who are working on speech and language areas.

Using puppets to boost confidence

Using puppets in a playful way is also a very helpful activity to work on issues that are difficult, frightening or new.

If you're going to visit the dentist for the first time, try acting it out with puppets first.

Or if your child is finding playtime with another child a bit of a challenge, role play a similar situation with some puppets and give your child a chance to see if they can find ways to make the play work.

Make your own puppets

When you're making puppets with children you can make them as simple or as decorative as your children like.

If your kids love art and craft, you can spend a lot of time creating your puppets, with amazing costumes. But if your child is more focused on the playing and storytelling, a super simple puppet is all you need - and your child's imagination can do the rest.

So, don't think you have to have breathtaking-taking artistic skills and have that stop you from enjoying the simple play and complex learning that goes along with puppets.

Easy puppets crafts children can make

Here's a variety of really easy puppet ideas that anyone can try:

For young children these finger puppets are both easy to make and easy to act with, and you can adapt the design to make any character you like.

Junk model puppets are super simple and inexpensive to make: try these paper roll puppets and host a tea party

Puppets are a great accompaniment to songs, giving children an extra way to interact with the music and language: try these incy wincy spider puppets.

Add play dough to your pupppets to take them to another level! Try these printable sea creatures to make your own ocean, or see how we brought a fairy tale to life with play dough.

Using chalkboard puppets, means you can draw any character you need to continue your story.

Peg dolls are great puppets: try these peg doll characters for inspiration and see how we used peg puppets in our fairy land.

Or use natural materials like these seed heads to make puppets.

DIY shadow puppets are good for traditional storytelling.

A favourite of mine for keeping the kids happy while I get dinner ready are these fairy tale fridge magnets.

And puppets are an excellent way to re-tell a story you're learning, or to act out an event in history you have been studying: like these Rama and Sita puppets.

Or try this rod puppet art project.

More wonderful storytelling activities

Would you like your children to develop a love creative storytelling and writing, along with self-confidence and compassion?

will help you take the simple act of sharing stories and stretch it to help your child develop their confidence, compassion, and caring.

Storytelling has been central to communities for centuries. Stories let us see into the lives and feelings of others, and our own writing helps us explore ideas and discover who we are. This book will build your child's love of writing, with practical skills and creative inspiration.

It will also nurture your child's social skills, helping them to understand others and be a great team member. They'll see how, although young, they can already make their mark on the world, through simple acts of kindness and citizenship projects.
Get your guide to storytelling and beyond here.

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Making puppets with children is a springboard into art, story telling, role play and lots of language practise. Here are some great ideas you can use to make and play with puppets. If you sit and watch your child as they play with puppets, you'll notice so much complex learning happening.

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For day twenty of our Stay at Home, Screen Free Activities programme, let's create junk models!

Junk modelling is a fabulous activity for children to try. Here's why:

Junk modelling is fun

Using your imagination you can turn your junk into anything your like, giving you DIY toys for lots of play. (Go here to see how I organise my junk and craft supplies)

Junk modelling is creative

Through junk modelling children get to try new materials, in different ways, and make something from nothing - creative play at its best.

Junk modelling is free and environmentally friendly

We're using stuff we'd otherwise throw away, and re-using and up-cycling to turn it into art, toys, costumes.... You only need a few inexpensive extras to give your a great craft kit which will allow you get the most from your modelling.

Junk modelling is brain boosting

When you're junk modelling, you're running your own project.

You have to select the right materials for the job.

You need to think in three dimensions, count, consider angles, work with different shapes - super maths skills put into hands-on action.

Sometimes you have to problem-solve, and you might be working as a team.

All really great skills for children to be developing.

The art and craft material we use most often in our house is junk.

Sticky tape, glue and paint are added in, but many of our projects make use of re-cycled materials.

So, join us! Raid your recycling box and see what you can make. Try these ideas for inspiration:

You could make a magnificent hat.

Go here to see how to model with cardboard boxes.
Make a dragon!

Make small worlds for imaginary play.

Turn junk into make puppets.

Make a city, winter town or fairy land.

Need more ideas for screen-free play?

Want more ideas for screen-free play? Try the other ideas in our Stay at Home, Screen-free Activities Programme.

And do sign up for magic mail! I'll send your weekly lesson plans, activities and printables in your choice of subjects.

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For day twenty of our Stay at Home, Screen Free Activities programme, let's create junk models! Junk modelling is a fabulous activity for children to try. Here's why: Using your imagination you can turn your junk into anything your like, giving you DIY toys for lots of play.

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40 Creative Paper Quilling Designs and Artworks | Quilling paper craft, Quilling craft, Quilling designs

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Aug 22, 2017 - But if you think that creative paper quilling designs and artworks is the only way to go then we have to tell you that there are other art forms too.

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Pin on KIDS CRAFTS & ACTIVITIES from Messy Little Monster

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Making a salt dough family handprint keepsake is easy if you follow our simple salt dough recipe. I am a huge fan of salt dough crafts and handprint art projects, but this is the first time we have made a whole family salt dough project.I hope you love this salt dough handprint craft as much as we do!

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Here's a fun kids craft idea - turn a paper plate into an adorable owl craft! We made ours into door hangers, but you can do whatever you like with them. Try adding a magnet to the back and displaying your owls on the refrigerator!
If you've followed us for any length of time, you know that we love owls and owl crafts, such as our wood slice owls and painted rock owls. Owls always feel like fall to me, but this craft is great for any time of the year. Might be fun to do during a science unit about birds.
Supplies Needed
The materials for this owl craft for kids are so simple!

Paper plates - uncoated basic plates

Paint - we used acrylic

Construction paper

Scissors

Ribbon for hanging - optional

Glue - Tacky Glue or hot glue

You will want to find the cheapest, most basic paper plates possible. Seriously! My husband brought home some from Kroger that were just too high quality and wouldn't fold, so I stopped by Walmart where I found some very cheap uncoated paper plates that were perfect. Ha! Coated plates (the shiny ones) are nicer to eat off of, but paint does not adhere to them quite as well.
Instructions:
Step 1: Fold both sides of the plate in toward the center.

Step 2: Then fold over the top of the plate to make the owl's head.

Step 3: Now it's time to paint. Open up the plate and paint the inside - just the area shown.

Let it dry. Then fold the plate again and paint the head and wings.

Step 4: Use either hot glue or Tacky Glue to glue the wings and head down. Then paint feathers on the body. For younger kids, the feathers can be larger. There's no wrong way to do this!

Step 5: Cut out the eyes, beak, and feet from construction paper.

TIP: Plastic caps are perfect when you need to draw a nice, round circle! I like to save plastic caps in a variety of sizes for crafting.

Step 6: Glue the eyes, beak, and feet to the owl's body, and your owl craft is complete!

You may want to add some ribbon to make your owl a door hanger. It's such a fun way to display the owls!
Need more owl craft ideas for kids?
Make some wood slice owls - these are the CUTEST!

These paper bag snowy owls are fun to make.

Build a LEGO owl that turns its head!

Grab some construction paper and make these mosaic owls.

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Paper Plate Owl Craft for Kids - Frugal Fun For Boys and Girls

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Super cute owl craft for kids! Use paper plates, paint, and construction paper to make an adorable owl. Use ribbon to hang the owl on a doorknob or similar.

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This Grow a Rainbow Experiment is really easy and fun to do! You only need paper towel, water and washable markers. See how to "grow" your own rainbow!

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We are a family of animal-lovers and over the years we've had all sorts of pets and animal friends live with us on our farm, from dogs to horses and ducks. When we heard about the movie Dolittle, a brand new take on Hugh Lofting's epic book series, we couldn't contain our excitement. When our kids were younger, we would always find them playing and having full conversations with our pets, so this movie is right up our alley.

Bean and seed mosaics have been around for ages, and if you've made them before you'll know how fun and satisfying they are to make. And by using bright shades of paint in combination with the beans, they get a playful, modern look.

We used all our favorite characters from Dolittle as the subjects, including Poly the Parrot, Dab-Dab the Duck, Plimpton the Ostrich, and Chee-Chee the Gorilla. Keep reading to see all our tips and tricks for making your very own collection of Dolittle-inspired bean mosaics!

Scrap cardboard

White glue

Pencil

Dried beans (various sizes and shapes)

Folk Art Multi-Surface Acrylic Craft Paint

Paintbrushes

Step 1
Cut your scrap cardboard down to whatever size you like - these ones are slightly bigger than postcards, and we used a few different sizes to mix it up. Use a pencil to roughly sketch out the character you'd like to create. It's super helpful to use the movie posters as a reference when you're doing this.

Step 2
Start by applying a thin layer of glue over the inside of the drawing, sticking to one color for now. For Dab-Dab the duck, we did the beans over her feathers first, doing the eye detail as well. Allow the glue to dry.

Step 3
We wanted the feathers to be ultra white, so we gave them a quick coat of white paint. You don't have to be too tidy around the edges of the beans, because these will be covered with more beans later. Let paint dry.

Step 4
Next we glued on the beak, using slightly smaller beans for some difference in texture. Again, let the glue dry.

Step 5
Like before, paint the beak and let it dry. This time though, you'll have to be a little more careful when painting around the feathers so that you have a nice tidy edge there.

Step 6
Repeat this process until the entire cardboard is covered. For Dab Dab, we just filled in the background with split peas, let dry, and gave a coat of paint. Finally, use a touch of black paint for the eye detail and your bean portrait is complete!

Use this same method for all your favorite Dolittle characters, simply gluing and painting one color at a time to make the process as simple as possible.

Happy crafting!

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We are a family of animal-lovers and over the years we've had all sorts of pets and animal friends live with us on our farm, from dogs to horses and ducks. When we heard about the movie Dolittle, a brand new take on Hugh Lofting's epic book series, we couldn't contain our excitement.

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[Видео] "A simple tutorial to show you how to DIY a spinning ball." в 2020 г | Бумажное ремесло, Детские поделки, Ремесла

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04.03.2020 - A simple tutorial to show you how to DIY a spinning ball.

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How to make a simple DIY craft for your kidds? Fun piece for home decor as well. It's simple to make with preschoolers, kindergarten and elementary aged children. So easy! Let's get started. Have fun！

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Fall leaf crafts & activities that the kids are sure to LOVE!

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It's that Dandelion time of year again - and our garden is brimming with them! I always love to wear a beautiful dandelion crown at least a couple of days each spring.. and they are so simple to make! This year we'll be using Dandelions in our salad too..

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The Maths Factor : Homepage - make Carol Vorderman your child’s online maths tutor

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Rosetta Stone offers a wide range of language courses, from Spanish and French to Japanese and Arabic. Whether you're learning to enhance your career, you're moving abroad or you just want to experience new cultures, Rosetta Stone makes the world more accessible. With Rosetta Stone you will be able to learn your new language intuitively, speak confidently.

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It seems that in our busy life of fast food and convenience, many people have become so disconnected from their food, they don't know where their food actually comes from (or what it is made of!). This food mapping activity helps kids understand more about our food system.
Today we're mapping our fruits and vegetables: with a little research in the supermarket, the kids are discovering where our food was grown and how long it traveled to get here!

We recently packed a notebook and pen with us during a trip to the supermarket, on a quest to see where our fruit and vegetables were grown. Luckily, most of the supermarkets near us label the origins of the produce, and my kids were able to gather their food mapping data quite independently.

I let them choose which fruits and veggies they would write down, and they happily ran from bin to bin recording the data. My little kids would point out their favorites, but were a little more entertained trying all of the juicy samples:).

Once they decided we were finished, we came home to work on locating the origins of the foods. The older kids decided it would be better to draw pictures of the foods, to help the little kids "read" the results better.

Anytime my girls can turn a project into art, they do! They enjoyed drawing little pictures of the grapes and pineapples, zucchini and carrots. We used card stock and markers and they helped each other decipher handwriting and illustrate their food mapping data.

Once we had all of the pictures cut out, we attached tape, and I had the kids try to find the countries of origin of all of the fruits and vegetables we had recorded. Some countries were harder to find than others! Perhaps it was because we went to Whole Foods- which tries to stock lots of local items- but I was pleasantly surprised that we had a LOT of food grown locally in our state (Texas). I think I was suspecting to have more Latin American produce- but maybe at different times of the year this would change? We are in summer, which is the height of fresh harvest.

We also had a lot of fruit from California, which produces more than half of all of the fruits and vegetables in the US. We talked about how citrus grows in the winter in warmer climates, and how in January, the oranges, lemons, and limes would probably come from Florida or Texas. Right now it is winter in the southern hemisphere, and the oranges available are from Australia. I introduced the idea of eating foods that are grown locally, so that we don't waste resources and contribute to pollution in the transportation of the fruit and veggies. The kids found the fruits that had traveled the farthest (Australia and New Zealand), and we talked about how they could have arrived to the US (via barges, traveling across the oceans). We traced their possible routes from their farms to our house and saw that we had a choice to buy apples from New Zealand or Chile. I wondered why we didn't have any Michigan or Minnesota apples!? Being from Chicago, we would go pick apples- maybe the Midwest farms keep the apples local:).

We also talked about how fruits and vegetables are freshest right when they are picked. Traveling long distances, they lose nutrients and flavor. We talked about eating foods in season, and how buying from a Farmer's Market might mean that the food was picked the same day we buy it.

It was a great food mapping activity, that combined geography, with some science and nutrition thrown in.

Here are some other articles for parents to learn more:
The Value of Locally Produced Food The Best Tasting Food Ripens Close to Home
Local Harvest, a US-based web site that helps find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
Australian Farmer's Markets Farmer's Markets in Europe (see list at bottom of article)
Locavore has a free app to help you find local foods in season.

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Where in the World is your Food from? (Food Mapping!)

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Who wants to take a trip around the world?

Summer is the perfect time to travel, but most of us probably aren't able (or willing) to haul our young children around the globe! Luckily for you, we're taking a whirlwind virtual trip to dozens of countries in one month to help teach toddlers and preschoolers about culture and geography.

I've teamed up with my blogging buddies to bring you a creative and inspiring travel-related learning idea to do with your kids.

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Pack your suitcase and lets get started!

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These hand fans are an easy and lovely craft for the spring and summer.

We made pretty Asian style hand fans for the Lunar New Year a few months back. Theywere such a big hit and so much fun to make that we wanted to make more for the spring and summer. I love these fans. They are simple to make and the kids will enjoy decorating them with their own designs.

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What you will need:
Paper plate
Acrylic or tempura paints Glue gun Directions:
Cut a paper plate in half.

My daughter wanted a bigger fan, so she only cut about 1/3 of her paper plate.

Paint a spring or summer scene on your plate. Paint a rainbow, a cherry blossom, butterflies or any other design of your choosing.

When you have finished painting your fan, set it aside to dry.

While you wait for your plates to dry, grab two of the jumbo craft sticks. You can choose to paint them or leave them natural. If you paint them, make sure you let them dry completely.

Glue the craft sticks into a wide "V" shape to form the fan's handle.

Glue the handle to the bottom of your painted fan.

It is as easy as that. Make a bunch with different spring or summer designs. These are perfect for a warm day. Just grab one and enjoy the breeze.

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Healthy homemade fruit popsicles made with five ingredients or less! Four delicious recipes to choose from, strawberry, watermelon, lemon, and coconut. An easy and refreshing treat to help you cool down from the heat.

There's nothing like enjoying homemade fruit popsicles on a hot day. The problem with the store-bought kind is that they typically contain high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors. Not these! All my popsicle recipes are 100 calories or less and made with only natural sweeteners!

Warm weather means beautiful ripe fruit starts to appear at the local market. With so many choices, I decided to make four recipe variations. I hope you have as much fun creating these frozen treats as I did. Almost anything can be frozen, so grab your favorite ingredients and let's play around!

Making homemade fruit popsicles are a fun way for kids and adults to experiment in the kitchen. It's also easy to add more nutrients to your day without using refined sugar.

Molds

Popsicle-making technology has impressively advanced since I was a kid. Companies like Zoku have come up with smart gadgets. Consumers have also gotten impressively creative with shapes, characters, and even light-sabers! I decided to ditch my old-school plastic contraption for a slightly updated Norpro Ice Pop Maker that I found on Amazon.

Fruit

I like to puree naturally sweetened fruit with lemon or lime for some acidity to reduce the overly icy texture. Fruit juice such as orange, lemon, guava, grape, or apple makes the most reliable pops that tend to melt slower. A combination of puree and juice mixed also works to infuse different flavors. To add texture and visual appeal, chop small or thinly sliced pieces of fruit like watermelon, strawberry, mango, pineapple, or kiwi.

Creamy Popsicles

Adding yogurt for protein and probiotics for digestive health creates a natural creaminess that adds a smooth texture. Pureed bananas with juice can also create a soft bite. Unsweetened coconut milk adds a creamy popsicle texture with a subtle sweet flavor. Mixing or blending juice, whole fruit, and something creamy also make for a consistently creamy popsicle.

Freeze Time

Depending on the ingredients, at least 4 to 6 hours are needed to turn the parts from liquid to solid. Overnight freezing is the safest bet and something to look forward to the next day!

Four different flavors

Peach Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles

Minty Watermelon Popsicles

Blackberry Lemon Popsicles

Orange Mango Coconut Popsicles

Each popsicle has a distinct flavor and texture. In fact, James told me, "mommy, these are yummy! I love popsicles." That's a Mom win! I love that I can make something my family can enjoy that is healthy, and they wouldn't even know it. My son enjoys making new flavors with me, so it's a great way to bond and teach kids about eating more fruit daily.

With a bit of creativity, you can take wholesome fruit, juice, yogurt, and milk and turn them into delicious homemade frozen popsicles. Since my popsicle mold has ten spots, I like to add different flavor combinations by adjusting the recipe size so we have variety whenever cravings hit.

We've come a long way from Otter Pops, and I always feel good about offering one of these healthy popsicles to my family. To prevent the inevitable melted popsicle drip from making a total mess, I cut a small slit in the bottom of a cupcake liner and placed the popsicle stick through the bottom to catch the juice. It's saved us a few times from some unwanted messes!

More popsicle recipes

How do popsicles freeze?

A fundamental property of liquid solutions is that increasing their concentrations of dissolved solids will lower their freezing points. That means that adding ingredients like sugar, salt, minerals, fruit, and proteins in a solution increases the time required to freeze the product and the need for lower temperatures to freeze thoroughly. When freezing a juice popsicle, the water will freeze first at 0°C. However, the fruit juice will never freeze completely, and it will remain icy and slushy unless the temperature is well below 0°C. This is desirable for popsicles so that they melt quicker in the mouth and are not as difficult to bite!

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Healthy Homemade Fruit Popsicles

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.03g

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I have shared how to make GIANT bubble wands before, but thought, I would share it with you again.. just in case you missed.. these things do happen. And with the warmer weather heading our way, I would officially like to declare BUBBLE SEASON opened. We have a fabulous post full of Bubble Activities for Kids. Before you get stuck into that, we would like to get you Bubble ready - including reminding you of our FAVOURITE easy Bubble Recipe ever - a recipe used by the Bubble Show at the London Science Museum. It really is best and simple! Personally, we find the longer the bubble recipe sits "the better"... so be sure you make a great big batch of it early in the Spring/ Summer season and then enjoy it throughout. And now on to our fun bubbles giant bubble maker!

But I digress... today was meant to be about making GIANT BUBBLE WANDS, right?

How to make your own Giant Bubble Wands - Materials

Before we visit the GIANT Bubble Wand (also shared in the video below), I just want to mention that we have some super duper CUTE beaded bubble wands for you to check out. The kids will LOVE them. Both wands will work great with this bubble recipe.

And here is a Giant Bubble Wands craft - so cute and they work SUPER WELL with our recipes! We have two methods.

Giant Bubble Method Method 1 you will need -

2 sticks

2.2m of string

Extras optional for decorating

Giant Bubble Method Method 2 you will need -

2 Straws (with a big opening helpful)

String

How to make your own Giant Bubble Wands - Materials

Giant Wands can be made like this:

Yep, it really is that simple!!! And then practice away and see how many giant bubbles you can make!!

We found that the straw giant bubble wand is great for big shallow dishes, whilst the stick one is great for deeper dishes.

The kids and I really had fun with the larger Stick Bubble Wands. We preferred the stick method because we didn't have a big enough dish, plus you get your fingers all soapy! It is great for playing with outdoors - if you are having a summer party or a street party, this is a great way to entertain the kids! Make sure you don't put out all the DIY Bubble Solution in one go, as someone is BOUND to knock it over. So make sure you "release it in batches"! And why not set up a DIY Bubble Wand Making Station? That would be super fun too!

If you like watching video how tos, do check out our how to make bubble solution video.. in includes our Giant Bubble Wand how to, as well as footage of us playing with the bubbles!

Do have fun with your DIY Bubble Solution!! And remember to bookmark this pages, as we will VERY SOON be sharing a whole set of fabulous Bubble Activities with you too - it will contain bubble activities for toddlers, through to bubble activities for first grade and lots of science bubble fun and beyond. In the meantime make fun bubbles with your giant bubble maker!!

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This fun & fruity rainbow jello will be a hit with everyone! 12 layers of Jell-O and some whipped cream make this so colorful and tasty. It's surprisingly easy. Anyone can do it!

This rainbow jello brings back many memories because my mom used to make it for us. I remember her doing layer by layer and spending all that time making it, and then being so excited to finally be able to dig in.

I know this may look like it's too hard to make, but I promise you that if you can boil water, measure water, open a Jello pack, stir, and add cool whip then you can make this rainbow jello 🙂 The hardest part about it is the time commitment. Each layer needs to sit in the freezer for at least 15 minutes. So, 12 layers x 15 minutes = 3 hours of freezer time. You obviously can be doing other things while it freezes, but make sure you make this on a day that you have that amount of time at home.

I made this in an 8×8 baking dish because I wanted a really thick rainbow jello, but I have also made this in a 9×13 dish, a 9×9 dish; you can really use any dish you want. Just remember that it is 12 layers, so you do want to use something that could hold that.

The steps to making this are fairly easy and they're the same for each layer:

Mix the Jello package with 1 cup boiling water. Stir until dissolved.

Pour 1/2 cup of that mixture into the smaller measuring cup and then add 3 tablespoons cold water. Stir.

Add 1/3 cup cool whip into the hot water mixture and then stir with a whisk until combined and "cloudy" looking,

Pour the "cloudy" mixture into the bottom of the pan. Stick in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Take it out. Add the other jello mixture (the one you added cold water to) on top of the creamy mixture that you just pulled from the freezer. Put back in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Repeat with remaining colors.

The name brand of Jell-O seems to set up better. I suggest buying the Jell-O brand.

If you don't want to use cool whip you can use anything that will create a "creamy" or "cloudy" effect; greek yogurt, plain yogurt, vanilla yogurt, sour cream. I just prefer the cool whip because it's light and we love the bit of sweetness it adds.

The first 2-3 layers will take longer in the freezer because the pan is not cold yet. The layers after may only need about 12 minutes in the freezer because everything will be colder.

You can also put it in the fridge but it will take much longer to set up. I'm guessing around 30 minutes + for each layer.

I've made these in individual clear plastic cups as well (the larger clear plastic cups; 9 oz I believe). It makes about 7 of those cups.

This fun & fruity rainbow jello will be a hit with everyone! 12 layers of Jell-O and some whipped cream make this so colorful and tasty. It's surprisingly easy. Anyone can do it!

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Ingredients

6 (3-oz) packages Jello (rainbow colors)

1 tub (8 oz) cool whip

Instructions

For each layer, add 1 cup of boiling water to the package of Jello. Stir and dissolve Jello.

Pour 1/2 cup of it into a small glass measuring cup. Add 3 tablespoons cold water to it. Stir.

Using a whisk, stir 1/3 cup cool whip into the other half of the Jello (the half that has the boiling water in it). Stir until combined.

Pour the creamy Jello layer into your dish. Put in freezer for 15 minutes or until the layer is set.

When the first layer is set, pour second layer on it.

Repeat process for remaining packages of Jello. Pour creamy layer first and then the clear layer. You should end up 12 layers.

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Kids and their feathered friends will love this adorable homemade bird feeder.

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Do you have fun plans this summer to spend time out in nature? Every summer we take a few weekend trips up to a small little town in Wyoming where we are surrounded by forest and nature and no cell service at all (Gasp!)...And it's wonderful!

The kids easily keep themselves busy using their imagination and all the things nature has to offer, but we still like to bring up a few simple activities for them to do during the day.

This simple color scavenger hunt for kids is unbelievably easy to throw together last minute and the kids have fun with it every single year.
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The best part about this simple color scavenger hunt is that it's so versatile. You can pretty much use it anywhere that you'll be enjoying outdoors. Make one for a trip to the park, for a weekend camping trip, or even for playing in your own backyard. Using a paper lunch sack is also perfect because kids have a place to store all of their new treasures. Also, you can return the items you found back to nature and play all over again as many times as you'd like.
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How to Make a Simple Color Scavenger Hunt for Kids

Supplies Needed for this Color Scavenger Hunt

Directions for this Scavenger Hunt for Kids

1. Write "Color Scavenger Hunt" at the top of your white paper lunch bag.

2. Choose the colors you want the children to hunt for and use your colored markers to scribble small squares onto the front of the bag of each color.

3. Pass out the bags to the children and let them have fun finding all of the colors on the bag. When they find an item that matches one of the colors, place it in the bag. When everyone is finished, sit in a circle and have a fun time having a show and tell about all of the items everyone found.

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