We had a very fun activity with our Young Women last night. They wanted to play water games, so we headed over to the college for some wet fun. One of our leaders is the softball coach so we had access to the enclosed softball field with a hose and running water. There is also a nice hillside by the diamond.
I froze two big blocks of ice for the girls to slide down the hill on. At first they didn't slide very good, but after they started melting a little they got slicker. The girls put a towel on the ice so they didn't get too cold on their bottoms and took turns sliding down they hill. Several of the girls brought water guns and had fun squirting each other. They balanced cups of water on their heads and played other fun games.
Meanwhile we prepared fixins for home made ice cream in a paint can. We put the ice cream mix plus goodies like fresh strawberries, Oreo cookies, and cookie dough in NEW pint size paint cans. Next we put the little cans into 1 gallon cans and packed them with ice and rock salt. After securing the lids we gave them to the girls to roll down the hill and find other ways to play with them until the ice cream was set.
Finally we gathered in the bleachers and sampled the different ice cream batches we made. They were delicious!!!
A fun time was had by all.
That sounds like loads of fun Marmie! I'm going to have to try that paint ice cream thing. Where do you get new empty paint cans?
ReplyDeleteWe bought them at Home Depot. You can also do it with heavy duty zip lock bags. Use the quart size for the ice cream mix and a gallon size for the ice and rock salt. Just put the smaller bag in the larger bag and make sure they are both sealed up good. Then grab a towel so you don't freeze your hands and start playing with the bag. Just make sure you move it around a lot.
ReplyDeleteWe made it in zip lock bags at Sparks Lake last year while we listed to our Family Home Evening lesson. By the time the lesson was done we had desert ready to eat!