Rainbow Stew

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  • Age Guideline: 3 Years and Up
  • Time Required: 15 minutes (Does not include drying time)

    • Materials Needed:
    • 1/3 cup sugar
    • 1 cup corn starch
    • 4 cups water
    • Food Coloring
    Instructions:
    Mix together all of the ingredients in a sauce pan. Stir constantly and heat until the mixture begins to thicken. Remove from heat and let cool. Divide the mixture into three bowls. Add a different color of food coloring to each bowl. Put approximately three tablespoon of each color into a zip-lock bag. Seal the bag and tape the top closed. Knead the baggie to mix colors just enough to look like a rainbow. Lay bag down on a hard surface and gently press to flatten it. You can hang it in your window when finished. You can also just play with it and see wht happens to all of the colors!

    Pretzles

    You can make animals, letters and numbers

    1 package yeast
    4 cups flour
    1 1/2 cups warm water
    1 egg
    1 tablespoon sugar
    1 tablespoon salt

    Mix together yeast, water, sugar, and salt. Stir in flour. Knead on table until dough is smooth. Shape dough into animal shapes. Make sure they are not too thick. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with salt. Bake in a 425 degree oven for 15 minutes or until brown.

    Ice Cream in a bag

    What you'll need:
    • 1 tablespoon sugar
    • 1/2 cup milk or half & half
    • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
    • 6 tablespoons rock salt
    • 1 pint-size plastic food storage bag (e.g., Ziploc) 
    • 1 gallon-size plastic food storage bag
    • Ice cubes
    How to make it:
    1. Fill the large bag half full of ice, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag.
    2. Put milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it.
    3. Place the small bag inside the large one, and seal it again carefully.
    4. Shake until the mixture is ice cream, which takes about 5 minutes.
    5. Wipe off the top of the small bag, then open it carefully. Enjoy!
    Tips:A 1/2 cup milk will make about 1 scoop of ice cream, so double the recipe if you want more. But don't increase the proportions more that that -- a large amount might be too big for kids to pick-up because the ice itself is heavy.

    Ice Cream in a bag with soy milk

    • 1 tbsp Splenda
    • 1/2 cup light soy milk
    • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract (or any other flavor you’d prefer).
    • Sandwhich Size Zip-lock Bag
    • Quart Size Zip-lock Bag
    • 6 tbsp Rock Salt (or 3 tbsp table salt)
    1) Measure out and mix splenda, milk, and vanilla. Pour into a small zip-lock bag (sandwhich size)
    2) Take a quart size zip-lock bag and fill about halfway with ice. Add rock salt
    3) Place small zip-lock bag into the bag with the ice and seal it closed. 
    4) Squeeze the large bag with your hands for about 10 minutes or until the mixture in the small bag is firm. 
    5) Pour ice-cream into a small cup and enjoy!