Summer Fun and Fresh Popsicles

First I have to give credit where credit is due! Thank you Michele Emery for sharing your mothers fresh fruit popsicles with me. We had such fun making them.....and eating them!!!!! :)

Here is what you need to get started.

Ingredients: Fruit (any kind), cookie sheet, aluminum foil, skewers.
Optional: heavy duty scissors, raised cooling tray, and veggies (I added a cucumber).



I cut the skewers in half but I will warn that they become projectiles when snipped. I remedied this by sticking one end into the grape bag and holding the other while cutting.

Once you have enough skewers cut the kids (and you) can start loading up the skewers.
(Yes that's Captain America helping me in the kitchen. Didn't know I was a superhero mom did ya?)

 

 

 

If your littles are having troubles then tell them to aim for the center circle on most fruits.

 

 

Here is our completed first tray.

 

 

 I used a cake pan cooling tray on top of my first tray so that I could stack multiple trays. You could also use cups or a small bowl. Get creative.

 

 

Now on to the 2nd tray.

 

 

For this tray we added on cucumbers.

We also used some long skewers...I gave up trying to cut them at this point.

 

 

Load in the 2nd tray. The cooling rack worked out nicely as a space saver.

They were frozen within an hour. Just in time for Captain America's big brother to get home from school. Yay for a yummy and healthy snack.

Now my kids are old enough that I keep these on their level in the freezer so they can reach them on their own. They also know that they are supposed to eat them sitting down.......ugh, don't use this pic as evidence to that. :D

Thanks for letting me share and sharing this with your friends!!

Angel