Day 23- Kids Summer Fun {Ideas & Activities}
DIY Strawberry & Cantaloupe Yogurt Pops by Real: The Kitchen and Beyond
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Hello. I’m Heather, stopping by fromReal: The Kitchen and Beyond. I’m stopping in to share a quick and easy activity for kids that you can make together in the kitchen. These Cantaloupe and Strawberry Yogurt Pops are the perfect healthy treats for a hot summer day.
Summer is almost here and my kids and I are so ready for it. We love getting a break from school. However, this inevitably means I will soon be hearing a chorus of “I’m bored. There’s nothing to do.” I love finding fun activities for kids that don’t make a big mess, but sometimes the mess is worth it, and these Cantaloupe and Strawberry Frozen Pops are so worth the little bit of mess.
I am a huge fan of getting kids cooking in the kitchen from a young age. From picking out produce at the grocery store, to creating new flavor combinations, the kids are part of our everyday cooking. The kid who picks out food and helps make it feels a sense of ownership and tends to be willing to be a little more adventurous when it comes to trying new foods.
Today we are making some yummy frozen fruit and yogurt pops so we can have a nice healthy treat on a hot summer afternoon. No worries about food dyes and added sugar with these easy little treats.
I am going to use this opportunity to teach the kids more about the fruits we are using and let the older two practice their knife skills. Oh yeah, they’ll learn a little patience too. After all, you can’t make and eat these treats right away. You have to wait a bit until they freeze. Just as they are worth a little mess, they are also worth a little wait.
Are you ready? Let’s get started on this quick and easy activity for kids.
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DIY Strawberry & Cantaloupe Yogurt Pops
Ingredients
- Strawberries
- Cantaloupe
- 1/2 - 1 cup Plain or Vanilla Yogurt
- Cookie Sheet
- Cutting Board
- Large Knife
- Paring Knife
- Parchment or Wax Paper
- Cake Pop/Lollipop Sticks
Instructions
- Cut cantaloupe into 1-2 inch cubes.
- Cut tops off strawberries so the top is flat.
- Put parchment/wax paper on cookie sheet.
- Put a stick into each piece of fruit.
- Dip fruit in yogurt.
- Put yogurt covered fruit onto papered cookie sheet.
- Put in freezer for 30 minutes - 1 hour, until yogurt is frozen. Time will depend on thickness of yogurt coating.
- Enjoy!
(Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.)
Heather writes over at Real: The Kitchen and Beyond where she shares her passion for making whole food recipes and cutting the box out of the picture. She believes anyone can cook if they have the right tools and is teaching her kids this valuable life skill now. Check out what she’s cooking up these days!
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