Summertime Fun!

 

Some of our best childhood memories come from summer fun activities. It seems that our childhood summers were spent swimming, playing baseball, and just hanging out with our friends. Here is a summertime recipe and fun outdoor game you can do with your children. Have fun and Enjoy!

Use Your Noodle!

Get set: Cut a few swimming noodles in two, so that you have one half for each player. Scatter 20 or so blown-up balloons on the ground around a laundry basket.

Cooperate: Give players five minutes to move as many balloons as possible into the laundry basket without touching the balloons with any body part. The catch? The only tool they can use is their pool noodle. At first, players may try batting the balloons into the basket, but they'll soon realize that they must pair up and use two pool noodles like giant chopsticks to lift the balloons into place.

Cool down with these yummy and easy Watermelon Pops!

What You Need
1cup sugar, divided
1pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Lime Flavor Gelatin
2cups boiling water, divided
Ice cubes
1cup cold water, divided
1pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin
3Tbsp. miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2pkg. (4 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1-1/2cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Step 1: MIX 1/3 cup sugar and lime gelatin mix in medium bowl. Add 1 cup boiling water; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add enough ice to 1/2 cup cold water to measure 3/4 cup. Add to lime gelatin; stir until ice is completely melted. Refrigerate 25 min.

Step 2:MEANWHILE, repeat Step 1 using strawberry gelatin mix and omitting the refrigeration step. Pour into 16 (3-oz.) paper cups. Freeze 20 min. Stir 1/2 tsp. chocolate chips into gelatin in each cup.

Step 3: BEAT cream cheese and remaining sugar with mixer in medium bowl until well blended. Stir in COOL WHIP; spread over gelatin in cups.

Step 4: POUR lime gelatin over cream cheese mixture. Insert wooden pop stick into gelatin in center of each cup. Freeze 3 hours or until firm. Remove pops from cups just before serving.

Some of our best childhood memories come from summer fun activities. It seems that our childhood summers were spent swimming, playing baseball, and just hanging out with our friends. Here is a summertime recipe and fun outdoor game you can do with your children. Have fun and Enjoy!