Did you know that in 1984 Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and made the third Sunday in July National Ice Cream Day? I didn’t know that either (well, until a few days ago that is). Now that I do, I plan on celebrating in style.

For our fun activity this week the kids and I will be making our own ice cream.  There is lots of information I’ve found online about how to do this. Here are a couple of my favorite resources I wanted to share…

Homemade Ice Cream in  a Bag – This looks so easy that even little ones can participate. In only five minutes you have ice cream!  And the recipe is for a single serving which means everyone can make their own so they will love that.

Ice Cream in a Can – This one is a craft, exercise and snack all in one!  Put the ingredients in a can and kick it around until you have a pint of homemade ice cream.

Go ahead and try different flavors when you are making your ice cream. Adding chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, cocoa powder, flavor extracts (such as vanilla or lemon), chocolate chips and nuts can all produce some really awesome results.

Want to make it even more fun?  Put out all of the ingredients and have the kids each make their own flavor. When it’s ready have a taste testing and determine who created the one. The only downside is that you may never be able to recreate the flavors again! But it will be fun trying.

Hope you have a sticky, delicious ice cream day.