We decided to have our own family
Outdoor Science Day
during Backyard Science Week.
That's us making Ice Cream
in a Pillow Case...
Yes, a Pillow Case!
That's how we roll around here.
I recently received an Outdoor Science Day Package
that included three different backyard science kits
to try out with my girls compliments of my friends
at Elmer's Glue and Scientific Explorer!
First we made
homemade ice cream in a pillow case!
The girls were super excited to try this one.
We gathered ingredients and "E" wrote down each recipe
as we experimented with skim milk vs. 2% milk,
white milk vs. chocolate milk, sugar vs. honey, etc.
Stirring up the "potions"
Mixing the ice cream in a pillow case
(inside a plastic bag with salt and ice cubes!)
We had to take turns shaking and flipping it for 20 minutes!
It was a good workout : )
We had a little family taste test to see which flavor
we liked the best -
Pink Strawberry, Chocolate, Vanilla, or Blue Honey Vanilla.
The four flavors on our tie-dyed pillow case!
Yum!
Our Blue Honey Vanilla ice cream was
voted by our family to be the best!
The girls also loved this My First Backyard Explorer Kit
it comes with a guidebook filled with fun (kid friendly and mom-manageable) experiments.
Their favorite "experiment" was using this rope
and setting it up in various places around the yard between
4 sticks to see what lives in a square foot - it's a lot more than you think!
This nifty little observation scope was "C"s favorite tool
in the kit. She examined moths, flowers, and bugs.
They also sent us this super cool Baking Soda and Vinegar Rocket kit...
but our yard has too many neighboring trees to do the 100 ft. (Wowzers!) clearance it needs.
We're planning a trip to the nearby High School Soccer Field
as soon as we get a nice sunny day with fewer gnats!
Want to have some outdoor science fun of your own?
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Fondly,
Pink and Green Mama
Scientific Explorer provided me and my family with the
three science kits reviewed in this post, free of charge.
The opinions expressed are entirely my own
and I did not receive any additional compensation.
30 comments:
We would love the Nature Explorers kit. My daughter would have tons of fun with it.
I think my daughter would love the backyard explorer kit - she's really into bugs! Thanks for a great blog - I've only discovered you recently, but I've loved everything I've read.
Ice Cream for my ice-cream loving boys!
alexandrataylor66@yahoo.com
Jena from www.happylittlemesses.com.
Love these experiment kits and your blog. I've been checking in for over a year now to see what you and your family is up to. Our favorite post is the monster play dough using Koole Aide. We made monster making kits for my littlest guy's birthday this year. It's our favorite play dough recipe and we've tried many...Thanks for all the inspiration!
OOps, My favorite kit is the backyard exploration kit that comes with the scope for looking closely at the ground, and my email address is jenchris27@aol.com
I would probably pick the rocket, although the backyard explorer kit would be cool too.
My favorite part of the video was a chance to win prizes :)
We would love the rocket kit. We enjoy your blog and get great ideas! Our email is apapafoster@aol.com
The rocket is very cool, although so is the backyard explorer. Love your blog, lots of great ideas
The Ice Cream kit seems like lots of fun!
I would choose the backyard explorer kit.
We would love the ice cream kit.
anicolestone@yahoo.com
So difficult to choose! I guess we'd love the Nature Explorer's Kit the best.
musesofmegret (at) gmail (dot) com
Ice cream for sure!
Definitely the NAture Explorer!!! Thanks!
My kids would love the rocket kit. Looks like a lot of fun.
gigig99 at aol dot com
I think my kids would love the backyard explorer kit. Looks like so much fun.
We would love the Nature Kit. Thanks so much for a chance to win. :)
I know a little boy who would love the rocket kit. thanks!
gervitsdatverizondotnet
The baking soda rocket for sure. My preschooler class would love it!
my daughter would love the backyard explorer kit!
it looks like you all had so much fun and the ice-cream looks great!
My 3 kids would definitely love the baking soda rocket! The oldest convinced our babysitter (on a rare date night)that they should try to make a rocket by pouring baking soda into an empty water bottle and then quickly adding vinegar to see if it would take off. BTW lots of vinegar in one area of grass = dead grass! :)
Its such a tough call but I think we would love the My First Backyard Explorer Kit
alklong at hotmail dot com
That is super that homeschoolers can unite for a science fair and participate online together!
alklong at hotmail dot com
scientific explorer twitter follower @nwhomesteader
alklong at hotmail dot com
Oh we would for sure choose the rocket!
We would choose the Backyard Explorer Kit, how fun!
rachelmark@yahoo.com
The virtual science fair is a great resource to enhance learning at home!
rachelmark@yahoo.com
I would love the nature explorer kit!
The virtual science fair could be a great way to get new ideas for science experiments at home and to see how other people approach a given experiment. I love that SE is providing an outlet for sharing!
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