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Hi friends!

Today, we have Scented Paper Ice Pops with fruit rind, cocoa powder, and a few other things! We love ice cream as much as the next person, but not the drippy mess my littles end with. =0 Check these ice pops out and the optional sensory play, below.

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What You'll Need

Construction Paper (brown, tan/ivory, white, yellow, green, orange, pink/red; makes 2-4 per sheet)
Scented Toppings: Citrus Fruit Rinds, Dried Coconut, Cocoa Powder, Red Cereal, Vanilla Extract (imitation ok)
Craft Sticks
Glue Stick & Liquid Glue
Paint Brush
Scissors
Pencil
Newspaper/Table Cover
Optional: Kool-Aid Mix, Small Jar/Cup, Wipes, Ruler,

The Steps

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NOTE: Our version of ice cream pops creates sensory play for little hands and a treat for their noses. They’ll experience texture, moisture, and yummy scents, all while “making” ice cream. This is ice cream they CAN play with! Even though you can’t eat it, the toppings are technically edible.

If you’d like to skip the sensory stuff, you could decorate a plain gift bag or make a cute ice pop garland, which we share as well.

Lastly, if you’re stumped on party fun, this would be a great activity for a kid’s birthday party. It could also become a game; guests have to guess the scent. To make it trickier, switch the scents and colors lol.

These first 7 steps can be done in advance before the kiddos come to play.

PREP

Turn each sheet horizontally and fold it in half.
Glue each half together.

ICE POP

Use a small jar/cup to trace the top part of the ice pop(optional).
Then use a popsicle stick or something else with a straight edge for the sides and bottom.

5. Cut out the ice pop and use it as a guide for the rest of the ice pops. Depending on the size, you can make 2-4 per sheet. Repeat with each sheet.

6. Cut out all the ice pops.

To make an outdoor hanging garland, skip down to the end.

SENSORY PLAY

Cover the play space with newspaper or a table cover(preferably).
Allow the kids to play with the coconut & powders, crush the cereal, and help grate rinds. They can taste and smell anything they’d like.
When they’re ready to create their ice pops, clean up the area enough to create a workspace.

CREATE

Have the kids add liquid glue to their ice pops and spread it with their fingers or a brush.
Add the scented toppings: coconut to the white paper and press down, cocoa powder to the brown paper, crushed red cereal /Kool-Aid powder to the pink/red paper,

apply multiple coats of vanilla to the tan/ivory paper, grated lemon on the yellow paper, grated lime on green paper, and orange, tangerine, or ruby red grapefruit on the orange paper.

3. Let everything dry for 5-10 minutes.

4. Add glue to half the stick and carefully press the scented ice pop onto the craft stick. If there are no sensory items glued, just press the ice pop down firmly.

5. Let them dry for 5-10 minutes.

That’s it!

To create the garland, look below.

Caution- placing the garland with scented items outside could attract insects.

GARLAND

Use a hole punch to punch a hole at the top of each ice pop.
Feed string/twine from behind and through the same hole again, then on to the next ice pop.
Knot the ends and hang up.