Ice Cream in a Bag

Need a quick activity?  Need an activity that the girls will love, yet is so simple - and it actually teaching them a skill?  Make Ice Cream in a Bag.  This is so simple and fun!

Here's what you need (for each girl):

1/2 cup half and half
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 tsp vanilla

1. Put ingredients into a QUART size freezer zip-lock bag, letting out as much air as you can and sealing.
2.  In a GALLON size freezer bag put the bag of ice cream mix (sealed) with enough ice to fill up about half the bag.  Add about 6 T. rock salt (table salt works, too).  Squeeze out air and seal.
3. Now shake, turn, toss, and squeeze the bag.  In 5-10 minutes, your ice cream mix will be ready to eat.


*You may want to wear gloves - your hands tend to get cold.
*DO NOT double recipe.  This technique works best with a small individual batch of ingredients.


You can add mix-ins to ice cream mix (before freezing) such as:
*small chocolate chips
*crushed up candy bars
*sprinkles
*chopped up fruit
*nuts
*mini marshmallows
*and more!