Homemade Snow Icecream

Living in New England, you never know what the weather is going to throw at you!  This week has been freezing cold and snowy.  It's so cold, that you can only play outside for a few minutes, which can be very frustrating to a 2 year-old who never wants to come inside!

So yesterday, we did a fun snow activity inside.  We made homemade snow ice-cream!  Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

1 Cup of Milk
1/2 Cup of Sugar
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
6-7 cups of light fluffy snow

Mix the milk, sugar and vanilla in a bowl, and mix well.  (Cleaning up the spills in between!)

Then add the snow a little at a time until it becomes an "ice-cream" consistency.  It melts quickly - so make sure to eat right away!! 

My 2 year-old loved doing this!  We counted, measured and talked about the difference between hot and cold.  It's so great when they are having fun and learning at the same time!