Summer doesn’t officially start until June 21st, but you wouldn’t know by looking at the thermometer. The heat is on across the nation and that means plenty of moms and dads are looking for ways to keep their kids cool during summer break from school.
The following are some simple ways you can beat the heat this summer indoors and out:
WATER BALL TOSS
Gather and then fill up five buckets with water. Place the buckets in a line with the first bucket in front of the second and so on so that the fifth bucket is farthest away.
Use a piece of masking tape to create a baseline for kids to stand behind.
Each child stands at the baseline and tosses a small ball into the buckets of water. The ball must land in the buckets in numerical order (first bucket, second bucket, third bucket, etc.).
If a ball lands in a bucket out of numerical order then the child’s turn is over. The child who tosses the ball into all of the buckets in order wins.
Kids can use water hoses to refill buckets and to squirt at each other to cool off in between turns.
COOKIE DOUGH ICE CREAM TREATS
Ingredients:
2 rolls (16.5 ounce) of store bought refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
1/2-gallon cookie dough ice cream
Chocolate syrup
Whipped cream
Directions:
Bake one roll of cookie dough according to package directions.
Remove cookies from oven and let cool.
Line 9 by 13-inch pan with heavy-duty foil, extending foil over sides of pan. Spray foil with cooking spray.
Press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust.
Preheat oven to 350. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool.
Spread softened ice cream evenly over cooled crust.
Cut up 10 to 12 of the baked chocolate chip cookies. Sprinkle on top of the ice cream.
Cover with plastic wrap and freeze at least 2 hours before serving.
Pull out of the freezer about 5 minutes before serving.
Use foil to lift dessert from pan. Cut into squares.
Drizzle with syrup and top with whipped cream before serving.
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