Ice Cream in a Bag Night

I know this is 2 posts in one day, but I had to share this.  Chupp and I babysat the Hasz kids (as in Sam and Lisa's kids) last night.  I really wanted to do something fun with the kids so I decided to make "Ice Cream in a bag."  Here are some pictures from our night...

Henry-"I don't see how this could possibly be good"

Jo Jo

Bridget

Boo and I cheesin' it up

Chupp and Jo Jo

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Me whipping my freezing hands

Boo sharing her ice cream with me

Jo sharing his ice cream with Chupp

Enjoying our homemade ice cream

Silly!

Well, as you can see, it was a hit!  We had so much fun and the kids too! :) Here's the recipe if anyone is interested...

What you'll need:

• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup milk or half & half
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 6 tablespoons rock salt
• 1 pint-size plastic food storage bag (e.g., Ziploc) 
• 1 gallon-size plastic food storage bag
• Ice cubes

How to make it:

1. Fill the large bag half full of ice, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag.
2. Put milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it.
3. Place the small bag inside the large one, and seal it again carefully.
4. Shake until the mixture is ice cream, which takes about 5 minutes.
5. Wipe off the top of the small bag, then open it carefully. Enjoy!

Tips:

A 1/2 cup milk will make about 1 scoop of ice cream, so double the recipe if you want more. But don't increase the proportions more that that -- a large amount might be too big for kids to pick-up because the ice itself is heavy.