Fun with Jello

My kids all seem to enjoy jello, and there are so many ideas out there for things that they can do with it to make it more fun than just simply adding some fruit to it.  So, I picked up some clear plastic cups at the store and let the kids make their first, of many, cups of jello for the summer.

Setting up the cups on a tray to make them easier to transport the fridge in the garage:

We chose blue jello for this project in order to simulate blue "water:"

(Sidenote:  Look at those pigtails on Sophia!  I used to do that to Sam's hair when she was less than three years old ... it's taken a bit longer for Sophia's hair to reach that length).

Adding the water:

Stirring the gelatin to get it to dissolve:

I filled the cups and then the girls took turns loading them back on the tray:

Ready to refrigerate:

Later that day, I set out a couple of bowls of teddy graham crackers, gummy lifesavers and crushed graham cracker crumbs so that the kids could use their imaginations and create beach scenes.

Hard at work designing:

(Another sidenote: We had just arrived back from a trip down to the beach, so the girls' hair was EXTRA curly by now!)

Yum!