Jello Fun
Brad is a huge fan of Jello and is always asking me to buy it. I do buy it, I just don't make it. Lately I have decided to make it and then I decided the kids would probably love it if I actually let them cut out shapes which we did. They had all kinds of fun playing with the jello. My favorite is the jiggliness which they discovered:
It's so entertaining to watch kids discover. Unfortunately all that jiggling resulted in a decapitated gingerbread man which Beya referred to as a "little boy." She was quite concerned about his well-being:
Here is a picture of her "little boy" which she covered up with another peice of jello to act as a blanket. Not sure why it's on his head but that's where she said it went.
It's so entertaining to watch kids discover. Unfortunately all that jiggling resulted in a decapitated gingerbread man which Beya referred to as a "little boy." She was quite concerned about his well-being:
Here is a picture of her "little boy" which she covered up with another peice of jello to act as a blanket. Not sure why it's on his head but that's where she said it went.She spent a lot of time concerned about the little boy. In reality Novan is the one that gave it shaken-baby-syndrome and when his head broke off Novan wanted me to get some tape and fix it. When I said tape wouldn't stick he ran out of the room crying and Beya took over his care. Hilarious to me, not so much to him. =)
Iyov is apparently a big fan of jello and he got in on the action. I de-clothed him because it was just getting everywhere all slobbery and gross. He would look down at it in his hand and squish it a little before putting it in his mouth. I am sure it was a very satisfying texture.
Then, after all the fun was wearing off, I put them in the tub, or rather, the sink which is just easier when bathing Iyov. Beya is still just small enough to make this method of bathing effective so she enjoyed it as much as Iyov. Novan wanted in too but I told him he is WAY to big. He was not at all excited about that. A note about the sink bath though. I specifically bought this sink for the purpose of bathing children. We had a really deep porcelain one in the house we rented in CA and I loved it for giving Novan and then Beya a bath. So when I was shopping for kitchen sinks one of my conditions was that it had to be at least a 9" depth. I got my wish and it works perfectly!
Ok so I need to know how you got them into shapes. Is it really that easy? you just put the jell-o in a cookie sheet, and when set use a cookie cutter? but then how do you get them up? and do you make the jell-o differently?
ReplyDeleteWatching the kids jiggling was wonderful, thanks for the videos! But Iyov----what a cutie-pie! Hearing about how he just squished it for awhile first reminds me of when I set you outside in the late spring of your first year, barefooted, in lush new grass at the side of the old house. You just stood and wiggled your toes in it the longest time, forever, it seemed. I can still feel that grass through your feet, watching you take it in. --Mom
ReplyDeleteHeather it's 2 1/2 cups of boiling water to 2 large pkgs of jello. Use all boiling water so you can get it all dissolved properly. Then pour it in a 9 x 11 or close to it. When you are ready to cut shapes you soak the bottom of the pan in hot water to loosen it so you can lift up the shapes.
ReplyDeleteMom, I still love putting my feet in fresh cut grass!