Pinterest Project: Homemade Ice Cream In A Bag

I saw this first on Pinterest, but, apparently, I didn't pin it!  But I did bookmark the blog where it originated.  I babysat four of my granddaughters last evening while their parents went to a banquet, so we tried it and it worked great!!  

This evening, another couple grand kids were over, so we did it again and I got pics of the process.  They loved "making" their own ice cream!

Here's the recipe as found here:

Homemade Ice Cream In A Bag

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 1 cup half and half

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup salt (The bigger the granules, the better. Kosher or rock salt works best, but table salt is fine.)

• Ice cubes (enough to fill each gallon-size bag about half full)

• 1 pint-size ziplock bag

• 1 gallon-size ziplock bag

Combine the sugar, half and half and vanilla in a pint sized bag and seal it tightly.  Place the salt and ice in the gallon sized bag, then place the sealed bag with the half and half mixture inside.  Seal the larger bag.  Shake the bags until the mixture hardens, about 5 minutes.  You can tell by feeling when it's done.  Take the smaller bag out and quickly rinse with cold water to remove the salt water, then spoon or squeeze into a bowl or eat right out of the bag.  

Enjoy!!

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Somehow, I only have pics of the M!  I originally saw these on Pinterest and wanted to give them a try.

Here's how I made mine:

I picked up the letters on sale at Hobby Lobby.  I think I may have got one of them at Joann's.  I used a tacky glue to draw the design, then let it completely dry.

Next, I spray painted it silver.  

Then I used black shoe polish as a glaze.  I tried using a regular paint glaze that I had, but it wasn't dark enough and I didn't like how it was turning out.  I went over it several times with the shoe polish to get the coverage I wanted, letting it dry in between coats.  

It would probably be a good idea to apply and coat of lacquer when the shoe polish was completely dry, but I didn't do that.

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I was a bit apprehensive going into the decorating, but it's what she wanted, she loved it and that's what matters!!  It does look pretty stunning!!

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But I survived and all's well that ends well.

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