All-Day Smoothie Creative Explosive Designs! Star Batons Sing-A-Long Activities Archive Main Activities Page WQLN.org Back to WQLN Kids What do you want to see on this page next? Click here to let us know! July 2007 Fireworks! Smoothies! Action! All-Day Smoothie Perk your day up with this easy-to-make flavorful drink. Preparation Time Per Recipe: 10 Minutes Yield Per Recipe: 2 drinks Ingredients Needed: 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup vanilla yogurt 1 cup sliced kiwi 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon light corn syrup or instant-dissolving sugar Directions: Just put all the ingredients into a blender or food processor and puree. (Your child can help all the way, but be sure you hold your hand on the lid so it's secure during blending, and let the machine come to a full stop before removing the lid.) Activity found at: http://www.seasameworkshop.org Back to Top Creative explosive designs! This Forth of July, make bursts of paint that resemble fireworks in the sky! Craft Materials: Acrylic paint Drinking straw Paper (or card stock) Water Time Needed: 30 Minutes or Less Directions: For each color, in a paper cup, dilute some acrylic paint with water to a runny consistency. A paintbrush, drip a few drops of paint onto a piece of paper or card stock (be sure to rinse the brush between colors), then hold a drinking straw directly over each puddle of paint and blow Activity found at: http://www.familyfun.go.com Back to Top Star Batons These batons promise to be the stars of any Independence Day celebration. Craft Materials: Scissors Pieces of red, white, and blue felt Red, white, and blue ribbons (available at local craft stores) Tacky glue 3/8-inch dowel Time Needed: 30 Minutes or Less Directions: Cut a pair of 6-inch stars from red, white, or blue felt. Cut a slightly smaller pair (ours were 4 inches across) from a different color of felt, and an even smaller pair (ours were 3 inches across) from the third color. Use tacky glue to affix the stars to each other. Glue together the 2 sets of stars, sandwiching a 3/8-inch dowel between them. Allow the glue to dry, and then finish the baton by tying a length of red, white, and blue ribbon around the dowel. Activity found at: http://www.familyfun.go.com Back to Top Sing-A-long Sing and learn the national anthem of the U.S.A Star Spangled Banner Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there: Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wa-ave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Back to Top