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  • Wacky Refreshments
  • From "DIY Kids"
    episode DIK-109
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    You can increase sales at your refreshment stand with fun straws and wild drinks.

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    Figure A

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    Figure B

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    Figure C

    Wild and wacky drinks and straws complete your refreshment stand. DIY Kids host Kent Lindsey and the DIY Kids explain how to make unique drinks and straws.

    Materials:

    Straws
    Construction paper, any color
    Hole punch
    Scissors
    Powdered lemonade and fruit drinks
    Pitcher
    Food coloring
    Mixing spoon
    Fresh or canned fruit of your choice

    1. Cut wild and wacky shapes from colored construction paper to decorate your straws (figure A). Punch a hole in the end, using a hole punch, and insert a straw through the hole (figure B). Make as many as you like.

    2. Mix powdered drinks, crushed or juiced fruit, food coloring and water in a pitcher, following package directions, to create fun and flavorful drinks to sell at your refreshment stand (figure C). Anything goes, so have fun.


    RESOURCES :
    The Cookbook for Kids
    Model: 0962814806
    Author: David Ferguson
    (1991)

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    Abigail Publications
    Perrysburg, OH 43551-9546

    The Healthy Body Cookbook: Fun Activities and Recipes for Kids
    Model: 0471188883
    Author: Joan D'Amico and Karen Eich Drummond

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    John Wiley & Sons
    Somerset, NJ 08875-1272
    Phone: 732-469-4400
    Fax: 732-302-2300
    Email: compbks@wiley.com

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