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WHY GO HOMEMADE?
To save waste: Store bought ice and yogurt pops come with so much packaging. You've got the pops with a stick, wrapped in paper, or worse, plastic, and they're contained in a box (often not recycled content). When you consider how many boxes of popsicles your hot household goes through in a summer, it's a staggering amount of waste. Homemade ice pops eliminate this concern.
To go organic and save money: You can buy organic pops, but they'll cost you. If you want the best, healthiest pops for kids, make them yourself. It's less expensive to buy a jug of organic juice, or a quart of organic yogurt and freeze it with fruit, then it is to buy a box of ready made organic popsicles. Homemade pops don't have added junk like chemicals and artificial colors. Lastly, homemade ice pops are the perfect way to use up food. We all know that wasting food isn't green or thrifty. You can freeze almost anything and kids will literally lick it up - leftover organic carrots (blended well), pudding, watermelon, and more.
To introduce kids to green: Kids love ice pops and kids are also like little sponges. They suck up green know-how fast. Reusable ice pop molds and homemade organic ice treats are great ways to work green topics into your family lifestyle. It's a situation even little ones can grasp - i.e instead of tossing paper in the trash, we use reusable molds! Kids also love hanging out in the kitchen; it's fun for them, and ice pops are easy enough that your kids can help make them.
To save waste: Store bought ice and yogurt pops come with so much packaging. You've got the pops with a stick, wrapped in paper, or worse, plastic, and they're contained in a box (often not recycled content). When you consider how many boxes of popsicles your hot household goes through in a summer, it's a staggering amount of waste. Homemade ice pops eliminate this concern.
To go organic and save money: You can buy organic pops, but they'll cost you. If you want the best, healthiest pops for kids, make them yourself. It's less expensive to buy a jug of organic juice, or a quart of organic yogurt and freeze it with fruit, then it is to buy a box of ready made organic popsicles. Homemade pops don't have added junk like chemicals and artificial colors. Lastly, homemade ice pops are the perfect way to use up food. We all know that wasting food isn't green or thrifty. You can freeze almost anything and kids will literally lick it up - leftover organic carrots (blended well), pudding, watermelon, and more.
To introduce kids to green: Kids love ice pops and kids are also like little sponges. They suck up green know-how fast. Reusable ice pop molds and homemade organic ice treats are great ways to work green topics into your family lifestyle. It's a situation even little ones can grasp - i.e instead of tossing paper in the trash, we use reusable molds! Kids also love hanging out in the kitchen; it's fun for them, and ice pops are easy enough that your kids can help make them.
