Super Simple Healthy Popsicles - Simple Fun for Kids

It’s been hot around here, and we’ve been making lots of homemade healthy popsicles. E LOVES them and requests them a lot, and I don’t have to worry about her getting too much sugar and whatever else is in the store bought kind.

How to Make Super Simple Healthy Popsicles

(E was 32 months old.)

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You’ll need:

Popsicle mold or small containers and popsicle sticks.
Juice.
Frozen fruit (optional).

I started out just simply making juice popsicles in a basic mold like this one. The last few times, I made it a bit fancier by adding frozen fruit. For some reason, I never let E help…

Today was the first day we kicked it up another notch by using these star shaped popsicle molds {available here in different colors} that I came across after the old mold broke when it hit the floor fully frozen – and E helped make her first batch of popsicles. She was SO excited!

Together, we added frozen blueberries to five individual molds, and raspberries to one of them. {E hasn’t been too fond of raspberries, so I want to see if she likes them better when they’re part of one of her beloved popsicles.}

I poured the juice myself but E could definitely do it next time.

E proceeded to count the molds

and then was actually able to put the lids on herself. The molds are way sturdier than they look.

So proud of her work!

{Please note that I somewhat under-filled the molds since I wasn’t familiar with this new style yet. The juice really doesn’t expand by that much 😉 }

E got to open the freezer door and place the popsicles inside. Now all we need to do is be patient enough to let them freeze for several hours. {We certainly haven’t checked already only to find they weren’t completely frozen yet or anything 😉 }

E goes outside to eat popsicles since they do start dripping quite quickly at the rate this almost 3 year old eats them 😉 So a popsicle usually buys me about 5-10 minutes of what you can see in the following picture – and she’s basically just drinking a glass of juice with some frozen fruit added!

Do you make your own popsicles? What’s your favorite recipe? Tell me in the comments!

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Comments

P is for Preschooler says

July 28, 2013 at 11:41 am

We love to make these! My 4-year-old gets such a kick out of making her own popsicles! We’ve never tried adding fruit, but we’ll have to give it a shot next time!

Tina L says

July 28, 2013 at 9:32 pm

E was incredibly proud of her own popsicles as well! She likes it even better with added fruit – especially the “boobabies” (blueberries) 😉 We’ll try other types of fruit next time. I’m sure pretty much anything will work, fresh or frozen, as long as it’s in small enough pieces.

Hyang Yangishe says

June 2, 2015 at 6:58 am

I really like this popsicle’s me and by Little sister Shing made theese with peach and infused water it tasted soo good and i will pobaly make them again a lot of times

- Tina {Simple Fun for Kids} says
  
  June 2, 2015 at 10:34 am
  
  Oooh, that sounds delicious! So glad you guys liked it!

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