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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Camp Shine: Cooking with kids idea #1 -- DIY strawberry fruit leather

Photo Credit makeandtakes.com

Photo Credit makeandtakes.com

While I'm a little nervous about the logistics of summer vacation, I'm really looking forward to some of the fun projects we've lined up while they're on break (like making this cute "Yoda" finger puppet.)

One of those projects is DIY fruit leather. I'm not a big fan of packaged fruit skins/rollups because they are packed with sugar. But my kids keep asking for them. So guess what? We're going to make fruit leather at home, thanks to this neat DIY tutorial over at Make and Takes. The instructions call for apricot, but you can easily substitute other fruits. And as

I think kids would get a charge out of letting the sun "cook" the fruit spread into leather. And you don't need any fancy equipment to make the fruit leather. Along with your basic ingredients, a blender, cookie sheet and plastic wrap can do the trick.

If you try it out, let us know how it goes!

Camp Shine is a regular feature on Shine Parenting. At Camp Shine, you'll find tips, ideas, hacks, and activities to help your kids have fun all summer long. Have a summer activity idea that's fun, easy and budget-friendly? Send it to Charlene at shine_charleneprincebirkeland AT yahoo.com.

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  • HotCrossBuns's Avatar
    Posted by HotCrossBuns Thu May 21, 2009 11:20am PDT

    I have made these and they are DELICIOSO!!! Ours came out a little "lumpier", and we used cookie cutters to make shapes out of ours. The kids ate them in no time!

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  • Charlene Prince Birkeland, Shine staff's Avatar
    Posted by Charlene Prince Birkeland, Shine staff Thu May 21, 2009 11:31am PDT

    HCB! Love the idea of using cookie cutters.

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  • Brenda, Shine Community Manager's Avatar
    Posted by Brenda, Shine Community Manager Fri May 22, 2009 10:31am PDT

    Yay! I have a whole flat of strawberries I can use for this. We have friends who gave us some dried fruit they made with their new food hydrator. I was thinking of buying one, but this sounds just as good and healthy! Thanks Charlene...you just saved us a lot of money! :)

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  • cindy's Avatar
    Posted by cindy Fri May 22, 2009 1:31pm PDT

    This site is so cute and had many good idea! This recipe is only the beginning!

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  • Habanero♥™'s Avatar
    Posted by Habanero♥™ Fri May 22, 2009 3:31pm PDT

    This is wonderful and a great day with the kids.

    I want some!!!!!!!!

    Happy Memorial Day

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  • cindy's Avatar
    Posted by cindy Sun May 24, 2009 2:11pm PDT

    I am making her cake mix cookies right now. MMMMM they smell good!

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  • Angel Morbid's Avatar
    Posted by Angel Morbid Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:43pm PDT

    Looks so good!

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  • Shawn S's Avatar
    Posted by Shawn S Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:19am PDT

    Free

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