On the hottest of days, break out the plastic bins and empty out the ice maker. Kids will love scooping the ice cubes from one plastic bin to the other, especially when they can watch the ice cubes melt in water tinted with food coloring. On the next sweltering summer day, this activity from the fabulous site Busy Toddler will be a welcome relief.
Emily Westbrooks is a freelance writer and blogger from Maine. Based in Dublin, she's married to an Irishman and an adoptive mom to Maya and Noah. She writes about travel, parenting, adoption and fostering for sites like Romper and Moxie & Mabel, as well as for her own blog, From China Village.