Cool Ideas
- Create Deliciously-Icy “Fruit Chillers® Cubes.” Let your kids create their very own frozen delicacy—“Fruit Chillers Cubes”! Pour their Fruit Chillers into an empty ice cube tray, place toothpicks into each square, and create mini Fruit Chillers treats!
- Chill Out Your Cooler. Hit the beach together with the ultimate refreshing treat—Fruit Chillers®! Pack them into your cooler and let the Fruit Chillers keep your entire cooler icy cold!
- Draw the Perfect Circle. If your kids love to draw pictures of animals and people, smiley faces, or even the planets—the base of their Fruit Chillers® cups make an awesome tracing device to create the perfect circle! Of course, they’ll probably want to finish their real fruit treat first!
- Paint the Day Away. A little painting time with your kids is always a blast! Let them pour small amounts of paint into empty Fruit Chillers® cups and they’ll have ultra-portable mini paint buckets!
- Start a Fruit Chillers® Garden. Help your kids start their first garden by turning empty Fruit Chillers cups into mini-flowerpots.
- Make and Shake Your Own Maracas. Craft your own maracas and make
some family music together! It’s easy:
- Fill one empty Fruit Chillers® cup half way with uncooked rice.
- Tape another empty cup upside down on top of the first cup.
- Paint them cool colors, and then shake the day away.
- Become an Ice Artist. Fire up the kids’ imaginations—use
colored water and the empty Fruit Chillers® cups to create layered
ice art.
- Pour in one color, only partially filling the cup, and freeze.
- Then add a different color, freeze again.
- Be an Arctic Explorer. Fruit Chillers® sorbets will
cool you off so much you’ll want to play Arctic Exploration in the
middle of the summer!
- Take two empty Fruit Chillers cups and a single piece of construction paper and attach the strip to the rim of each cup.
- Place the paper over the top of your head so the cups fall over your ears — like ear muffs!
- Surprise Yourself with Fruit Chillers® Fruit Cocktails.
Make a Fruit Chillers Fruit Cocktail. Double the Fruit - Double the Fun!
- Take a small can of Del Monte® Fruit Cocktail and drain the juices.
- Mix fruit cocktail into 3 or 4 cups of Fruit Chillers sorbets. Cover and freeze!
- Go Ice Fishing with Fruit Chillers® Sorbets. Submerge 2-3 Swedish Fish in your child’s cup before freezing. Enjoy the look on their face when they discover the edible delicious fish inside. You can accompany this with a short paragraph on how to be an Ice Fisherman.
- Throw a Fruit Chillers® Sundae Party. Here’s a healthful, fun way to have the whole family make their own sundaes! Start with their favorite flavor Fruit Chillers cup. Create a sundae bar with items like Cool Whip, diced fruit, cherries, carob chips, etc. Let each family member put their own finishing touches on their Fruit Chillers sundae masterpiece!
- Shake, Rattle and Chill In the New Year.
Ring in the New Year together with New Year's Noise Makers!- Save your empty Fruit Chillers® Cups (wash with soap and warm water)
- Turn an empty cup upside down and trace the outer rim onto a piece of strong construction paper or light cardboard.
- Decorate the top with bright confetti patterns.
- Place a dozen or so dried beans in the cup and tape the lid closed.
- You’re ready to shake, rattle, and Chill in the New Year!
- Create a Back-to-School Desk Organizer. When it comes to
school, it’s easy to Chill when you’re organized.
- Take three empty cups (use more or less cups according to needs) and glue them to a 4-inch x 9-inch cardboard (parents should help cut out the cardboard strip).
- Do not center the cups; glue them to one side of the strip leaving a full inch or so in front of the strip to personalize the organizer with your name.
- Fill cups with paper clips, rubber bands, and other small school needs for easy access. Place on your desk.
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