Project: Popsicles

Materials

• tongue depressors
• stainless steel bowls or any deep narrow smooth containers that will fit in your freezer
• shower curtain ring or cable tie
• suggested juices:
  • apple
  • cranberry
  • fruit punch
  • grape
  • grapefruit
  • orange
  • passionfruit
• suggested additives:
  • chopped banana
  • chopped cantaloupe
  • chopped honeydew
  • grapes
  • strawberries

Instructions

Drill a small hole near one end of the tongue depressor so you may hang the popsicle later. You can use fruit juice only or add small whole fruit or chopped fruit. Fill bowl almost completely full, cover with cellophane wrap and insert tongue depressor in center. Freeze; then attach to enclosure ceiling with shower curtain ring or cable tie. Modify for more robust species by using a thicker dowel or branch instead of a tongue depressor, eye hook on end for hanging.

See also polar bear popsicles.

Cautions

Species this can work for

• bats (originally designed for)
• foxes
• lemurs
• marmosets
• tamarins

-- This information comes from The Lubee Foundation, Inc. Species suggestions other than bats and robust modification comes from DBS.

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Last update 29-Aug-1998 by DBS.