Toy-cicle

Take a 9x13" casserole dish. Put in a dozen or so small toys. Fill 'er up with water and pop it in the freezer.

After it's set, take it out and run warm water on the backside of the dish to loosen.

Set it out and let your kids try to figure out how to help the toys escape the frozen tundra. We found that pouring water over the toycicle worked well. Doll's hair takes a while to escape the cube. I don't recommend letting your kids use knives to 'chip away' the ice, you know, like I did. Bad mom. S cut her finger.

I found this on a blog somewhere, but being the bad blogger I am, I don't remember where. Sorry.