🍋 Lemonade

Homemade Lemonade for kids: the whole recipe

Let's squeeze real lemons and make the best lemonade on the street! This easy no-cook recipe is for ages 6 to 11 (grades 1st–5th), takes about 15 minutes and serves 6. Crumb, our tiny chef, reads every step aloud with a picture, so a child can follow along.

Ingredients

• 6 lemons
• ½ cup sugar
• 4 cups cold water
• 2 handfuls ice

Tools

A cutting board, A sharp knife (grown-up), A lemon squeezer, A big jug, Measuring cups, A big spoon, Cups or glasses.

Steps

1. Wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds.
2. Roll 6 lemons on the counter, pressing down hard.
3. Grown-up step: A grown-up cuts every lemon in half with a sharp knife.
4. Press each half onto the squeezer and twist until the juice runs out.
5. Tip the juice into the jug.
6. Add ½ cup of sugar and stir until it disappears.
7. Pour in 4 cups of cold water and stir again.
8. Taste a little: too sour, add sugar; too sweet, add water.
9. Add 2 handfuls of ice, pour it into glasses, and say cheers!

Safety notes

• Sharp! A grown-up does this part.
• None of the nine major allergens as written. Still read the labels on packets.
• Sticky fingers.

Kitchen science

Lemons taste sour because of an acid; sugar's sweetness balances it, so you taste both just right.

Make it your own

• Add a few squashed strawberries for pink lemonade.
• Use half sparkling water for fizzy lemonade.
• Freeze some in an ice-cube tray for lemonade ice cubes.

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