Little House on the Prairie: Lemonade Bar

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'Is your lemonade sweet enough?’ Mrs. Oleson asked. So Laura knew that it was lemonade in the glasses. She had never tasted anything like it.

~ On the Banks of Plum Creek, Laura Ingalls Wilder

It is roughly, oh, 8 MILLION DEGREES here right now! Cool lemonade is a welcome respite from the unrelenting heat all around us---even if we made the mistake of setting this up outside. 

I made a couple of carnival booths for a birthday party recently, but they work perfectly as lemonade stands too, so I set up a "Lemonade Bar." I started by pureeing a bunch of fruit and pouring it all into mason jars.

Then I printed these letters onto packing paper using the free font "Showboat":

Then I strung jute through them...

(You could hang this from your patio, or even from two dowels stuck in the grass)

And I printed the name of each fruit or mix-in on more packing paper

 (Again, with the showboat font) and wrapped each paper around the corresponding jar...

I made some delicious lemonade, 

added some fresh mint and vanilla syrup to the spread, 

and we all had at it!

 

My favorite combo was Strawberry Mango lemonade with Mint leaves.

This was a ton of fun. 

You might even end up with a lemonade server if you wait around long enough :)

I can't recommend this enough---especially for a 4th of July party.

Best of luck!

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