Butter from a bottle

Children turn heavy whipping cream into butter by shaking a jar, then sample it on bread.

Steps

1. Conversation: where milk comes from and what is made from it (cheese, yogurt, butter).
2. Pour heavy whipping cream (at least 30% fat) halfway into a jar or bottle.
3. Sitting in a circle, children pass the jar and shake it to a song for 10-15 minutes.
4. Observe how the cream thickens, and then separates into butter and buttermilk.
5. Spread the butter on bread and taste the buttermilk.

Tip: Drop a glass marble into the jar; butter forms faster. Check parents for dairy allergies.

Materials needed

• Large glass jar (1 per group)