All you need are some popsicle molds and something sweet to put in them. Get the popsicle molds at garage sales (Tupperware popsicle molds are easy to find at these). Then fill your molds with any of the following and freeze:

-Juice(any kind)
-Leftover soda (that may have gone flat in a two liter bottle)
-Kool-aid
-Leftover yogurt (you can sweeten it with jelly or fruit if it's plain)
-Pudding       
-Pureed fruit
-Chocolate milk
-Fruit Cocktail or the juice from canned fruit
-Leftover Fruit Shakes
-Whipped topping and fruit
-Jello/Gelatin
-Apple Sauce or Cranberry Sauce
-Pie Filling (I would tone this down with
yogurt)
-Jam Jar Cleanout (from the Tightwad Gazette): Get all of the jam out of that empty jar by putting some milk in it, putting the lid on and shaking. Pour the flavored milk into a popsicle mold.

Fun Ideas:

Striped:

Layer popsicles with different colored or flavored layers of pudding, yogurt, or jello.

Parfait Pops:
Layer with whipped topping in between. Yummy!

Party Pops:
Add sprinkles, chocolate chips, marshmallows, nuts or coconut to your popsicles. You can also make them wild colors with food coloring.

Rocky Road Pops:
1 package of chocolate pudding
1/2 cup marshmallows
1/4 cup peanuts

Mix, fill molds and freeze.

Pina Coladas
Whirl pineapple juice, coconut and banana in a blender, then fill molds and freeze. (You can also use the Pina Colada fruit shake recipe.

Dreamsicles
Mix 1-2 tsp. Tang and 1/2 tsp vanilla extract with milk. You can adjust to your taste. Fill molds and freeze.

Rocket Pops
Layer red, then white, then blue Kool-Aid, juice or Jell-O for festive popsicles, reminiscent of what the ice cream man used to sell.

Here are some ideas for mix-and-match rocket pops:

Red: red Kool-Aid, fruit punch, berry juice, red Jell-O or white with red food coloring (may turn out pink)
White: white grape juice, milk, yogurt, coconut or vanilla pudding, vanilla fruit shake
Blue: Blue Kool-Aid or Jell-O, or white with blue food coloring.

Note: This is really easy if you just start off with white, split amount in three parts, and color one part red and one part blue. The kids won't notice it's all the same flavor.

Fizzy Lifting Pops
Mix club soda and gelatin to make bubbly Jell-O, then freeze in molds. You could also try mixing club soda and juice, then freeing. Jell-O sells a line of "Sparkling Jell-O" that captures the bubbles when you add the club soda. It's cool! Wait till it goes on sale for 25 cents a box, then stock up!

Chocolate Banana Crunch Pops
This is a family favorite. Get bananas when they are cheap. Melt some chocolate and a little paraffin wax (yes, the kind for canning, it's ok to eat-it's in every candy bar!) in the microwave (usually just 1-2 minutes will melt it). Dip bananas in chocolate and roll in chopped peanuts. Place on cookie sheet covered with waxed paper, and freeze. You can put a stick on the end if you want, we never do. They are wonderful and cheap!

RAINY DAY CRAFTS
OK so even the summer has rainy days, when the kids have to stay indoors!
So below are some fun crafts!

Bubble Painting
You’ll need :
Bubble solution
Powder tempera paint
Blowing wand

Try using other household objects to make bubbles i.e.
T.P. tube, straw, the plastic rings from a six pack of soda. Pour bubble mix into as many trays as you want colors. 
Add about one teaspoon of dry powder paint. 
Place your blowing wand into paint and blow bubbles at the paper let the bubble land. When it pops the color explodes . 


Aluminum Foil Sculptures
You'll need:
Aluminum Foil
Imagination

Use enough Aluminum foil to firmly twist and ball up to the desired design. Can be mounted on wood block with glue gun, or thumb tacks. For an extra challenge try to make a body shape that will balance on a string tied tightly between two chairs.

Sock Sacks
A simple solution, for the mysteriously abandoned sock.
You’ll need :
Unmatched socks
Dried beans, lentils or rice

Simply fill the sock with
about 1 cup of dry beans.
Tie the end and pull to tighten.
There you go, A Sock sack!
Combined with a large coffee can or waste basket you've got "basket sack" !
For out side fun use a Long tube sock and leave the "tail". 
You can use it to really fling your sack high into the atmosphere.