Orange popsicles


One photo will do, here's twelve. Children make these.












Sticks VS plastic handles.

Plastic handles 
pros
* conveniently fit centered
* re-useable
* dishwasher safe
* drip tray on each stick
* PBA free
* cheap
* sturdy
cons
* inauthentic
* look like a pacifier 
* become brittle when frozen and break
* single-use, cannot use handle for crafts
* handles crack cut little tot's lips
* sometimes handles snap when trying to remove from molds
* difficult to release
* too small
* solvent smells bad
* popsicles break inside while removing
* break when frozen

Wooden sticks
pros
* 100% authentic popsicle stick
* kids love these
* disposable
* multiple uses
* can be used for crafts afterwards
* encourages imagination
* can be fashioned into weapons
* can be sharpened
* can be glued to make forts, ships, etc.
* can write lessons on them and use them as flash cards
* can be used for fires
* can be used for tongue depressors
* tend to really hang on when de-molding
* can be used to play games
* can launch peas and spit wads
* can stir small quantities of paint
* used to make masks
* wooden airplanes
* replacement propellers
* grave markers
* can shoot rubber bands
* can be targets for rubber bands
* bird houses
* can be made into a trivet
* can be fashioned into a ninja spring-trap held together by pressure alone and explodes when tossed near somebody
* encourages creativity
* biodegradable 
* ecofriendly
* green, actually green, renewable resource
* garden plant identifiers 
* rafts that float
* rafts with a sail
* substitute army men
* can draw faces on them
* can carve them into totems or other useful items
* level a wobbly table
* fill in a screw hole for window dressing and such that is too large
* used to brush teeth in a fix
* used as a tongue scrapper
* used for clamp cushions
* holds a window open
cons
* invites mischief
* can poke eye out 

Wooden sticks win.

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