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.