Ice Cream Crafts Ideas For Kids

Ice-creams! Kids like ice creams a lot. They know everything about its flavor. What if we give them a craft of making ice creams. As they like it they will enjoy making the craft. It can be the best idea for you to keep them busy in their holidays.

Tell them to use their creative mind and think that how can they make ice cream crafts. Tell them that they can use recyclable materials for crafting too. In this way, they can learn new things and recycle the materials.

Give them all the supplies they need for making the craft and let them enjoy it! Here I am giving some of the simple and best ideas for your kids to make ice cream crafts.

Ice Cream Crafts Ideas For Kids

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Crafting A Paper Ice Cream For Young Ones

Image Source/ Tutorial: Kids Art & Craft

Crafting a paper ice cream is a fun and creative way to keep young ones busy and entertained. It is easy to make and provides hours of imaginative play. It can also be used as decoration in the room or for a special occasion.

1. Ice Cream Balloon Cones

Image Source/Tutorial: Pop Sugar

It is a craft of making ice cream cones by using balloons and other materials. You cannot eat it but you can enjoy making this craft! See the procedure to make.

Materials Required:

• Coloured printed hard sheet
• Small balloons
• Sparkle tape or washi tape
• Thread
• Glitter sheet
• Glue

Procedure:

1. Take the printed sheet and make a cone of it. Glue the ends.
2. Then blow up the balloon according to the size of the cone and tie it with a thread.
3. Now, fit the balloon into the cone and place the washi tape to stick the balloon at the place where the balloon portion and upper portion of the cone meet.
4. Take the glitter sheet and cut out small pieces of it to make a cherry of ice cream. Glue them at the top of the balloon.

And your beautiful cone ice cream is ready!

2. Cup Ice Cream Craft

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like cupcakes you can also try for the cup ice-cream craft. In this craft, you have to make only a cup for your ice cream. Start by following the given procedure.

Materials Required:

• A plastic cup
• Paint
• Ice cream

Procedure:

1. Get the plastic cup and paint it with red paint.
2. Also, draw a yellow line by making the crosses on the cup.
3. Let it dry.
4. Put your ice cream in it. Add other materials on your ice cream like cherry etc.

In this simple way, you can make a cup for your ice cream.

3. Egg Carton Ice Cream Cones

Image Source/Tutorial: In The Playroom

You can use your egg carton for making ice cream craft. The main thing for you to do is trim out the cones from your carton and then follow the given procedures.

Materials Required:

• Egg carton
• Cotton
• Large pom poms
• Mini pom poms
• Glue gun

Procedure:

1. Drill out the cones from the egg carton.
2. Take the cotton and make small balls of it. Glue them on the cones.
3. Take the different colored pom poms and glue them on other cones.
4. Glue at least 2-3 balls on a single cone. These balls will work as ice cream.
5. Take the mini pom poms and glue them on balls for cherry.

Your beautiful ice cream cones are ready!

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If you got ice cream and you want to do some creativity with it, simply decorate it with some decorative materials. Here we are giving a tip.

Materials Required:

• Glass bowl
• Ice cream
• Decorative stars
• Mini pom pom
• Food glue

Procedure:

1. Take the ice cream into a glass bowl and start the decoration.
2. For this, you need some decorative stars of different colors. Simply add them to your ice cream.
3. Then place the mini red pom-pom on the top.
4. You can also choose other materials to decorate.

5. Footprint Ice Cream Craft

Image Source/Tutorial: Painting Me Happy

Did you think that what to make for cones for making an ice cream craft? It is a craft of making footprint for ice cream craft. Try this and enjoy crafting!

Materials Required:

• Cardboard
• Colored papers
• Scissor
• Ribbon
• Paint
• Crayons
• Black marker

Procedure:

1. Take the cardboard and cover it with the white paper on it. Glue it.
2. Now using scale draw the lines for making the border on cardboard. Take 2 inches for the border.
3. Paint the border with pink color.
4. Use white paint to make the small circles at small distances on the border.
5. Now, on the white square that is unpainted make footprints. For this put your foot in brown paint and make the print on cardboard.
6. Draw the ice cream shape on the top of the footprint and paint it with pink color. Paint small red cherry on it.
7. Now use a black marker to draw the lines for making the cones on footprints.
8. Also, outline ice cream.
9. Take the ribbon, make a bow and glue it on the top of the cardboard.
10. Use a brown crayon to draw the outline of the border and give different shades with it.

You are all done!

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6. Glittery Ice Cream Craft

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For your kids, you can try these glittery ice cream cones or let them try these cones’ crafts. As the name glittery suggests that the glitter is being used in this craft. Let’s start!

Materials Required:

• Different colored foam sheets
• Glitter
• Glue
• Scissor

Procedures:

1. Take the brown foam sheet and a court out the cones for your ice cream craft.
2. Now take other yellow, pink, and orange foam and cut out ice cream shapes.
3. Then glue the ice cream shapes on the top of the cones. Glue the shapes of ice creams in the way that it covers the top border of the cone.
4. Now, take the brown glitter and create a waffle look by drawing strips parallel first then drawing other lines perpendicular to them.
5. Use pink, orange, yellow glitters for the same ice creams. Outline them.
6. Make a curve in the middle of ice cream shapes by using the same glitters.

7. Alphabet Ice Cream Craft

Image Source/Tutorial: A Happily Ever Crafter

Use colored paper for this easy and simple craft. This is I for ice cream craft. Follow the given procedure to make it.

Materials Required:

• Colored papers
• Scissor
• Glue
• Mini red pom poms
• Brown sketch

Procedure:

1. Take the brown-colored sheet and cut out a big I alphabet from it. You can download the template and then cut it out.
2. Take pink, blue, and black sheets and cut out ice cream shapes from them.
3. Glue these ice cream shapes on the top of I alphabet. Glue the pink in front and blue and black ones in the back.
4. Glue the mini red pom poms on the top of each Ice cream.
5. Get a brown sketch and draw the parallel lines first and then draw perpendicular on them.

8. Ice Cream Matching Game Craft

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kids enjoy crafty games! You can make games by crafts. This is a game of matching alphabets on ice cream crafts for kids. For making have a look at the given procedure.

Materials Required:

•  Colored sheets
• Black marker
• Sketch pens
• Scissor

Procedure:

1. Take the brown paper and cut out the cones.
2. Then take different colored papers like blue yellow etc to make the cream of ice cream. Cut out ice cream shapes.
3. Now, get your Sketch pens and outline ice creams. Draw the parallel line on cones and then perpendicular lines on them.
4. Now start writing the small alphabets on cones and capital letters on creams.
5. Now your game is ready! Your kid has to match the small letter with the capital one. He/ she will learn by this craft.

9. Simple And Easy Craft Of Icecream For Kids

Image Source/Tutorial: Childcareland

Use your colored papers to make this simple ice cream craft. Get your all supplies and start by looking at the given procedures.

Materials Required:

• Colored papers
• Glue
• White crayon
• Colored stones
• Scissor

Procedure:

1. Get the brown paper and cut out the shape of the cone from it.
2. Use a white crayon to draw the lines on the cone. First, draw the parallel lines and then draw the perpendicular ones.
3. Then take the blue sheet and cut out the ice cream shape from it.
4. Glue it above the cone.
5. Take your decorative colored stones and glue them on the ice cream leaving some space between them.

10. Ice Cream Craft For Kids

Image Source/Tutorial: The Classroom Creative

Use the shaving cream of your father to make this craft. Enjoy it and be creative.

Materials Required:

• Construction paper
• Scissor
• Glue
• Shaving cream
• Bowl
• Brown marker
• Sprinkles

Procedure:

1. Take the brown construction paper and cut out the shape of the cone from it.
2. Use a brown marker to draw parallel lines on it.
3. In a bowl take the shaving cream and glue them mix them well.
4. Scoop the mixture above the cone shape in circle form. Place the sprinkles on the mixture lightly.
5. Let it dry.

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11. Glittery Pom Poms Ice Cream Craft

Image Source/Tutorial: Lines Across

You had used pom poms in many crafts as we mentioned in our earlier posts. Now, use them to make the layered ice cream cone crafts for your kids. Kids like ice creams so you can give them this craft as a creative project to do. I have been given the procedure to make this craft. Follow them as guidelines.

Materials Required:

• Large Pom poms(different colors)
• Glitters
• Glue
• Yarn
• Scissor
• Mini pom poms
• Colored hard sheet

Procedure:

1. Take the hard brown sheets and make cones of them.
2. Then spread the glue on cones and sprinkle the glitters on them.
3. Let them dry.
4. Now, take the large pom poms and glue them on one another above the cones. Use three different colored pom-poms for each cone.
5. Then glue the mini pom-pom on the top of large ones.
6. At last, take the needle and yarn and thread them from the middle of the large pom-pom which is on the top. Tie the ends.

And you are all done! Your glittery pom-poms ice creams are ready!

12. Choco Chips Dough Ice Cream Craft

Image Source/Tutorial: The Imagination Tree

 Here we are going to make a dough ice cream. Girls love to make dough-related crafts so it can be easy for them. Gather the given supplies and let’s start!

Materials Required:

• Water
• Green gel Food coloring
• Piper mint
• Glitter
• Foam sheets

Procedure:

1. Take the green gel food coloring and add it to boiling water.
2. At the kneading stage, add some piper mint to it.
3. Cool it and make dough.
4. Then make medium-sized balls from the dough.
5. Roll the ball into green glitters to shine.
6. Take the brown foam sheet and cut out mini rectangles for the choco chips essence.
7. Add them to the green ball.
8. Take the yellow foam sheet and make cones from it.
9. Use your brown marker to draw the lines on cones.

And at last, you all done!

13. Colorful Crafty Ice creams

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Colour attracts everyone, especially children. So make a colorful ice cream craft for your kids. You can also involve them in this craft as this is so easy to make.

Materials Required:

• Colored papers
• Scissor
• Sprinkles
• Glitters
• Glue
• Mini pom poms

Procedure:

1. Take the brown paper and cut out a cone from it.
2. Use other colored sheets to cut out the shapes of ice cream. For making layered ice cream use different sheets for a single cone. Give your kids ice cream templates so that they can cut them out easily.
3. Then glue the creams( shapes of ice cream) above the cone.
4. Using glue draw the lines on the cone and then spread the glitter on it. Let it dry! Remove the extra glitter.
5. Then glue the sprinkles and mini pom-poms on the ice cream.
6. For cherry cut out small circles from different sheets and glue them on the top of the ice cream.
7. Make other cones using the same procedure.

14. Colored Cloud Dough Ice Cream

Image Source/Tutorial: Mommy Labs

Try this cloud dough ice cream by gathering the supplies you need. Don’t worry about the procedures. Here they are.

Materials Required:

• Powder food coloring
• Oil
• Turmeric powder
• Bowl
• Glass jars
• Spoons

Procedure:

1. Take the powdered food coloring and mix it in olive oil in a bowl.
2. Make dough.
3. Use turmeric powder for yellow ice cream.
4. Put the different colored dough in glass jars.
5. Put the spoons in it.

enjoy!

15. Puffy Paint Ice Cream Cone Craft

Image Source/Tutorial: Crafty Morning

Kids love making crafts, especially which are easy and creative. It is a craft of making an ice cream cone by using shaving cream and some colors. Start by following the given procedures.

Materials Required:

• Shaving cream
• Cardboard
• Paintbrush
• Food coloring or paint
• White sheet
• Black marker
• Glue

Procedure:

1. Start by making a cone from cardboard. Cut out its shape.
2. Then draw the lines on it.
3. Glue it on white paper.
4. Now take a bowl and pour shaving cream and glue in it. Mix it well.
5. Then add food coloring or green paint to it. Let it mix well.
6. Get your paintbrush and spread the mixture above the cone in the form of ice cream.
7. Get the brown paint and dip your paintbrush in it and make dots on the ice cream.

Your beautiful puffy ice cream craft is ready!

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16. Ice Cream Corner Play

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Wanna play ice cream craft games? Opt for this idea. We are going to make the ice-cream corner to play. For this, you have to gather some essential supplies and see the given procedure.

Materials Required:

• Bookshelf
• A table
• Pretended money( bottle caps)
• A box for ice cream stand
• Sticky tapes
• Colored papers
• Spoons
• Glue
• Scissor

Procedure:

1. Take the box and make holes in it to make the ice cream stand. Cover it with brown paper.
2. Then for ice cream cones take the brown paper and make cones from it.
3. Take the big pom poms of different colors and place them in ice cream cones. You can glue them.
4. Place your cones in the ice cream stand.
5. Place your bottle caps in a try for pretend money.
6. Place all things on a table and start playing.
7. Give your ice creams to your friends and become a shopkeeper.

17. Colored Paper Ice Cream Crafts

Image Source/Tutorial: Artastic

You have colored papers or handmade sheets? If yes so, use them to make this ice cream craft. You know how ice cream looks like! Imagine the image and start your craft. See the procedure for help!

Materials Required:

• Colored papers or handmade sheet
• Scissor
• Brown sketch
• Glue

Procedure:

1. Take the brown paper and cut out the structure of the cone.
2. Use your brown sketch to draw the lines on the cone. First, draw the parallel lines and then perpendicular ones.
3. Get the handmade sheets of different colors and tear them roughly into small pieces to make the cream of your ice cream. Glue the torn papers above the cone.
4. For single layered cones use yellow sheet torn pieces and glue them. Then cut out small rectangular pieces as sprinkles for candy and glue them on ice cream.
5. For a double-layered cone first, tear out the pieces from the pink sheet and glue them above the cone. Then tear out the blue sheet and glue the torn part on the yellow one. For cherry cut out a small circle from the red sheet and its stem from the brown sheet and glue them on the top of the blue portion.

Your simple and easy craft is ready!

18. Layered Ice Cream

Image Source/Tutorial: Ziggity Zoom

Do you like layered ice cream? Don’t worry! Let’s make a craft for play! Have all your supplies and start by following the given ways.

Materials Required:

• Different colored gel food coloring
• Shaving cream
• Tea mud cup

Procedure:

1. Take the shaving cream and mix a food coloring in a bowl.
2. Add different food coloring in shaving cream in a different bowl.
3. Also, add a small amount of red color in shaving cream to make the cherry.
4. Make balls of them.
5. Place your different colored balls on the teacup. Make layers.
6. Take a brush and make dots on the balls with food coloring. You can also use paint colors.
7.  Place your small cherries on the top.

Your layered ice cream is ready!

19. Puffy Ice Cream Cone

Image Source/Tutorial: Little Running Teacher

Wanting a new ice cream craft? Here it is! It is a craft of making puffy ice cream cones by using shaving cream. How? See the procedure that I have given below for your help.

Materials Required:

• Shaving cream
• Glue
• Paint
• Brown sheet
• Brown sketch
• Scissor

Procedure:

1. Take the brown sheet and cut out a cone shape from it.
2. Use the brown sketch to draw the outline and draw the parallel line on it first then draw the perpendicular lines on the parallel ones.
3. Now get the shaving cream in a bowl and mix glue in it. Add your favorite color to it to make the flavor of ice cream. Here, the blue color is added.
4. After they are mixed well, scoop them out and spread the mixture above the cone by using your hands simply.

Your cone is ready!

20. cotton Ice Cream Craft

Image Source/Tutorial: Ribbons

In the summer kids enjoy ice creams a lot. So, you can give them a craft of making ice creams. You can use cotton for ice cream crafts. How? Here is the procedure!

Materials Required:

• Cotton
• Hard white sheet
• Glue
• Crayons
• Sketches or paint

Procedure:

1. Take the square white hard sheet and draw the parallel lines on it by using a brown crayon. Then draw the perpendicular lines on the parallel ones.
2. Use a yellow crayon to color the sheet.
3. Then make a cone by folding the same sheet.
4. Get the cotton make a large ball of it.
5. Glue it on the cone. This will be your ice cream.
6. You can add colors on cotton balls as cherries. For this, you can use sketches or paints.

Your beautiful ice cream cone is ready!

FAQs

1. What type of ice cream is best for making crafts?

Answer: The best type of ice cream for making crafts is a soft-serve ice cream or a scoopable ice cream.

2. What type of materials do I need to make ice cream crafts?

Answer: You will need craft supplies such as paper, scissors, glue, markers, pipe cleaners, and whatever else you can think of.

3. Can I use any type of ice cream container to make ice cream crafts?

Answer: Yes, you can use any type of ice cream container to make ice cream crafts.

4. Can I make ice cream crafts with other types of food like yogurt and pudding?

Answer: Yes, you can use other types of food such as yogurt and pudding to make ice cream crafts.

5. What types of shapes can I make with ice cream crafts?

Answer: You can make all sorts of shapes with ice cream crafts such as animals, flowers, and even buildings.

6. Are there any special techniques for making ice cream crafts?

Answer: Yes, there are special techniques for making ice cream crafts such as freezing the ice cream first, using molds, and creating layers.

7. What are some fun and creative ideas for ice cream crafts?

Answer: Some fun and creative ideas for ice cream crafts include making ice cream cone tree ornaments, ice cream cone jewelry, and ice cream cone characters.

8. How long will my ice cream craft last?

Answer: The lifetime of your ice cream craft will depend on the type of ice cream used and how well it is stored. Generally, if stored properly, most ice cream crafts can last up to one month.

9. Can I make ice cream crafts with other types of desserts?

Answer: Yes, you can make ice cream crafts with other types of desserts such as cakes, tarts, and cupcakes.

10. What are some safety tips for making ice cream crafts?

Answer: Some safety tips for making ice cream crafts include using food-grade materials, wearing gloves, and cleaning all surfaces after use.

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