Make your own ice cream toys

Make your own ice cream toy

Creative idea for play shop and play kitchen. With free download.

Ice cream is good in any weather, right? How great would it be to have ice cream toys for the play shop? Simply great! That's why we'll show you step by step how easy it is to make three great ice-cream flavours. With these instructions, nothing can go wrong.

1. Making ice cream in a waffle cone

1 scoop in a cone please. A real Italian gelato is really something special. And our favourite little people also like to lick their ice cream out of the cone. Chocolate, vanilla or strawberry?

What you need for the scoop of ice cream in a cone

Styrofoam balls from the craft shop
Brush and paint of your choice
our free craft template for the ice cream cone: Ice cream toy craft template
Scissors and glue

First, download our ice cream cone craft template: Ice cream toy craft template. We recommend printing out the template on sturdy paper.
Now cut out the template and glue the ice cream cones together on one side.
Now grab the polystyrene balls and paint them with your favourite colour.
As soon as the colour has dried on the balls, simply stick them into the cone. You can use a little glue to ensure that the balls stay in the waffle and don't fall out. The DIY ice cream is DONE!

Incidentally, the ice cream is stored in style in the play fridge. With our sticker set KALTHALTA you can transform your IKEA shelf into a fridge in no time at all.

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2. Upcycling: ice lollies made from sponges

And for all those who prefer to treat themselves to a delicious ice lolly, we also have some very simple ideas. We have prepared two variations for your DIY ice lolly: Crafting with sponges or sewing from fabric scraps. We'll start with the lightning-fast sponge version.

What you need for the quick ice lolly

three kitchen sponges in your favourite colour
Pencil
Scissors and glue
Popsicle sticks from the craft shop

First, draw an ice mould on the kitchen sponges.
Then cut this out and use it as a template for the other two sponges.
Now glue the three sponge pieces together. Important: Don't forget the ice-cream stick. Simply place it between the sponges.

And the colourful sponge ice cream is ready! That was quick as a flash, wasn't it?

3. Sew popsicles for the play shop

If you like sewing, you will definitely like our next idea. Make your own ice cream toy from fabric. You can also use your fabric scraps for the ice cream.

What you need for the fabric ice cream

Pencil and paper
Fabric scissors
Sewing thread
Pins
Filling cotton
Ice cream sticks
coloured cotton fabric

Make your own ice cream toys - here's how:

First paint on the template for the ice cream. Then double over the selected fabric and use the template to draw the outer outline. Caution: Leave enough margin for sewing.

Now cut out the ice cream with the fabric scissors and lay both pieces of fabric so that the right sides are facing each other. Then pin them in place. Then sew around the pieces of fabric. Caution: Leave the stem entrance open - the cotton wool is still coming in!

Use the pencil to pull out the inside of the egg through the stem opening and press out the edges well. Now fill the ice cream shell with the cotton wool (about a handful). Finally, place the two fabric flaps of the stick inside. Now smear one end of the wooden stick with liquid glue and insert it into the opening, press it down a little and, if necessary, glue the last part of the opening. Done!