Puffy Paint Ice Cream
Looking for a cute summer craft to make with your kids? These puffy paint ice cream cones are super fun, easy to make, and they have a cool 3D texture that kids will love!
Servings: 1 craft
Ingredients
- 1 sheet cardstock any color
- 1 piece recycled cardboard
- 1 pair scissors
- 1 black fine point marker or pen
- white school glue as needed
- shaving cream as needed
- food coloring or liquid watercolor paint optional
- paintbrush and/or popsicle sticks for stirring and painting
- rainbow sprinkles or nonpareils optional
Instructions
- Cut the cardboard into the shape of a triangle. (Cut a larger triangle if painting a single ice cream scoop, and a smaller triangle if painting several scoops.)
- Use a pen or marker to trace crisscrossed diagonal lines on the cardboard triangle. Glue the finished cardboard cone to the sheet of cardstock.
- In a small bowl, combine liquid school glue and shaving cream in approximately equal amounts. If you wish to color the paint, use a paintbrush or popsicle stick to stir in a few drops of food coloring or liquid watercolor paint.
- Paint one or several scoops of ice cream on top of the cone. (If painting several ice cream scoops, use a different color for each one, or alternate between two colors.)
- While the glue is still wet, scatter some sprinkles or nonpareils on top of the ice cream. Gently shake off any excess sprinkles, then lay the cardstock flat to allow the paint to dry.
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Notes
1. Pick your cardboard: Thin cardboard, like the cardboard from an empty cereal box, works best.
2. Add a cherry on top: For added fun, glue a pom-pom on top of the ice cream.
3. Helpful tips:
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- Add a bit more shaving cream: Instead of using equal amounts of glue and shaving cream, add a bit of extra shaving cream to make the paint more puffy.
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- Experiment with colors: Switch up the background using different colors of cardstock, or create several different colors of paint.
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- Use nonpareils with white paint: The color from the sprinkles tends to bleed into the puffy paint, and this is more obvious when the paint is white. In those cases, stick with nonpareils (small round sprinkles).