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STREAM Activity: Ice Cream Pom Pom Cone

Enjoy National Ice Cream Day with a sweet craft!
Activity best for children ages four and up

Ice Cream is the perfect sweet treat for this summer heat! What better day to enjoy it than on National Ice Cream Day? This fun holiday is celebrated on the third Sunday of July. Let’s make an ice cream cone out of cotton balls to celebrate this tasty day.

VOCABULARY

  • National: Relating to the whole of a country or nation rather than part of it.

  • Celebrate: To do something special or enjoyable for an important event, occasion, or holiday.

GUIDING QUESTIONS

  • What is another holiday celebrated in July?

  • What flavor of ice cream is your favorite?

MATERIALS

  • White paper

  • Cotton balls

  • Glue

  • Pipettes

  • Water cups filled with water

  • Food coloring

  • Pencil

  • Markers

  • Crayons

DIRECTIONS

STEP 1

Gather all of the materials for your pom pom ice cream cone.

Materials needed to make the ice cream cone pom pom craft.

STEP 2

Start by drawing an upside-down triangle and then draw diagonal lines inside to give it an ice cream cone look and color it in.

A brown hand drawn ice cream cone.

STEP 3

Add glue to the top of your cone and then place the cotton balls on top.

Hand drawn ice cream cone with pulled cotton balls on top.

STEP 4

Now let’s add some color to our ice cream! Start by grabbing some cups of water and adding one drop of food coloring into the water.

Cups of food coloring and water.

STEP 5

Next with a pipette, you will drop small water droplets on your cotton balls to give your ice cream some color.

A pipette dropping blue dye onto the cotton balls.

STEP 6

Once you finish your craft it is ready to give to your friends and family or keep it for yourself.

Finished ice cream cone pom pom craft.