The Ultimate List of Ice Cream Activities for Kids: Craft, Play, Learn & Eat

There is a lot to celebrate in the month of July-- America's independence, family birthdays, and.... ice cream!

I kid you not, July is National Ice Cream Month.

And I say-- let's celebrate by crafting, playing. learning, and eating ice cream!!

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When hubby and I were dating {oh so long ago}, one of our favorite "date nights" was getting ice cream. I'm pretty sure there were some weeks that we went for ice cream every night! 

We seem to have passed along our love for ice cream to our kiddos!

In honor of Ice Cream Month-- peanut butter, cookie dough, and mint chocolate chip-- we've put together the Ultimate List of Ice Cream Activities for Kids!  

Your kiddos will love these 40 awesome activities that have your children crafting, playing, learning, and eating ice cream!

Art & Crafts:

Bring out your box of craft materials and have fun painting, coloring, and decorating ice cream art projects!

• Fork Painting Ice Cram Craft via Sugar Aunts
• Bubble Wrap Ice Cream Craft via Crafty Kids at Home
• I is for Ice Cream Letter of the Week Craft via ArtsyMomma
• Ice Cream Coloring Pages via Itsy Bitsy Fun
• Cupcake Liner Ice Cream Craft via I Heart Crafty Things
• Paper Mache Ice Cream Sundaes via Art Bar
• Handprint Ice Cream Cone Craft via Crafty Morning
• Ice Cream Footprints via The Best Nanny Blog
• Origami Ice Cream Cones via Pink Stripey Socks

Play Activities:

Your kiddos will love the variety of sensory ice cream activities from small worlds to cloud dough ice cream to play dough!

• Ice Cream Shop Small World via The Kindergarten Connection
• Ice Cream Shop Using Ice Cream Dough via Mama. Papa. Bubba
• Messy Pretend Play Ice Cream Shoppe via You Clever Monkey
• Ice Cream Fine Motor Play via Best Toys for Toddlers
• Cloud Dough Ice Cream Shop via Mama. Papa. Bubba
• Sensory Play Ice Cream Game via JDaniel4's Mom
• Ice Cream Dino Excavation via Lalymom
• Ice Cream Play Dough Recipe via Smart School House
• Ice Cream Foam Play Set via And Next Comes L
• Neapolitan Ice Cream Play Dough via Learning4Kids

Learning Printables & Activities:

From letter matching to fine motor skills to subtraction-- you kiddos will love these learning activities with an ice cream theme!

• Ice Cream Alphabet Match via The Letters of Literacy
• Ice Cream Name Recognition Activity via A Dab of Glue Will Do
• Make Ice Cream In a Bag Recording Sheet via Buggy & Buddy
• Race to 10 Scoops Math Game
• Ice Cream Pattern Cards via Simply Learning
• Ice Cream Scoops #1-10 Counting Cards
• Fine Motor Ice Cream Cone via Modern Preschool
• Tot School Ice Cream Printables
• Ice Cream Writing Worksheets via Learning2Walk
• Ice Cream Subtraction Worksheets via Learning2Walk
• Short & Long Vowel Ice Cream Sort via This Reading Mama
• Ice Cream Do A Dot Printables via Tot Schooling
• Printable Ice Cream Game via Schooling A Monkey
• I Spy Printable Game: Ice Cream via Gift of Curiosity

Eat!

Kick off your ice cream fun or bring it to an end with one of these delicious ice cream treats!

• Banana Split Sticks via Frugal Coupon Living
• Nutter Butter Ice Cream Cone Cookie Treat via Rose Bakes
• Ice Cream Cupcakes via Red Ted Art
• Ice Cream in a Can via Home Cooking Memories
• Ice Cream Cone Fruit Salad via Sugar Aunts
• Easy & Healthy Frozen Yogurt via Snotty Noses
• Healthy Ice Cream Sandwiches from Whipperberry

Man, all this ice cream talk is making me "eye" my freezer where we have a couple of half-empty ice cream containers just "taking up space."  I think the chocolate peanut butter is calling my name!

Which one of these ice cream activities will you do first?!

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