I have something extremely fun to teach your kids today! Do your kids like ice cream? Do your kids like play dough? Ice Cream Play Dough combine those two wonderful things into a kid friendly craft.
Ice Cream Play Dough
It’s edible, it’s soft, and it looks and moves EXACTLY like ice cream.
Ingredients for Play Dough Made with Frosting
- 1 cup of pre-made frosting with
- 2 3/4 cups of powdered sugar
Stella picked out a pink frosting and, of course, Mitch picked out blue. That boy LOVES blue I tell you! But, you can use whatever color frosting you or your kids want. You can even use chocolate frosting, which will make the play dough look EXACTLY like chocolate ICE CREAM! This recipe is unbelievable…..
Have you ever scooped ice cream yourself? Ice cream pulls apart and rolls into an ice cream scoop in a very particular manner. This ice cream play dough pulls, rolls, scoops, and sits exactly like real ice cream. Just check it out! You can scoop it with a REAL ice cream scoop and you can fool everybody around you into thinking it’s actual ice cream!
This is not something that can be done with any other play dough recipe… it’s truly one of a kind and you are going to laugh at how easy it is to make.
How to Make Ice Cream Play Dough
- Add the powdered sugar to the frosting in slow increments using the dough hook attachment on your mixer, continually scraping the sides of the bowl. Use a slow speed on your mixer (no need to go too fast because this dough is pretty thick).
- Before you add all of the powdered sugar, touch the play dough and, if it feels at all sticky, add the rest of the powered sugar in. Considering that it is kind of hard to measure exactly one cup of frosting, you might have to eye ball the last quarter cup of powdered sugar that is necessary for this play dough. It WILL take a lot more powdered sugar that it looks like though (just continue to test the “stickyness” and say no to sticky play dough).
- Once you’ve added all of the powdered sugar, the play dough will begin to look just like ice cream in your mixer.
- Roll it into one big ball and make sure it is not crumbly or sticky. If, by chance, you added a little too much powdered sugar, don’t worry! We aren’t perfect! Simply sprinkle a little olive oil onto the play dough and BOOM! Problem solved!
I gave Stella and Mitch an ice cream scoop and some ice cream cones to play with their play dough. Do you think they were happy? Do you know how hard it is to get a 2 and 3 year old to sit and play for that long? It was lovely……..
Oh- and since the entire recipe consists of only frosting and powdered sugar, this play dough happens to be completely edible! A lil’ sugar never hurt anybody! Now, I made sure my kiddos didn’t sit there and actually eat the play dough (they could have been bouncing off the walls on a sugar high!). However, if they nibble a little bit, which kids will do because it is part of the learning process, then rest assured they will be perfectly fine…..and probably really happy!
Clean Up
It tends to show slight signs of drying out after about an hour or so. No, it doesn’t completely dry out, but little flakes will separate around the table. Blame that on the powdered sugar. If it starts to dry out from so much playing, simply drizzle a little olive oil on top of it and the play dough will return right back to the normal consistency. But- be aware that, just like all play dough, this recipe will provide it’s fair share of clean up. Be sure to clean the play dough off the table when the kids are done playing. Otherwise, that powdered sugar tends to dry up and become hard to remove. A little soapy water will remove it like magic!
Store your ice cream play dough in a zip lock bag in the refrigerator. When your kids want to play with it again, leave it out for 30 mintues to warm and reach room temperature (it will harden in the fridge). When it is at room temperature, add a little olive oil to the dough if necessary and get right back to playing!
It’s so incredibly fun!
Looking for more Edible Play Dough Recipes?
Ice Cream Play Dough Recipe
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You Will Need
- 1 cup of pre-made frosting with
- 2 3/4 cups of powdered sugar
Directions
- Add the powdered sugar to the frosting in slow increments using the dough hook attachment on your mixer, continually scraping the sides of the bowl.
- Before you add all of the powdered sugar, touch the play dough and, if it feels at all sticky, add the rest of the powered sugar in (just continue to test the “stickyness” and say no to sticky play dough).
- Once you’ve added all of the powdered sugar, the play dough will begin to look just like ice cream in your mixer.
- Roll it into one big ball and make sure it is not crumbly or sticky. If, by chance, you added a little too much powdered sugar, don’t worry! Simply sprinkle a little olive oil onto the play dough and BOOM! Problem solved!
LOVE this idea! Can’t wait to make it with my kids… and for me:-)
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Oh my goodness Kelly! How fun is this?! Can’t wait to play around with it!
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So so cool! Love it! And as far as accurately measuring the frosting, a plunger style measuring cup works wonders for all sticky, gooey ingredients! 😉
This is SO awesome! My 6-year-old wants a Frozen movie themed birthday and I think I’ll make a couple of batches for the girls to play with as one of our activities. Such a sweet idea and your photos are just beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
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no wonder they like it its pure sugar!!! ur children will have no teeth silly woman!!!
LOL Denise! I’ll make them glittery dentures if that happens!
Dee! You are not forced to make this. If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. Didn’t your mother teach you this?
Kelly, This looks like so much fun. I love how it is so easy to make too. Your kids look adorable in these pictures. See you tomorrow in Parent Participation class.
So cool, Kelly! Totally making this with my kids!
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Love this idea! So simple. I shared on my blog today
Oh My How I really Love the way this looks! Unfortunately, I am NO Baker & don’t own a mixer–would it work by hand (if starting at room temp), & or Blender on the slowest? I’m not sure we ‘ll be able to do this one … But it’s lovely none the less!
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You can get a mixer at Walmart for less than $10
I to am wondering if there is a way to make this without a stand mixer. Have it on my list of activities for spring break next week, sure hope there is another way.
This looks great! Quick question, you said premade frosting? Do you mean like the Betty Crocker cake frosting? I only ask cause it doesn’t look the same consistency as what’s in those little tubs. Thanks !
Yes just like Better Crocker cake frosting (just those pre-made tubs you get in the baking isle). I did not use the “whipped” frosting though. Just the regular kind:)