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Ready for a summer treat that won’t melt in the summer heat? Felt ice cream cones are just the thing! In fact, these are good for imaginative play any time of the year. And the best part is, you can make them yourself!

There are a lot of patterns out there for making felt food, but they usually involve a fair amount of sewing. This project is nearly no-sew. Yes, you will need to pull out a needle and thread, but it’s gonna be some of the easiest sewing you’ve ever done.

As soon as you start turning out these scoops and cones, your kids will be ready to start their own pretend ice cream shop or food truck!

Supplies:

Felt in tan and a rainbow of colors – wool blend felt is best
Scissors
Needle and thread
Stuffing
Double-sided fusible web (such as Heavy Duty Wonder-Under) – OR – craft glue
Brown acrylic paint
Paint brush
Hot glue gun

Felt Ice Cream Cones Templates

Use the circle template to cut out as many circles as you want ice cream scoops. Thread a needle so it is doubled and about 18 inches long.

Tie a large knot at the end and stitch through the first felt circle. Stitch through the felt near the edge, come back up, then go back down between the knot and where the thread came up. Come back up just past this stitch. This locks the thread in place so your knot won’t pull through the felt.

Stitch around the circle with long running stitches. They don’t need to be perfect, because they really won’t show. Just keep them around 1/2in long and near the edge.

Start pulling the thread to gather the circle, forming a pouch. Fill it with stuffing. It should be quite well stuffed so that it takes on the look of a scoop.

Pull the gathering thread as tight as you can. It helps to wrap it around your finger to hold it in place as you knot off the thread.

Take a stitch or two through a couple folds of the gathers. Like that first stitch near the knot, this will help hold things tight. Tie a large knot as close to the felt as you can get it.

Cut a small square of felt using the template. Tuck it in the hole of the ice cream scoop to cover the stuffing. Use the handle of the paint brush to tuck in the corners.

Iron two layers of felt together with a layer of fusible web between them. Cut the circle template into wedges and then cut out the cone shapes from the fused felt.

Alternately, you can cut two wedges and glue them together with craft or fabric glue. The important thing is to have two layers so that the cone has some structure.

Paint a grid of brown paint on the cone to make it look like a real sugar cone. This is optional, but a fun detail.

After the paint dries, roll the shape into a cone and use hot glue along the overlap. You’ll find that it’s easier to glue in sections, starting at the point and working toward the top of the cone.

Now you can start scooping up something sweet! The ice cream will set right on top of the cones. Of course, it’s not attached, so watch out for spilled scoops on the ground. Ice cream on a sidewalk is so sad!

If you want to make your ice cream super cute, paint a little face on the side of some of the scoops. Isn’t that just the happiest summer treat?

For even more fun, try painting some sprinkles on top of your ice cream!

If you want to make your ice cream into a bit of a challenge, stack a few scoops and balance them. Two scoops are pretty easy to keep upright, but it’s lots of fun to see how many you can pile on top without dropping them…

This cone took extra hands to build, and it still only stayed vertical for a few seconds. But it was fun while it lasted!

To extend the ice cream play, you could add some plastic dessert dishes, spoons, and even an ice cream scoop. Oh, and you might try cutting out some felt amoeba-like shapes to be the toppings!

Happy crafting!