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Ice Cream Shop {Using Ice Cream Dough}

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Ice Cream Shop with Ice Cream Dough

After making a few batches of ice cream dough this afternoon, Gracen and I set up a simple little ice cream shop in the living room.  We used an old wooden apple crate for her table top and made sure the floor was protected with a large bath towel.

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Then we went around the house to collect a few other items.  First up – ice cream cones.  Yes, the real ones…  We had them on hand from her 2nd birthday party and they’d never be used otherwise, so may as well use them for some fun pretend play, right?

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Of course, for customers not partial to cones, you need to have a bowl option.  These silicon baking cups did the job perfectly.

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Next, we gathered up some spoons and an ice cream scoop…

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As well as some buttons, beads, and straw pieces for candies and candy sprinkles.

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And with that, our little ice cream shop owner got to work.

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There was plenty of scooping, touching, smelling, and exploring to be done.

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Of course the ice cream treats rolled out of the shop one after another too.  A hazelnut ice cream cone for Papa…

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And a strawberry ice cream cup {with extra candy sprinkles!} for Mama.

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This was such a simple set-up, but I can already tell that she’s going to get hours of fun out of it.  Of course, it’s more than just fun…  This little ice cream shop incorporates pretend play, a sensory experience, and creativity too.

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Play Dough Frozen Yogurt Shop

9 / 21 / 1212 / 10 / 13

Play Dough Frozen Yogurt Shop

I’ve had this little idea in mind ever since Gracen received her ice cream sand toys back at the beginning of summer, and today was a perfect day to make it happen… With it being cool and dreary here in Vancouver, spending the afternoon on a wet beach making sand cones didn’t sound overly appealing…  Making yummy-smelling play dough ones in the warmth of our house, however, certainly did.  Not to mention the fact that Grae fell in love with playing ‘the ice cream game’ at our community centre’s playground recently, so opening an ice cream shop (which Grae quickly decided should be a frozen yogurt shop instead) it was.

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With our best ever no cook scented play dough made and a few things collected from around the house, our shop was ready for business.

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Our play dough went into some empty yogurt containers we had on hand…

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We made candy sprinkles by chopping up some colourful plastic straws we had leftover from Miss G’s birthday party…

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Colourful buttons became Smarties…

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And some silicone baking cups and the plastic cones from Grae’s Melissa & Doug set became our cups and cones.

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We also collected  some scoops and spoons for eating and serving our frozen treats, some coins and a money jar, and fabric bunting {also from the birthday party} to spruce up the shop. ☺

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Together, we wrote made a quick sign for our shop.  I asked Grae how much one of her frozen yogurt treats cost, and without skipping a beat, she said “Two!”  So two dollars it was…

Cone Making

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With her shop set up and ready to go, it was down to business welcoming her customers (me!), making delicious-looking play dough treats, and collecting money in exchange.

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Not a fan of cones?  Not a problem – a bowl for you!

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Cheers to rainy days and frozen treats!

Ice Cream Making

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The frozen yogurt fun went on all afternoon…

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Here’s a little video of our frozen yogurt shop owner in action…
 We finally closed the shop tonight just before bedtime (despite pleas from the very reluctant shop keeper) and you can bet I’ll have a play dough cone in hand long before I have a chance to make a proper breakfast tomorrow morning…
And I’m okay with that.
♥
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The Ice Cream Game

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Grae’s new favourite game…

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