American Girl Ice Cream Shop
This has been one exciting project! It has taken a few days longer than expected because during the course of the craft we kept changing ideas and adding pieces, which isn’t a bad thing. The kids were full blast with creativity and hands on help. About a week ago I posted a question in four different Facebook groups asking which Ice Cream Shop we should replicate and make printables for. Cold Stone Creamery came in first by far, but trailing in second was the Generic no name option. I think this is a win win for first and second place because you can always make your own labels for a generic store! Just use the same concept for the Cold Stone we have made. This project is really about the ice cream counter. How to create the counter, make the ice cream vats, place them on or in the counter, and set up the glass in front of the ice cream. (Note*I have my vats sitting at an angle, but they do fit level down into the opening in the counter.) A lot of this project will need your own unique finishing touches. I love projects like this because even though we made an example, you can take it and twist it into your own version. The kids and I love looking at the similar crafts! Please share them on the Brag Page when you can. It’s fun to browse through everyones creations! So, here it is! Tell us what you think!
Materials Needed:
- Foam Board
- Hot Glue Gun
- Clear Laminated Sheet or Recycled Packaging
- Scrap Book Paper *Optional
- Baby Food Containers or Condiment Containers (Note, the baby food containers will be bigger than the ranch, honey mustard, etc. containers)
- Testing Spoons from an Ice Cream Shop
- Silver Craft or Spray Paint
- Caulk Plus Silicone
- Cotton Balls
- Food Coloring
- Small Containers for TIPS and test spoons *Mine were recycled Baby Bottle Pops
- Concession Candy Printables & Other Mix Ins
- Cold Stone Printables
- Menu Printable
- Menu 2 Printable
- Sticker Paper *Optional
- Red Cold Stone Cup Printables
- White Cold Stone Cup Printables
- Ice Cream FlavorsPrintables
- Tape
- Mod Podge
- Your own furnishings to complete the shop!
Tips:
- I have a favorite spray paint that doesn’t run or streak or flicker. Rust-Oleum Painters Touch 2X Ultra Cover Paint & Primer Metallic Aluminum. This stuff is great! I am not a spray painter. I get too impatient to finish the craft! This stuff dries almost instantly and it works on everything! I wouldn’t recommend a product like this unless I really think it’s the best. For me so far it has been the best spray paint ever!!
- Of course you can just substitute any small spoon for the tester spoons. But where’s the fun in that? Take a field trip and get your ice cream testing on!
- Mix Ins-This is where it will be fun to see everyone’s own unique version. We used concession candy that we made a long time ago. It was perfect for our mix ins because our mix in display (clear tray from Target One Spot) didn’t have a lid. If you have tiny square jars you might want to make each mix in differently! Anything works right?! When we went to Cold Stone for inspiration they had candy for the mix ins still in wrappers and packaging, so you can’t go wrong no matter how you choose to do yours!
- I used Sticker Paper for my ice cream labels and some signs this time. I’ve always wanted to do it but haven’t and then the fabulous reader Gina told me she was using it for a lot of our printables so I had to jump on board. They are wonderful! Thanks Gina!
Our inspiration trip to Cold Stone!
Watch & please comment or share the video with your doll friends!
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Hi, I'm Rudy! I'm a young mom of three beautiful kids, two girls and one boy. Our life is busy and full of crafts, especially for our American Girl Dolls. We love working together to create new things and we hope you enjoy our creations also!
This is Launa Loofers. She is crazy all the time and is an amazing gymnast. In fact, we started this blog on her ideas for her dolls to be gymnasts just like her! 
This is my handsome little man. He is the only boy in this house full of girls and dolls. He is a good sport though. He loves his 'boy American Girl dolls' and his action figures. And is always right in the mix of craft time creations!
Lexie is full of fun and always has a smile on her face. She is the youngest, but don't let that fool you, she has a BIG opinion!
Does craft paint mean acrylic paint?
It’s from an OG set. But you can find Banana bunches from Hobby Lobby and Michaels.
How much from board am I going to need?
where did you get your doll money for the tips box? Thanks!
Ahhhhh. now I know what Caulk you used! I have the EXACT same one!
Thanks for your help, Rudy! How do I get the printables?
I use the Costco Sample Spoons for my dolls, and they would be great for this! I have been really getting into the Ice Cream theme scenes and the stuff in them!
What kind of caulk did you use for the Ice Cream?
Rudy, amazing craft. Where did you get your craft foam board from?
I get it from Blick, a local art supply store. You can also find it at Michaels and Hobby Lobby. The Dollar Tree also has it, but it’s a lesser quality.
Where did you get the cash register and the container that hold the candy? Thanks-Carly
The cash register is from a My Life As snack stand. I painted it silver. The clear candy container is from Target $1 spot.
ok download the doc -pdf now how do i print the project out the dierctions
Thanks for the recommendation of anything but caulk! I made my own one and added some of my own goodies including some of the stuff from my hot cocoa stand (marshmallows, nuts, cinnamon sticks) and i made chocolate sauce doing the same method as the hot chocolate in the hot cocoa stand. i also added a newspaper stand for the customers from your newspaper video!
I direct messaged a photo of it to you on my mums instagram :]
Hi Rudy,
Love this craft!!! I made the og ice cream truck and i have no ice cream! I was wondering if there in an alternative to using caulk?? Thanks!
You can use puffy paint. I would stuff the containers with cotton balls or pom poms first to fill the space. You can also use smaller containers like condiment containers that we used for the lunchables. If you don’t have puffy paint you can mix craft paint with shaving cream. Hope these alternatives help!
How do you Get the printibles?
Can you please make a video on how to make the napkin part. Thanks!?
Hi I was watching your video on how to make it make the cold stone but is there any thing else you can use besides baby food plastic jars? Please let me know if not I will figure some thing out! Thanks!
P.S. I love your pinterest page!
Kaitlyn
I think you can use condiment containers from food places!
Super cute!!!!! But how do you make he ice cream? BUT amazing work I’m going to try to make it!
I showed how to make the Ice Cream in the video!
hi, i love your crafts, where did you get the container for the candy?
One other thing I forgot to mention: I accidentally broke the thin strip of foam board that holds the ice cream buckets in place as we were moving it so to strengthen both “strips”, I hot glued a dowel from a s’mores kit, cut to size, underneath. The dowel is about an 1/8″ in diameter. ?
I just printed all the printables and I can’t wait to get started on this! I didn’t see a sheet that had the ice cream names on it. Did I miss it? Thanks Rudy!
I’m sorry, I forgot to include them! The materials list is updated now and they are added. Thanks for the heads up!
Rudy,
Your creations are amazing! My daughter and I just finished making this and it turned out great! Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas.
This is so cute! You have wonderful creativity and inspire all of us. Thank you so much!
Amazing……..
How did you make the ice cream?
Rudy, so cute! Where did you get the plastic candy container? Thank you-Gina
Wild honey only is in Pensacola Florida. That is probably why you have never heard of it!
Awesome I think my sister just had a heart attack she loves it so much! P.S. Same here!LOL
Okay thanks!
I love all your creations , we have a entire room for our AG dolls and have 8 dolls and lots of stuff would love to keep making things because I love crafting ,so my question is how do you display or store all your creations? We are running out of space.
The big stuff is put on a shelf or in a doll room. The small stuff when not in use is put in plastic bin drawer for easy access when needed to be played with. If it is an entire scene that needs to be taken down and switched out, I use the plastic tubs and label them. That way when it’s time to put the scene back up, everything is together. That’s why it’s nice to make more than one thing sometimes because several scenes might use the same items!
Where did you get the chairs?
These are Molly’s.
and i have no clue what caulk is. Could i use puffy paint squirted into the little cups?
I’m sure you could. Caulk gives you more for half the cost though. There is a link above under materials needed showing you what type of caulk silicone I used. You can also find it at any hardware store or Walmart.
Decided on wild honey! I have never been to coldstone, but i have been to wild honey! I love the rustic feel!
I have never even heard of Wild Honey! I will have to look it up!
Hi, I loooove this! I can’t seem to get the menu printables to fit a normal page. It cuts the last part of it off every time! Any suggestions??
Your printer settings must be set to something custom. Under print preview make sure to check “print entire image” NOT “fill entire page”
So cool!!!!! I am going to try and do that!!!!
This is amazing!!!! The details are so well done!
I HAVE to make this! I am debating between this and a wild honey.
Can you make an American girl salon?
Yes! That is on the list to make soon!
This is great!!! I cannot wait to finish my current project to be able to try this one!!! Your video makes it all look So easy!!!
One question, what did you use for the napkin dispenser?
Thank you for doing these!!!!
Thanks! The napkin dispenser is from the OG Diner set. Maybe we should make our own though???
Amazing! Love all the details and the wonderful tutorial! Thank you for sharing!