Easiest Ice Cream Sandwiches

We usually make a yummy treat on Friday nights. Today, I had my 3-year-old help me make these Yummy Ice Cream Sandwiches. I’m all about simple, so with a cake mix for the cookies, these were fast and delicious!

I used our Oreo Cookie recipe for the cookies, then cookies and cream ice cream for the filling.

Oreo Cookie Recipe:

2 boxes Devils Food cake mix

1 1/2 cups shortening

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix all ingredients together. Roll into balls (or use a cookie scoop). Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Don’t flatten! Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. *I always take these out before they look done. When they cool,  they are soft and perfect, otherwise they’re hard and crunchy.

Let the cookies cool completely.

Add a scoop of ice cream to one cookie and sandwich with another. I used a butter knife to quickly smooth out the edges of the ice cream. Keep frozen until ready to eat!

 

Ice Cream

• Glue I page ... draw a large letter I, cover the lines with ice cream cone stickers
• Make homemade ice cream in a bag (click link for recipe)

  

• Play an ice cream cone game
  1. Cut out brown triangles for cones & 20-30 circle ice cream scoops (from different colored paper). Click here for some cute ice cream and cones ready to print from Making Friends.                                 
  2. Roll a die. Whatever number you roll, add that many scoops to your cone. Play until all the scoops are served.
  3. For older kids: mark + or - on either side of a coin or plastic lid. Have the kids toss this first, roll the die, then add or subtract that number of scoops.
• Make an ice cream cone shape picture ... cut out triangles & circles and let the kids glue them on a paper
• Puffy Ice Cream Cones …can’t wait to try this idea from Little Running Teacher with my kids. Homemade puffy paint ice cream cones!

1. Cut out a brown ice cream cone and draw lines on it. Glue to another paper.
2. Mix 3 parts shaving cream + 1 part white glue.
3. Ask the kids what “flavor” ice cream they would like (red paint = strawberry, yellow paint = banana). Add the paint.
4. Give the kids a popsicle stick or spoon and have them mix, mix, mix!
5. Use hands to spread the puffy paint onto their ice cream cone paper.
6. Let dry 2-3 days, then feel the smooth, puffy, squishy ice cream!

Snack Idea: homemade ice cream with sprinkles