The poster is attached inside the box with double sided tape and glue.ġ0. I sketched these by hand but you could easily make letter templates by printing out the letters in a Word document. The letters, cones and ice cream scoops are all cut from thin craft foam and attached with glue and double sided tape onto a piece of black card. Now our ice cream shop needs some dressing up!įirst, a blackboard sign for displaying the range of delicious flavours. These were stuck down either side of the storefront, folding them over the edge of the box sides.ĩ. I simply traced around a lunchbox lid to make this pattern and cut it out with scissors.Ĩ.
And for some extra bling, I cut strings of sausages (at least, that is what they remind me of!) from contrasting, red book covering. Time for the decorating to begin – you know I love self adhesive book covering for its colour and reinforcement properties! This time, a nice bright blue. Cut out an entrance door from an adjacent side of the box.Ħ. Take into consideration the height of your little person when positioning the window.ĥ. Mark out the opening for your storefront with marker pen.
#ISCREAM SHOP FULL#
As I need the full height of the box (ours will be an open air roofed ice cream shop), I attached some cardboard offcuts to reinforce the box flaps. A fridge box would be perfect but at Immy’s height I can still get away with a tea chest sized packing box.Ģ. Choose a box which is tall enough for your child to stand up in. This wonderfully social, imaginary play led me to the recent construction of our next DIY Kids Project… I present to you, the Ice Cream Shop.ġ. Anyway, when we visit our local playground, Immy enjoys playing ice cream shop (there is a story behind why based on her current favourite book but I will share that one another time!) We discuss what flavours are available, she takes my money (cents) and we enjoy a nice, cold (albeit imaginary) ice cream. I don’t know if you have ever noticed the shopfronts that are built into children’s climbing equipment at public playgrounds? They are usually underneath the high platform that the slide comes off.
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