We have massive sweet tooths in my house. Combine that with my lastest habit of clearing out plastic toys (or the plastic grocery food to be exact) from our house & thought I would combine this to make ice cream cones out of fabric.
I used spotted fabric (for the cone base), wool, coloured felt, buttons & shoulder pads (for stuffing or you could use scrap fabric but I had these that I ripped out of some 80's clothes).
1. For the cone base, I cut out a rectangle approximately 27cms width by 32cms length. Then I cut out strips of wool which I sewed diagonally both ways via zigzag stitch. This made the wafer pattern on the cone.
2. Then on the wrong side of fabric, I folded the fabric in halfway horizontally then marked with chalk a vertical foldline. Using the vertical chalkline as a guide, at the bottom I marked 0.5cms each side & at the top I marked 6.5cms each side of the foldline then I sewed from top to bottom of each side so that I was left with a cone shape. I turned the fabric inside out so it resembled a cone & didn't bother to trim the excess fabric as its needed for stuffing.
3. For extra stuffing. I folded shoulder pads & stuffed them inside the cone.
4. If your making a plain single scoop cone, Its easier to wrap a piece of fabric around a shoulder pad (that you squished into a ball shape) & tie it up sort of resembling a ghost. Then you can handsew the scoop onto the cone. For the chocolate icing with sprinkles, I sewed all the buttons on, then handstitched this onto the vanilla ice cream. For the 3 flavour ice cream, I cut out 3 circles roughly 21cms in diameter. I stuffed them with shoulder pads & handsewed them together, it ended up being a super sized ice cream cone which is every kids dream really!!! They are perfect to take on pretend play picnics:)
If sewing isn't your thing, these freezy dream felt ice cream treats are divine. And if you need some more ice cream inspiration I cross stitched this icecream pillow a while back & the Sack me "Haute bites" collection Sunday sundae doona (& not to mention the rest of the range) is adorable! I literally want to eat the whole range & all the style props too...
Happy Thursday friends!
Grace
Sidenote: I wouldn't recommend sewing on buttons as sprinkles for children under 3 (or even 4 depending on child) as its a choking hazard.
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