Make a Miniature Ice Cream Cone out of Clay

I scream. You scream.

If you’re looking for instructions on how to sculpt a miniature ice cream cone, look no further. There is something so cute about miniatures, and for some reason, miniature food is one of my favorite things to make. To be honest, I really don’t enjoy cooking, and I’d much rather make fake play food for my kids to play with than cook an actual meal any day of the week.

The materials for this project are pretty simple:

• Oven bake clay- tan for the cone part and then whatever color you prefer for the ice cream (I used white)
• a toothpick
• a craft blade
• paint and a stylus if you want to do sprinkles

The first thing I did was shape the cone part. I then used my toothpick to press a grid line indentation.

To shape the ice cream part I started by rolling my white clay into a little ball. Then, I pressed my finger into the ball until it cracked at the top. This step gives it that texture that looks like real ice cream.

Something I learned that helps hold your clay creations together is to stick a toothpick into connecting parts. When pressing your pieces together be sure to hold the sides of your ice cream instead of pressing down on the top. That way you preserve the texture you just created.


Now, use your craft blade to scrape down the edges of your ice cream towards the cone. This will add more of that texture you are looking for, as well as give it the shape like real ice cream being pressed from a scoop.

Bake your cone per the clay manufacturers directions and embellish with sprinkles and cherries if you’d like.

Ta-Da!

What you do with your little fleet of ice cream cones is up to you. Ours were a great addition to Kellen’s little dinosaur party.