Fake Bake Ice Cream

Have you ever wanted a display of ice cream that won't melt or drip all over your countertops? Well dreams are coming true today, my friends!

Check out how easy it is to make up your own faux ice cream display:

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Using air dry clay and silicone molds, I made up several cones and ice cream scoops. It's really important to put your clay filled molds in the freezer before attempting to remove your shape - solidly frozen clay keeps it's shape no matter how much you pull and tug at the mold 😉

(I found my silicone ice cream molds here and here on Amazon)

Once I had a good collection of cones and scoops made, I painted them with acrylic paint. I then added spackle 'icing' and a cherry on top of each scoop. While the scoop, icing and cherries are permanently fixed together, I did not glue the scoops to the cones. This is so I can have flexibility in how I display the pieces.

Another set of cones I decorated by adding spackle directly on top of the cones and then embellished with faux sprinkles and cherries. Because I added the topping directly to the cone, it dried in place, but you could certainly make the spackle toppings separate as well.

Lastly, I created a few ice cream bowls as well. Using a $4 set of thrift store bowls, I made more separate scoops and again painted them in acrylic. This time I wanted my cherry and whip cream topping to be separate so I could better adjust them in the bowls. I did this by laying a sheet of parchment paper on my table and squeezing a dollop of spackle on top. Add your cherry and let dry. Once hardened, the bits of spackle will pull right up from the parchment. You could use this method for the spackle topped cones as well, it all depends on preference 😊