Digital Ice Cream Art Project
My no prep, digital art project for elementary kids to build an ice cream sundae on Google Slides™ is an easy and engaging summer activity. Students will practice technology skills using my digital ice cream resource and step by step art lesson. Then, pick a writing prompt to draft a creative story about their ice cream cone project.
Need fun, fast finisher activities for elementary? Digital art projects are paperless, take up no space, and don’t use art materials. Simply assign the ice cream activity using your LMS, and stop worrying about early finishers!
Digital Ice Cream Craft Templates
This Google Slides summer activity includes tech tips and step by step directions with pictures for independent learning. And, kids can build ab ice cream sundae using either copy & paste or drag & drop.
Overview of Digital Build an Ice Cream Activity
First, your students will pick a background. Then, they’ll add a cone, dish, or bowl, a single scoop of ice cream, and toppings such as syrup, fudge, or sprinkles. From there, they can continue adding more scoops and toppings. Lastly, they’ll complete the tasty treat with whipped cream, a cherry, strawberry, etc.
Technology Skills
- Copy & paste
- Drag & drop
- Rotating
- Ordering
- Resizing
What’s Included
- 14 Student Direction Slides, with step by step tutorial so kids can create their digital ice cream sundae project independently
- Digital Moveable Pieces, so kids can either copy and paste or drag and drop to create their ice cream from the templates
- 7 Background Slides, where students will paste or drag their project pieces onto
- 2 Summer Writing Prompts, for kids to complete after making their ice cream
- 4 Teacher Examples, fully completed, which you can use to demonstrate
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable PDF (with access link & teacher directions)
- 1 Google Slides Doc (Digital Ice Cream Activity & Writing Prompts)
Why You’ll Love My Digital Ice Cream Craft
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I implemented this activity with the poem Bleezer’s Ice Cream. The students were extremely engaged. Using alliteration the students came up with a silly name for their ice cream. They really enjoyed this activity.
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We made home made ice cream and this was the perfect follow up activity. The kiddos had so much fun creating their ice cream sundaes. I love seeing how creativity the are.
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Very engaging! My second grade STEAM students loved making their own ice cream sundaes!
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5th Grade Glitz and Gold (Teacher-Author) –
This is so cute! I am making decorations for my classroom with it.
Cristina M. –
Very engaging! My second grade STEAM students loved making their own ice cream sundaes!
Aidan Flanagan –
Kids had a lot of fun with this on ice cream day! We used it to practice keyboard shortcuts in Google.
Rebecca A West W. –
This was a fun and engaging way for my virtual students to still get to participate in our “I is for Ice Cream” day!
Corleto Common Core Curriculum (Teacher-Author) –
My students had a lot of fun with this for our ice cream day at the end of the school year. Love all the choices they had!
AussieArtTeacher (Teacher-Author) –
Thank you
Kim E. –
I LOVE this project, but it was too hard for some of my kiddos. Definitely something I’ll try again in the future.
Sangeeta A. –
Thanks!
Lessons in a Bubble – Kimberly Jacobs (Teacher-Author) –
This was a wonderful, finished early activity for summer school. Thank you.
TeachingWithTos –
We used this for Ice Cream Day in our ABC countdown at the end of the year. So fun!
Tamara A. –
This is an awesome resource. Thank you.
Kelsey Vidal –
We used this for our ice cream spirit day. The students were very excited.
Melissa K. –
I implemented this activity with the poem BleezerÕs Ice Cream. The students were extremely engaged. Using alliteration the students came up with a silly name for their ice cream. They really enjoyed this activity.
Darla P. –
Awesome!
joann F. –
We made home made ice cream and this was the perfect follow up activity. The kiddos had so much fun creating their ice cream sundaes. I love seeing how creativity the are.
Shirley G. –
Such a fun and visual resource. We created our own ice cream cones and then did a procedural writing task to go with it!