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Making Pumpkin Ice Cream with Kids for Fall

Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe Idea for Kids to Make with Friends for a Playdate or Class

Making ice cream with friends is such fun!  It requires quite a bit of dedication and energy to make that special magic happen, but that’s what friendship is about too, right?  Here’s how to make special ice cream with your child’s friends.

Making Pumpkin Ice Cream with Kids

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This week’s theme for Virtual Book Club for Kids is FRIENDSHIP

Our featured book is Should I Share my Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

BOOK: Should I Share my Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

We thought it might be fun to invite friends over to create a special fall themed ice cream for a book club playdate.  Making ice cream with kids is such magical moment when they see all the ingredients combine into some thing else with their own magic touch.

Here’s how you can make your own pumpkin flavored ice cream with friends.

Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe for Friends

I thought it might be fun as your child is making new friends for the new school year to have a ice cream themed playdate.  You can make any flavored ice cream with friends, but with fall arriving this week why not make it a fall flavor.  Pumpkin is the first flavor I think of for fall.

So here’s our special spin on fall flavored ice cream with friends.

Pumpkin Ice Cream Playdate with a friend

Ingredients per friend…

  • 1 Tablespoon Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 pinch of Pumpkin Spice
  • 1/4 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1/4 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar
  • 4 Tablespoons Salt
  • Crushed Ice
  • 4 Tablespoons Cold Water
  • Ice Cream Magic Personal Ice Cream Maker  or Set of 6 Makers  for Friends
  • Measuring Cups and Measuring Spoon Set 

 

Ice Cream Magic Personal Ice Cream Maker (ASSORTED LID COLORS) or an Ice Cream Maker 

Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe Idea for Kids to Make

Directions for Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe

Grab your measuring cups and measuring spoons  for some math and science fun with friends as you make ice cream!  Before the kids arrived make a visual recipe for the kids to follow.  We added hand drawn images of Piggie and Elephant to the cards for Step 1, Step 2, Step 3 to make it match the story book.

You can learn how to draw Mo Willems characters here.

PLUS for the adults that join the playdate fun my daughter and I pre-made Pumpkin Ice Cream in our regular Ice Cream Maker to share with Mommy and for backup if someone doesn’t quite measure their ingredients correctly.

Making Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe Idea with Kids

Here’s the order we recommend for your pumpkin ice cream.

Step 1: Measure 1/4 heavy whipping cream

Step 2: Add 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Step 3: Add 1 Tablespoon sugar

Step 4: Mix in 1 Tablespoon Pumpkin Puree

Step 5: Add a sprinkle of pumpkin spice

Step 6: Put lid on Ice Cream Magic Personal Ice Cream Maker  or zip your ziplock

Step 7: Measure 4 Tablespoons of Salt or Rock Salt

Step 8: Add in 4 Tablespoons of very cold water

Step 9: Add crushed ice to the line on the Personal Ice Cream Maker  or to fill the ziplock bag.

Step 10: Seal up your ice cream make container or Bag…. check twice

Step 11: SHAKE and SHAKE your ice cream with your friends.  It takes around 6 minutes to form your pumpkin ice cream into a soft serve.

Step 12: EAT your ice cream with your friends

Pumpkin Pie Flavored Ice Cream

HELPFUL TIP: We’ve made ice cream quite a few time before in ziplock bags which works just the same. However, I want to mention that it does get pretty cold for their hands holding the ice with rock salt and there’s lots of condensation that drips in the process. Gloves and towels are recommended. Little ones tend to give up before the time is up, which makes it a great friendship activity as you can shake together.

Because of this we recently discovered these little Ice Cream Magic Personal Ice Cream Maker and it’s been a bit hit for our house for making personalized ice cream. We can use it again and again and all you need is salt and crushed ice and you’re set to shake and freeze.

If you’re having trouble getting it to set, simply opened it up, scrap the sides and then shake again. Add more crushed ice if it’s melted. No drippy mess, no super cold hands just lots of shaking for around 6 minutes.

Hosting an Ice Cream Playdate with Friends

Elephant and Piggie Books that Celebrate Friendship

Click here to see Activity Ideas for Mo Willems Books 

Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe to make with Kids afterschool

Additional Friendship Themed Book for Preschoolers

The Virtual Book Club for Kids has selected a few additional books that focus on friendship that we think your child will enjoy reading this week for FRIENDSHIP WEEK.

Friends by Helme Heine
Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes
Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld
Best Friends for Frances by Russell Hoban

virtual book club for kids

Join our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook Group 

We’re excited to be starting our new season of Virtual Book Club for Kids. This season we’re hosting weekly themes and books.  

YOU’RE INVITED. We’re inviting you to join along and share your own friendship themed ideas with your child or students using the featured story Should I Share my Ice Cream? or one of the other Friendship Books mentioned above.  You can share on our facebook page or join our VBC Facebook Group.

VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB HOSTS: Plus we’re inviting you to visit our Virtual Book Club for Kids cohosts sites for additional activity ideas all about Apples. I’m featuring below here for you to go check out and get ideas for your preschooler ages 2-5.

Friendship Activities for Preschoolers

Friendship Concentration Game  -Toddler Approved 
What makes a good friend? Ice Cream Craft
– Sea of Knowledge
Spelling Names Ice Cream Center – Still Playing School
Piggie and Elephant Sharing Shapes -Mosswood Connections
Learning about our friends – graphing activity for preschoolers – Rainy Day Mum
Ice Cream Scoop STEAM Challenge – Kara Carrero
Kind Words Sensory Lesson – Preschool Powol Packets
Listening Games with Elephant and Piggie – Inspiration Laboratories
Making Pumpkin Ice Cream with Friends – The Educators’ Spin On It
Cupcake Cones – Kori at Home
How to Make a Catapult – JDaniel4’s Mom
Friendship Ice Cream Is a Fun Way to Practice Sharing – Mama Smiles
Paper Tube Friendship Bracelets  – Clare’s Little Tots
How to Make a Colour Mixing Ice Cream– Peakle Pie
Preschool Pencil Control – CraftCreateCalm
How to Make Happy Faces in a Sand Tray – Big Owl Little Owl Witty Hoots
Share the Ice Cream Fine Motor Game – Views from a Step Stool
Pass the Ice Cream Sharing Activity for Preschoolers  – Sunny Day Family
Friendship Ice Cream Cone Throw – Adventures with Adam
Gross Motor Core Strengthening Friendship Activity for a Group – Sugar Aunts

What Friendship Themed Activity are you going to try first?

You may also enjoy these ideas with your child…

Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake Recipe
The Best List of Pumpkin Books for Kids this Halloween
Pumpkin Peanut Butter Brownies with Candy Topping of Orange, Yellow and Brown.

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About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Devany LeDrew says

    September 19, 2016 at 7:56 am

    Yum, pumpkin ice cream is a great idea!

    Reply
  2. Ang says

    October 6, 2016 at 12:39 am

    Hello! The ingredients listed twice are different – is it 1/4 T of purée or 1 T? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Kim Vij says

      October 6, 2016 at 9:12 am

      thanks for catching my typo, it’s 1 Tablespoon of the puree.

      Reply
      • Ang says

        October 6, 2016 at 3:32 pm

        Thank you!!!

        Reply

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