craft papier-mâché puzzle cones

       I made these puzzle cones to gift to a very special little person. With these simple parts she can mix and match her favorite ice cream flavors: vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, lemon, blue berry, rocky road, chocolate chip mint and butter pecan. 

Supply List:

• paper mache pulp
• plastic cones
• masking tape
• variety of acrylic paints
• acrylic spray sealer
• brown paper bags
• a brown permanent felt tip marker
• one-piece wooden clothes pins
• newsprint
• white school glue or Elmer's wood glue

Step-by-Step Directions:

1. Wrap both the inside and outside of your plastic cone pieces with masking tape.
2. Squeeze a generous amount of glue into the inside bottom of each cone and stuff newsprint around an inserted clothes pin. You clothes pins need to stick outside of each cone approximately two inches. Let the form dry over night. (see picture below)
3. Cover the entire cone shape and pin sticking out with layers of glue and brown paper bag stripes. Let the forms dry overnight.
4. Crush and shape the scoops of ice cream from newsprint around the tops of the clothes pins. 
5. Mask both the inside hole and the outside ice cream scoop shapes.
6. Using a bit of glue and paper line the interior holes with a dryer finished paper surface and let these shapes dry overnight.
7. Now cover the outside surface of the ice cream scoops with paper mache pulp, following the instructions that come with that art modeling material. Let the scoops dry overnight. It may take longer than 24 hours for these surfaces to dry thoroughly.
8. I drew diamond shapes onto my paper cones using a permanent ink pen, but you can use paint if you prefer.
9. Paint your ice cream scoops to imitate what ever flavor of ice cream you prefer.
10. After the surfaces are dry, seal these with a clear acrylic spray.

"Wrap both the inside and outside of your plastic cone pieces with masking tape."

"Crush and shape the scoops of ice cream from newsprint around the tops of the clothes pins. and
Mask both the inside hole and the outside ice cream scoop shapes."

The finished puzzle cones are ready for a little girl and her friends to play with!

Draw ice cream treats.