Best Ice Cream Themed Birthday Party ideas

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Here are some super cute ice cream themed birthday party ideas, from here's the scoop birthday party ideas to ice cream themed party games and activities, this is perfect for you if you are looking for ideas for an ice cream themed first birthday party or ideas for a 'two sweet' birthday celebration - ice cream is the cutest summer birthday party theme for girls! 

Keep scrolling down for best ice cream themed birthday party ideas! 👇🏻

Best ice cream party favours ideas

1. Some cute ice cream themed thank you tags 👈🏻

Thank you retro ice cream party tags 👈🏻

Thank you sprinkles ice cream party favour tags 👈🏻

Thank you, you are sweet party favour tags 👈🏻

Pastel ice cream themed thank you tags 👈🏻

Thank you ice cream stripe party favour tags 👈🏻

2. DIY some pastel candy bark for party favours 

Make some super pretty candy bark/chocolate slab and add some rainbow sprinkles, marshmallows and waffle cone pieces! This is super easy to make and requires no baking and all you will need is some cooking chocolate or melting chocolate (milk chocolate or white chocolate is fine), some sweets or candy pieces and any other toppings you wish to use, such as waffle cone pieces or similar. 

You could even change the colour of your candy bark and make it pink by melting down some white cooking chocolate and stirring in a few very small drops of oil based red or pink food colouring. All you need to then is pour in to a mold and decorate with all the cutest sweets and candy of choice! Then pop in the fridge to set and voila, your own party ready chocolate!

There's so many ways to get creative with this and you could add a sprinkle of freeze dried raspberries or incorporate a swirl of melted milk chocolate to create a pretty pattern. Once it is completely set, then break in to pieces and package in to cute parcels tied with a bow. 

3. Cute ice cream themed party favour boxes 👈🏻

You could fill them with mini candy for guests - the perfect low cost party favours! 

Cute ice cream parlour shaped party favour boxes 👈🏻

Ice cream van party favour boxes template 👈🏻

4. Some dreamy mug cake mixes 

These are easy to whip up and so cute to give as party favours for guests of all ages! Mug cakes are the perfect easy comforting dessert and guests will love being able to make their own on a whim. Create some mug cake mixes (minus the milk or wet ingredient) in your chosen flavours and colours, then place each one in its own airtight container or zip lock sachet. 

Your recipient will only need to add the wet ingredient to the mixture and pop it in the microwave to create their mug cake!

5. Serve some candy in adorable ice cream boxes 👈🏻

A really fun option for party favours for guests that make for a striking party display and party decor too! 

Ice cream candy party boxes 👈🏻

6. DIY some pretty pastel cotton candy cones 

These look so striking and make really cute low cost and easy party favours - just fill ice cream cones with candy floss or cotton candy, then package them and tie each with a pretty ribbon, voila! 

7. DIY some pastel sherbet cones  

Layer some sherbet in different colours, creating a pretty pastel effect! You could even opt for rainbow coloured millions candy instead, creating layers of each coloured candy to create a rainbow or ombre effect. 

8. DIY some milkshake mixes 

These make such fun party favours for guests of all ages and are easy to put together too! You can even order ready made if short on time. 

Some milkshake bottle party favours 👈🏻

9. DIY some chocolate coated oreos 

These make adorable party favours! To make these, you could melt some white cooking chocolate and add a tiny amount of oil based food colouring, dipping your desired number of oreos before whipping up another bowl of melted chocolate in a different colour. You could even decorate them in cute ice cream themed designs or even sprinkle with edible rainbow confetti. 

10. Some cake filled jars for party favours 

Cake in jar form! Try mini jars filled with funfetti cake, with layers of pink or chocolate frosting - so pretty and cute for guests of all ages.  

11. DIY some pretty pastel zephyr marshmallow lollies 

DIY some special zephyr marshmallows, which appear in shape like meringues - one of our favourite recipes is here. Each zephyr marshmallow can be placed atop a lollipop stick or skewer to create marshmallow lollies - then wrap up for guests and secure with a pretty ribbon.

12. Make some pink popcorn parcels 

Try some pretty popcorn party favours! Make this by using a few drops of food colouring along with corn syrup and butter (follow this recipe here!) Guests will adore the novelty and you could even add some edible glitter and mini marshmallows to make it extra magical! You could use these thank you stickers to pop on 

Pink toile party thank you stickers 👈🏻

13. Some colouring activity pages for party favours 

These are printable, meaning you can print as many as you need, and go perfectly as party favours or placemats for little ones! 

Personalised ice cream birthday activity pages 👈🏻

Happy birthday personalised ice cream sheets 👈🏻

Printable activity colouring sheets 👈🏻

14. Some parcels of our favourite candy puppy chow mix 👈🏻

These make such cute party favours and are super easy to make! 

Best ice cream party games and activities

1. Try a ice cream themed party pinata 👈🏻

These are always so exciting for a birthday party, for all ages! As well as candy, try filling the pinata with some rainbow confetti or paper pieces to resemble rainbow sprinkles for a magical effect. 

2. Bake some cupcakes in cones for guests to decorate 

Using flat bottom cones so the cupcakes can stand up to be decorated - guests will love the novelty! They can decorate them as if they were ice creams - just without them melting! 

3. Design an ice cream themed scavenger hunt 

Or treasure hunt! Hide ice cream cards or motifs around the party space and challenge guests to find each one! 

Ice cream treasure hunt ready made party game 👈🏻

4. Try some ready made printable themed party games 

What's your ice cream name? cute party game 👈🏻

5. Play a game of toss the donut rings  

DIY some cardboard donut shaped rings and paint them to look like donuts with sprinkles - then challenge guests to land them successfully on hooks or pegs - just like the fairground or carnival game! Donuts are the perfect pairing to ice cream - this party game would also be so cute for a 'two sweet' birthday theme! 

6. An ice cream tasting party activity 

You could give each guest a scorecard and ask them to rate different ice cream combinations. This is so much fun for guests of all ages! 

Printable ice cream tasting sheets 👈🏻 

7. Play a game of 'pin the ice cream on the cone' 

Just like the traditional party game of 'pin the tail on the donkey' but an even cuter version that matches the party theme! You could even try 'pin the cherry on top' and craft it from thick paper or cardstock.   

8. A party game of stack the beanbag 'ice cream scoops'

For this activity, create a flat bottom ice cream cone prop, using a small bin or similar and some coloured paper or cardstock to turn it in a cone! Make two of these. Then guests can divide in to two teams to see who can build the highest ice cream with pastel coloured beanbags - or you could use colourful socks filled with tissue paper! - without the 'scoop' collapsing! 

9. A make your own ice pops and ice lollies activity 

Guests will love this! You could include fun toppings such as fruit and different flavours of fruit juice and milkshake, so guests can create their own ice pop creations. This is such a fun and dreamy party activity for all ages!

10. Play some ice cream themed bingo 👈🏻

The perfect party game to suit the theme! 

 

11. Teach guests some 50's style lindyhop moves! 

Try a mini party dance class or workshop! This would be a super unique party activity and would go with the theme so well! 

12. Make an ice cream themed pass the parcel 

Not just any pass the parcel! At the start, you could give each guest an ice cream flavour, which corresponds to a colour. Then the parcel is passed to each guest to unwrap their colour of paper - hiding some prizes in some layers and 'bonus' clues or challenges in others - such as, 'name an ice cream flavour starting with 'b' and unwrap two layers'. 

Best ice cream themed birthday party ideas

1. Try some adorable personalised cupcake toppers 👈🏻

2. Make an ice cream shaped party cupcake pullapart 

This will make for the best standout party display! To make this, you will need a whole set of un iced, plain cupcakes, along with some icing in a few different colours to decorate with. Choose your favourite design, such as an ice cream or ice pop. Arrange your cupcakes in your chosen formation, then layer the frosting all over the top of them, like joining the dots, ice them to create one whole shape. Then decorate with the finer details to bring it to life!   

3. Choose a stylish ice cream themed invitation 

Personalised pastel ice cream invitation 👈🏻

Ice cream cone birthday invitation 👈🏻

Pink personalised ice cream invitation 👈🏻

Pink gingham ice cream themed invitation 👈🏻

Cute retro ice cream birthday invitation 👈🏻

Pastel ice cream truck birthday invitation 👈🏻

Ice cream illustration birthday invitation 👈🏻

Cute ice cream cone birthday invitation 👈🏻

Main Street Ice Cream themed invitation 👈🏻

Main Street Cake and Ice Cream party invitation 👈🏻

Ice cream stand themed birthday invitation 👈🏻

Retro ice cream illustration birthday invitation 👈🏻

Personalised ice cream shop party invitation 👈🏻

Pastel pink retro ice cream birthday invitation 👈🏻

Here's the scoop birthday party invitation 👈🏻

Here's the scoop sprinkles birthday invitation 👈🏻

Rainbow ice cream cone party invitation 👈🏻

Cute retro ice cream birthday party bundle 👈🏻

4. Set up a chalkboard style party message wall for guests 

So all guests can write, draw and scribble their own messages on it! You could set up a giant chalkboard canvas that guests can decorate, with photos, drawings and messages! This would make an amazing photo backdrop for the party, for guests to take photos in front of. To create the canvas backdrop for guests to decorate, grab some black paper or cardstock and staple it to a base, such as a wall, fence, pallet boards or giant board made from cardboard. Provide guests with some chalks and liquid chalk markers and let them decorate to their hearts content. 

5. Set up a fun colouring party table runner 👈🏻

This is ice cream themed and perfect for your party, plus you can even customise with the name of your recipient - guests will love! 

6. Serve some retro cream soda drinks

You could serve them complete with stripey straws, so much fun! 

Super cute retro style stripe straws 👈🏻

7. Some ice cream 3D letters for the party table 👈🏻

These are so much fun to make and make a striking and adorable party table centerpiece idea! You can even order these ready made if short on time. 

8. Tie bows to ice cream spoons   

To make them extra pretty! You could create a display for guests as part of your ice cream stall/setup area and make ice cream spoons in to pretty decor by arranging them together and tying ribbons to each one. 

9. Some cute ice cream party plates 👈🏻

To deck out the party table in style! 

10. DIY some colourful rainbow sprinkle balloons 

By using colourful strips of paper to resemble sprinkles! Just pop these on to balloons to make them match the theme. These are so cute and low cost to make, perfect if you are looking for some last minute ice cream party decor ideas! 

11. Make a pastel ombre effect macaron tower 

You could even create an ombre effect by gradating the colours, so that they blend into one another - it will look so striking and make for adorable birthday party decor as well as party treats. 

12. Make a sprinkle doughnut tower cake 

The best unique twist on the traditional cake for donut fans! Simply arrange pretty decorated donuts in tower formation, then top with a special jumbo topper. You could even use mini creme puffs or round shaped eclairs instead of donuts and deck out your creations with rainbow sprinkles. 

Adorable ice cream shaped topper 👈🏻

13. Serve some pastel dipped oreos 

These will look so striking for the party table or dessert table - you could even create a beautiful pastel ombre display! To make these, you could melt some white cooking chocolate and add a tiny amount of oil based food colouring, dipping your desired number of oreos before whipping up another bowl of melted chocolate in a different colour. 

14. Serve some pastel dipped madeleines 

These will look stunning and guests will love! Just like the oreos, once they are baked and cooled, whip up some melted white chocolate coloured in a pretty pastel hue, then dip a certain number and leave in the fridge to set. Repeat this with every colour of chocolate you want to use. You could even finish them with some pretty gold leaf accents, or edible sprinkles or petals. 

15. Try some cute pastel party table accessories 

Pastel pink and gold party cups 👈🏻

Pink gingham and gold party cups 👈🏻

Pink gingham and gold party plates 👈🏻

Ice cream colours party plates 👈🏻

16. DIY some retro pastel party flags  

As cute party decor! You could use these to make a cute party table centerpiece, with adorable captions featuring the age of your recipient, such as 'two sweet' or 'we all scream four ice cream'. You could craft these from pretty coloured cardstock, decorate them with rainbow paper pieces 'sprinkles' and arrange them around the party space.  

Pennant flag templates to use 👈🏻

Ready made cute birthday flags 👈🏻

Ready made cute birthday girl flag 👈🏻

17. Set up a milkshakes or freakshakes making stall 

With all the toppings available! You could even make a freakshakes stall with oreos, donuts, cakes and squirty cream that guests can add to their creation - freakshakes being the perfect combination of milkshake and cake! 

18. Try an ice cream birthday party sign   

Personalised ice cream themed birthday sign 👈🏻

Personalised ice cream cone party sign 👈🏻

Ice cream truck welcome party sign 👈🏻

Watercolour ice cream cone party sign 👈🏻

Retro ice cream parlour party sign 👈🏻

Ice cream cone strip welcome party sign 👈🏻

19. Create some fun giant ice cream props 

These would be so fun for photos! Why not create a super sized ice cream spoon, tied with a bow, using coloured cardstock - or a giant stripey straw? These make such cute party decor and bring almost a storybook fairytale feel to the party area. 

20. Some ice cream themed custom party signs 

Pink ice cream van party custom sign 👈🏻

Ice cream sprinkles custom party sign 👈🏻

Pastel pink ice cream sprinkles custom sign 👈🏻

20. Set up an ice cream bar with all the toppings  

You could ready some prescooped ice cream balls and pop them in cupcake wrappers, then keep them chilled in a cart or mobile cooler. You could even rent a soft serve machine in your area to keep things super easy! Toppings could include all the sprinkles, fruit pieces, brownies, cookies, cookie dough and even cereal pieces would work so well for this! 

Retro ice cream parlour ice cream bar sign 👈🏻

Cute retro party ice cream bar sign 👈🏻

Pink stripe party ice cream bar sign 👈🏻

21. Try some adorable ice cream themed party napkins 👈🏻

Some adorable pink stripe napkins 👈🏻

22. Use large waffle cones to hold popcorn 

Or similar! This is a great way to display party treats that adheres perfectly to the theme. 

23. Some pastel cotton candy mocktail drinks 

These cotton candy mocktails look magical! Try creating these amazing candyfloss mocktails that guests of all ages will adore! They even double as pretty decor and younger guests will adore discovering candy floss or cotton candy, as it dissolves so quickly and is so much fun to pull apart.

To make them, just pop a good amount of candyfloss in your glasses or flutes, then a sprinkle of edible shimmer in each one - then pour the liquid on top of the candyfloss to make it dissolve, so beautiful to watch and so much fun for your younger guests - and your older guests! You could even add some edible flowers to drinks to make them extra pretty!

24. Try some cute ice cream party bunting 👈🏻

These are perfect for the party space!  

25. Try a picnic style setup 

All the cute gingham party touches! You could even throw an indoor picnic if the weather is cold! 

26. Make it a Mickey Main Street ice cream party with this cute banner 👈🏻

The only thing sweeter than ice cream is Main Street ice cream - this is such a fun retro style theme to try!  

27. Try a tea party style setup 

With mini sized party desserts, such as mini eclairs, strawberry shortcakes and even trifle - a tea party will tie in perfectly! 

28. Create a retro 'drive thru' setup to watch a movie

Or home movies of your recipient from when they were little! This would be so cute and you could try some 50's style decor and serve popcorn too! 

29. Set up some pretty ice cream party table signs 👈🏻

Deck out your party table or food table with these cute signs or food labels - simply print as many as you need to write on! These would also be great to mark out each area of the party space. 

Retro ice cream themed party food signs 👈🏻

Cute pastel ice cream party food signs 👈🏻

Retro ice cream cone party food signs 👈🏻

Pretty gingham party table signs 👈🏻

30. Some ice cream sprinkles party table confetti 👈🏻

31. Make some pink popcorn parcels as party favours 

Make this by using a few drops of food colouring along with corn syrup and butter (follow this recipe here!) Guests of all ages will adore the novelty and you could even add some edible glitter and mini marshmallows to make it extra magical! You could print some super cute party tags and attach to each parcel - voila, super cute and cheap party favours! 

32. Throw a fun bakeoff party activity 

You could even host a baking challenge, contest or competition between guests! This would be so funny and such a fun activity to try.