AI-generated picture to show the idea. Yours will look handmade.

The Ice Cream Cone

A giant cardboard ice-cream cone with two pastel scoops and drawn sprinkles, worn on your chest on rope straps. Sweet, simple and instantly recognisable.

TIME: 60 min
COST: about $8
SKILL: Easy

What you need

Cardboard
Pastel paint (pink and mint) and brown paint
A black marker for the waffle pattern
Rope for straps
Scissors

How to make it

1
Cut a long cone shape with a point at the bottom and two scoops as one cloud shape on top.
2
Paint the cone brown and draw a waffle grid.
3
Paint the scoops pink and mint and add coloured sprinkle dashes.
4
Add shoulder straps.
5
Add a cherry on top from a red pompom.

Make it better

Stand next to a pizza slice for an unlikely menu.
Carry a cardboard spoon.

Questions

Can the scoops be 3D?

Yes: stuff scrunched newspaper behind the scoop shapes for a lumpy look.

Wear it in front of your own haunted CCTV

Upload four photos of your house and Cursed Cam turns them into a night-time security monitor where something is very wrong. Put it on the TV by the door.

Make my monitor See how it works