In this activity, children use construction paper to make their own 10-scoop ice cream cone. Have children cut out a large ice cream cone shape from brown construction paper or plain cardboard. Allow them to decorate it with criss-crossed lines. Then have children cut out ten circles, or ice-cream scoop shapes, from different colors of construction paper. On each circle, they should write the numbers one through ten. Have children build their ice cream cone by placing the scoops, from one to ten, on the cone base. Children can glue the scoops together or keep the scoops unattached, so that the activity can be completed multiple times.
Create a giant ice cream cone by forming a large sheet of brown construction paper into a cone shape. Secure the shape with tape. Attach a loop to one side of the cone's opening and hang the cone on a door or cabinet knob. Write the numbers one through ten on white ping pong balls to represent scoops of ice cream. Children can color the ping pong balls with permanent marker or paint them to represent different flavors. Have children toss the ping pong balls, in order by number, into the ice cream cone and determine if all of the scoops will fit in the cone.
Using brown construction paper, cut out ten ice cream cone shapes and write a number from one to ten on each cone. Cut out ten circles from various colors of construction paper to represent scoops of ice cream. Use a hole punch for each circle. Punch one hole in the first circle, two in the second, and so on until the final circle has ten holes. Children can play a game where they match the cone with the ice cream scoop that contains the same amount of holes as the number printed on the cone.
Create a small counting book for children. Cut three pieces of computer paper into four equal sections. Stack the sections and staple them together to make a book. Allow children to write or decorate the book with a picture related to ice cream and title the book, "My Ice Cream Counting Book," or "Ice Cream 1-10." On each page, help the child write a number from one through ten and draw an ice cream cone with the same amount of scoops as the page. Children can flip through the book and practice counting from one to ten.