FREE Printable Ice Cream Scoops Patterns Activity

Make practicing completing patterns in early math with this fun, ice cream themed patterns activity. This fun pattern activities  is perfect for summer learning, ice cream theme, or anytime you want to sneak in a delicious math activity for kids. These are an engaging pattern activities for kindergarten, toddler, preschool, pre-k, and first grade is perfect for summer learning or an ice cream theme. Students will use the ice cream printables to complete the patterns and scoop up the ice cream cone. Simply print pdf file with patterns printable and you are ready to play and learn.

Patterns activity

Patterns are important for children to learn. This is a skill that will lead them to other crucial skills. Patterns will help children with prediction skills as they begin to process the ‘what comes next’ concept. Pattern activities also help children with logical thinking and reasoning skills. Since patterns can be found everywhere in our lives, this is a very important skill for children to learn. This Ice Cream Cone Pattern activity for kids will be the highlight of your children’s summer activities! Use this pattern activities for preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students. 

Ice cream pattern printable

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template.

Fun pattern activities

This activity starts with Ice Cream Cone pattern cards. These help with patterns including 2 – 7 points. We explore the AB, ABC, and ABAB patterns.

You’ll need:

• Clothes Pins
• A Paint Stick
• Glue
• Markers (optional)
• Scissors
• Our Printable Set 

Ice cream scoop pattern

Our set comes with the pattern cards, an ice cream cone that can be cut out as well as mini ice cream scoops.

You can use the mini ice cream scoops or markers for this. We’ll explore this more later.

Start with your printable cone and the paint stick. Paint sticks can be found at most hardware stores and are typically free! 

Ice cream scoop activity

We cut out the cone and glued it onto the paint stick. We left space for little hands to hold the stick under the cone and enough space for the clothes pins on the top. 

For the clothes pins,  you can either use the mini ice cream scoops or a marker. The significance of this is that this is how children will create the patterns. They will use the color on the pattern card and match it to the color on the clothes pin and put it in place.

You can cut out and glue on the mini scoops or put a dot with a marker. We did both. You could also use a hot glue gun to affix a pom pom to the clothespin.

Pattern activities for preschoolers

Once the activity is prepped, lay everything out for your kids.

We started with the 2 scoops and went up from there. Holding the paint stick cone, we searched through the clothes pins to find the ones needed to make the pattern. Then stick the clothes pin onto the side of the paint stick to create the pattern.

Not only is this helping children with patterns, but picking up and attaching the clothes pins onto the paint stick is helping children strengthen the fine motor muscles that are needed for future skills. 

Ice cream patterns worksheet

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