National Ice Cream Day is the perfect day to pull out that old ice cream maker and make a batch of homemade ice cream! Click here to learn more about this holiday. It is celebrated on July 13th.

This might also be a nice day to plan an ‘Ice Cream Social’, where your friends and family can have an ice cream-making competition. Have everyone bring their favorite ice cream toppings, and everyone can make a different flavor too! We had this every year before school started when my older kids were little, and it was SO MUCH FUN!! We also had their birthday parties together at this time… knocking out a few ‘birds’ at a time!

 Here are our favorite recipes for celebrating National Ice Cream Day:

Hot Fudge Sundae Cake – so good with fresh homemade ice cream!

Banana Splits

Fruit Cobbler with Ice Cream

Frappes 

Below are some of the activities I found to celebrate this day:

(Use at your own discretion.)

Celebrate National Ice Cream Month – Ice Cream Freaks

National Ice Cream Month – DLTK-Holidays

Ice Cream Theme and Activities – Child Care Lounge

July is National Ice Cream Month (Fun Facts and Activities for Kids)

5 Fun National Ice Cream Day Craft ideas – Fun Holiday Crafts

Recipes:

Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe – Allrecipes.com

How to Make Ice Cream in a Bag – Tablespoon.com

No-Cook Homemade Ice Cream Recipes – Southern Living

How To Make No-Churn, 2-Ingredient Ice Cream – Recipe | Kitchn

Also check out:

Homeschool: July on Pinterest

how ice cream is made for kids on YouTube