DIY Ice Cream in a Jar by City Cradle Design
As summer sets upon us and the days start to heat up, what better way to keep your guests cool than with the most adorable ice cream in a jar favors? Lucky you, City Cradle Design has stopped by to share the easy breezy directions for these little jars of goodness. I scream, you scream…
Materials:
Downloads – One large label for the front of the jar and two side labels. One side label is blank to be personalized and the second is directions for your guests to make their own ice cream.
Printer
Glass mason jar (mine are from Ikea)
Ribbon
Small zip-lock plastic bags
Half & half individual packets
Rock salt
Sugar & Vanilla powder
*Your guests will only have to add ice (which will make this an easy late night treat for many staying at a hotel)
Instructions:
1) Print out the labels for your jars, cut out and personalize the side label to say what you would like to your guests
2) Pour 1 cup rock salt into the bottom of each jar
3) Pour 1 tablespoon sugar & 1 teaspoon vanilla powder into a small (quart size) zip-lock bag and seal
4) Combine the bag of powder and 8 of the half and half packets in each jar
5) Tie on your front label with twine
6)Tie on your side labels with ribbon for your guests
Yes, indeed, we all scream for ice cream. These are way too cute and so perfect not only for wedding favors but bridal showers, birthdays…w could go on and on. Thanks to City Cradle Design for this awesome DIY project and to the lovely Jackie Wonders for taking all the pretty pictures. Now let’s go make some ice cream!
60 Comments about “DIY Ice Cream in a Jar by City Cradle Design”
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June 14, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Adorable idea for favors, especially in the summer!
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June 14, 2010 at 12:18 pm
What a cute idea. Prfect for a summer soiree favor, especially here in Baltimore. It's 95 in the shade today and a cool summer treat is in order!
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June 14, 2010 at 12:23 pm
that is super creative and a perfect summer favors
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June 14, 2010 at 12:56 pm
These are adorable! I'm getting married in August so these would be perfect!
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June 14, 2010 at 1:27 pm
How adorable!!
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June 14, 2010 at 1:42 pm
What a cute idea. Love it!! Thank you!
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June 14, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Thanks for sharing! I love this....because I am a hug ice cream fan and this is such a nice way to incorporate your favorite treat into the wedding. I had to share it on my blog!
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June 14, 2010 at 4:31 pm
such a great DIY Vicky!!! Thanks for allowing me to be a part of the how-to process :) And, Thanks Abby!!
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June 14, 2010 at 7:47 pm
ADORABLE!!! quick question.. what size jar did you get from ikea??
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June 14, 2010 at 9:27 pm
I just tried this, and I'm sad to say that 1 cup of rock salt is WAY to much salt- it remained liquidy and tasted way to salty. We used a regular mason jar for this- are you sure its 1 cup for each mason jar? We're going to try it again tomorrow with less salt- I love this idea and really want to do it for my shower this summer!
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June 14, 2010 at 11:58 pm
What a great idea! Very thoughtful and unique! Guests would surely love this and remember this for years to come!
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June 15, 2010 at 1:01 am
Thanks for all your sweet comments and thanks for the feature Abby! The jars I used were just a tad bit bigger than an actual mason jar.
Erin, if yours came out salty or liquidy make sure you completely seal your plastic bag if it is not tightly closed the salt will flavor the ice cream and it will not freeze properly. -
June 15, 2010 at 8:11 am
Such a wonderful idea! I can't wait to give this a try.
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June 16, 2010 at 11:39 am
Did I miss a liquid step--guests will have to add water or milk to the ice cream mixture right? How much should they add?
@Erin The salt and ice help turn the mixture into ice cream (it should surround the bag) not BE part of the ice cream, I think.
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June 16, 2010 at 9:15 pm
This is a Great idea! It's wonderful to see wedding favors that you wouldn't typically see at weddings. Thinking outside the box.
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June 17, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Hi. Can someone post the recipe steps to include in the favor? I am an avid ice cream eater, not maker, so would like to include the details, mostly about what to combine, etc.
Thanks!
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June 21, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Wow, these are so fun and creative for a summer wedding or party! Very neat idea!
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June 23, 2010 at 9:05 am
what size are the mason jars?
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June 25, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Beata Biernat: I was thinking the same thing! Just click on the top photo above and it will take you to a photo gallery that has the tag with the printed instructions:)
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June 30, 2010 at 10:23 am
they're quite lovely :)
did you design the labels yourself or did you get them off of http://www.labelsonthefly.com/ ?
i know they have a lot of pretty fun food tag designs.
i might use this jar idea for my sister's wedding coming up :P thanks a bundle for posting -
July 7, 2010 at 6:54 pm
These are so beautiful I could just scream! Seriously beautiful, affordable, and simple. Thanks for the inspiration :)
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July 8, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@ Claire - individual cups of creamer are the liquid for the recipe. This is a great idea. My suggestion is to add a small plastic spoon as well - not everyone has spoons available at their hotel.
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July 8, 2010 at 2:10 pm
GROSS. This is disgusting and certainly NOT ice cream!
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July 8, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Also? People need to be very careful not to food poison everyone with unrefrigerated half and half.
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July 8, 2010 at 2:31 pm
@Sarah The Mini Moos are shelf stable and don't need refrigeration. And your "Also?" did not need a question mark.
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July 8, 2010 at 5:07 pm
So, apparently some people don't know how to make ice cream. Put the creamer, vanilla, and sugar in the bag, and seal it tight; also you should probably get as much air out as possible. The ice goes in the jar with the rock salt. Take the bag and put it in the jar with the ice and rock salt, make sure the ice covers the bag on all sides. Then shake it up...probably a lot. The temperature the ice & salt achieves is what solidifies the cream mixture. After a while (not sure how long as I've never used this method) you can stop; take out the bag (note, this is the part you eat...not the salt or ice) and there should be delicious ice cream inside!
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July 11, 2010 at 3:48 pm
If you click on the "two side labels" link, the instructions are there for you to print!
Such a darling idea!!
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July 18, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I am surprised at how rude a lot of you people are with your comments. I think it is a great idea and the ice cream you make with this recipe is very good. My kids do it in a gallon zip loc bag. Come on people, if you don't have something nice to say keep your mouth shut.
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August 10, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Does anyone have an idea of how long you'd have to shake the jar? I'd love to do this with my cub scouts, depending on how much energy they'd have to expend. (Although for ice cream, they might be able to find some extra energy!) I'll do a test run before actually doing it with the boys, but it'd be good to have an idea of how long it'd take. Thanks in advance.
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August 11, 2010 at 9:36 am
Any ideas on how to make this vegan? I've not seen individual vegan creamers.
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August 11, 2010 at 3:30 pm
I love this!
Sarah, how is this gross or not ice cream? Ice cream is frozen cream/milk, sugar and flavouring.
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August 13, 2010 at 10:18 pm
These are cute, great idea!
It cracks me up so much that someone ate the salt!!!! -
August 19, 2010 at 8:48 am
I absolutely LOOOOVE this idea & I am thinking of using it was a welcome/hotel gift to greet guests. Has anyone tried flavored creamers by chance? I wonder how something like Hazelnut would do...or freeze dried fruit (possibly in seperate bag until ready to shake rattle & roll!!) Has anyone tried experimenting yet? Thanks!!
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August 19, 2010 at 10:01 am
love the idea! i posted a picture & link on my blog, hope you don't mind!
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August 19, 2010 at 7:44 pm
This is a great idea and was thinking of sending it in a care package. But has anyone tried it and does it really work?
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August 20, 2010 at 4:24 am
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October 7, 2010 at 10:50 pm
What a GREAT idea!!! I love it! silly question where can I find vanilla sugar? and can i substitute it for french vanilla creamer?
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December 20, 2010 at 10:37 am
Awesome idea! I love it....but part of the reason I love it is probably because of my love for mason jars :)
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December 28, 2010 at 9:33 pm
I recommended this to one of my Texas summer brides and she scooped it up! She and all of her guest loved the idea and it was quite tasty!
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January 8, 2011 at 6:52 pm
where do you purchase the sugar and vanilla powder? what other flavors could you do?
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March 8, 2011 at 6:52 am
I absolutely love this idea! This is great for summertime when it's so hot outside... I could see guests loving this.
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March 18, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Just wondering if anyone knows about how much this would cost? I LOVE the idea, and would like to do them as favors at our wedding in July (HOT! :-)), but need to figure out about how much it will cost me. Any thoughts before I start doing some more research? Thanks for such a cute idea!
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June 12, 2011 at 1:00 pm
I love this idea and have everything except for one thing. Where did you guys buy vanilla powder? Is there something that can substitute the powder?
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July 11, 2011 at 10:48 am
What size jars did you use? I have a handicapped daughter and these are great for her. I make them up and she can leave on her shelf and make them up as needed.
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July 14, 2011 at 12:25 pm
I've only made ice cream in an ice cube tray. How does one make the contents into ice cream? Is there a label with instructions for the person receiving the gift? Please send directions! Thanks! I love the idea if I only knew how to use it.
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July 14, 2011 at 2:37 pm
i would really like the jar size. how much ice cream does it yield? i checked "mason jars" and they come in 3 sizes- each labeled "mason jar". i suppose that is all adjustable, but if i knew how much it made, i could plan for it and change it up- maybe double it or make it chocolate with a similar recipe
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July 21, 2011 at 7:33 pm
I would also love to know where to get the vanilla powder?? Also were do you get the individual creamers??
Excited to try this and give out to VT families for the heat of the summer. Thanks. -
July 23, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Courtney, maybe try coconut milk for a vegan substitute? I do not think that they package coconut milk creamers in the little cups, though. : /
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January 24, 2012 at 2:27 pm
How many half& half packets do you include in each jar?
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January 27, 2012 at 5:15 pm
@Jerrah: 8 packets per jar.
I did some research on costing for these and wanted to post what I found
Jars: The ones from IKEA [SLOM] are $4/jar for the 32oz. size--which I think is pictured. It's probably best to buy Mason Jars. Amazon has Ball & Kerr brand for up to $11-$16 & ~$20 per dozen for a pint sized and quart sized jars respectively. www.uline.com has them cheaper for about $1.20/jar for the 32oz size if you order 3+ cases.
Coffee Creamer Packets: I've seen Coffee-Mate boxes of 50 for $7.05 at Walmart. International Delight also sells boxes of theirs too (24/box) at Wal-Mart/Target and Big Lots. I haven't seen the Mini-Moo pricing though.
Vanilla Powder: I've seen REAL vanilla powder (not to be confused with vanilla sugar or vanilla coffee cream powder) at the manufacturer's websites--brands like Nielsen's Madagascar Bourbon, India Tree, & Espresso Supply. Also via an online retailer like Amazon. India Tree 5.8oz container sells for ~$16. Nielsen Madagascar Bourbon brand also sells at Whole foods I believe.
Rock Salt: Should be carried by various grocery stores.
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Also, for those who were wondering--the process takes a couple minutes of shaking/setting for the mixture to freeze :-) -
April 1, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Hey! Where did you find the vanilla powder?
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