I am in love with this Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlour "Make Your Own Sundae"
design concept that I found on
Eat Drink Chic. EDC is truly one of my favorite inspiration blogs, and the presentation of this design is off the charts with creativity!
The idea of a make your own sundae bar adds an element of creativity and fun to your party
and is really so easy to do! Below you'll find all the details, sources, DIY tips and templates you'll need recreate this party for your celebration!
Ice-Cream and Whipped Cream:
Use a metal tub with ice to contain the ice-cream and whipped cream. Having someone serve these items may be quicker and easier if that is an option. For a wedding or larger party you may want to consider having some form of refrigeration, but for a simpler smaller party, a tub of ice would work just fine.
Old Fashioned Ice-Cream Sundae Dishes:You can purchase old-fashioned sundae fountainware from many home goods store, or perhaps you are fortunate enough to own or find an antique set at a local thrift store. Either way, these beautiful pink hued ice-cream dishes shown above were used for toppings, instead of being used to serve the ice-cream. Great creativity!
To keep the topping color palette soft pink and white these toppings include coconut, mints and mini marshmallows. Let your imagine decide what toppings you use!
Maraschino Cherries:It's not a sundae if it doesn't have a cherry on top! I love they way they presented them on square white plates altogether with their stems sticking up. They look gorgeous and it adds another creative touch!
Sauce Toppings:
Toppings were displayed in little clear glass jars, but any really nice old-fashioned pitcher would work well too. Ideas for toppings include chocolate, caramel, strawberry, and butterscotch. If you have the means to keep it warm you could add some hot fudge too!
Cookie Jar:
Inside the big old-fashioned cookie jar where crushed peanuts and almond flakes.
Wafers in Straw Dispenser:
A straw dispenser is used to hold vanilla wafers - another great creative touch!
Meringues:
The white meringues were displayed on a long rectangular flat white dish lined with coordinating pink paper.
Paper Cups:
Take any standard 9 oz. white cup from a party supply store and cover them with your choice of either the argyle or striped pattern. Tip: print onto plain white paper. Wrap the paper around the cup and stick down with glue or double sided tape.
Mini Popcorn Cup for Spoons:
Cute little pastel pink and yellow plastic ice-creams spoons were stored inside a DIY mini popcorn container. Wooden paddles are also very cute and would work well; and those can even be personalized too. Use scalloped edge scissors to cut around the top of the container.
Tip: Use a cast coated (high-gloss) paper which is not easily printable so firstly print out onto plain white paper, cute out the template with scalpel and trace around the edges onto the card. Use a scalpel to cut out.
Paddle Stick Topping Labels:Purchase jumbo paddle sticks at any local craft store and attach the circular labels to them with glue or double sided tape.
Additional Note: These templates are completely editable. The editable font used is Ecuyer DAX, which is downloaded from Dafont. It is entirely an uppercase font so if you type without caps lock on the font will be slightly smaller. Type in your own titles and print out onto white card stock.
