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Thinking sheet · Imagine and invent
Invent an Ice Cream Flavor
Invent a brand-new ice cream flavor, draw the cone and write a slogan that makes people try it.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Imagine and invent
- Kids practice
- inventing, persuasive writing, describing taste
What kids do
“The ice cream shop needs a brand-new flavor. Invent it!”
- Draw your ice cream
- The flavor
- Slogan:
- How weird is it?
- Who would love it?
How to run it
- Taste words help: creamy, crunchy, tangy, fizzy.
- Weird is welcome: pickle sprinkle, dragon fruit swirl.
- Graph the class’s flavors by “weirdness”.
Talk about it
- Which flavor would you actually try?
- What makes a slogan stick in your head?
- How do real companies name flavors?
Take it further
Design the shop sign and the price list.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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