Mol­lie made an ice cream flan­nel­board back when the weather was warm, but ice cream is good year-round, right? Being such a fan of food-themed sto­ry­times, I made not 1 but 2 ver­sions, felt and milk fil­ter. I like the bright colours of the felt bet­ter, but the milk fil­ters work well as trac­ing paper so I cut the two lay­ers at the same time and ended up with two ver­sions in one go. I don’t do this for fancy flan­nel­boards, but for sim­ple ones I do and put the sec­ond set in my travel col­lec­tion (for that day when I work over­seas). Two ver­sions can also come in handy if your library has mul­ti­ple staff doing out­reach, espe­cially around hol­i­days when every­body is maneu­ver­ing for the Five Lit­tle Pumpkins.

The pat­tern is from Felt Board Fun by Liz and Dick Wilmes.

There’s an Ice Cream Sto­ry­time over at Step by Step with lots of rhymes these can be used with. As well, Ice Cream Song can be found in The Big Book of Sto­ries, Songs, and Sing-Alongs by Beth Mad­di­gan and Ste­fanie Drennan.

This week’s Flan­nel Fri­day is hosted by Cate at Sto­ry­tim­ing. You can also find past and future roundups, at So Tomor­row. For a visual round-up of all post­ings, check out Flan­nel Fri­day on Pin­ter­est.