Ice Cream Coloring Pages

• Cones: pointed sugar cones, waffle cones and flat-bottomed cake cones, with one to five scoops.
• Sundaes: scoops in a tall glass with sauce, whipped cream, nuts and a cherry.
• Soft serve: a tall spiral that narrows to a curl at the tip.
• Banana splits: a banana cut lengthwise with three scoops between the halves.
• Ice pops and bars: frozen juice on a stick, and chocolate-coated bars with a bite taken out.
• Sandwiches and floats: ice cream pressed between two cookies, or a scoop bobbing in a glass of soda.
• Trucks and parlors: a truck with a serving window, and a shop counter lined with tubs.

The fun of an ice cream page is choosing the flavors. Here are the usual colors:

• Vanilla: cream or very pale yellow, not white.
• Chocolate: medium brown, with a darker brown for chips or fudge.
• Strawberry: soft pink with a few red flecks.
• Mint chocolate chip: pale green with small dark brown dots.
• Cookies and cream: off-white with gray and black crumbs.
• Pistachio: light yellow-green.
• Bubblegum: bright blue or pink.

To make a scoop look round, color lightly at the upper left, press harder at the lower right and leave one small white spot where the light hits. The ruffled edge at the bottom of a scoop sits in shadow, so darken it a little.

Cones are golden tan. Trace the crisscross lines in brown, then shade one side of the cone darker. For drips, follow the outline in the flavor color and add a tiny highlight to each one. Sprinkles go on last, in as many bright colors as you have.

Ice cream cones caught on in the United States after the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, where vendors served ice cream in rolled waffles.