This giant ice cream cone is adorable with its happy smiley face, and it’s so easy to make! Since it has no safety eyes or other detachable parts, it’s safe for children under 3. You can make a “life sized” version using sport-weight yarn, or an oversize version using worsted or bulky/chenille yarn. The instructions are given for sport weight yarn, but to make a true giant ice cream corn, just use a heavier weight of yarn and a corresponding crochet hook (I recommend a 3.75 mm hook for worsted weight yarn and a 4.5 mm hook for bulky weight chenille yarn).
Create a Ravelry project with this pattern here.
Materials
- sport weight yarn in one color for the cone (Color A) and another for the scoop (Color B)
- 2.5 mm crochet hook
- polyester fiber fill stuffing
- stitch marker
- yarn needle
- scissors
- embroidery thread or yarn in a contrasting color
Skills Used
- single crochet, increase, and decrease (either single crochet two together or invisible decrease)
- color change
- stitching into front loop only
- basic embroidery
- stitching amigurumi closed
Abbreviations
- flo – front loop only
- dec – decrease
- inc – increase
- MR – magic ring
- sc – single crochet
Instructions
Round 1: in color A, in a MR, sc 6. (6)
Round 2: sc around. (6)
Round 3: (sc, inc) ×3. (9)
Rounds 4-5: sc around. (9)
Round 6: (sc 2, inc) ×3. (12)
Rounds 7-8: sc around. (12)
Round 9: (sc 3, inc) ×3. (15)
Rounds 10-11: sc around. (15)
Round 12: (sc 4, inc) ×3. (18)
Rounds 13-14: sc around. (18)
Round 15: (sc 5, inc) ×3. (21)
Rounds 16-17: sc around. (21)
Round 18: (sc 6, inc) ×3. (24)
Rounds 19-20: sc around. (24)
Round 21: (sc 7, inc) ×3. (27)
Rounds 22-23: sc around. (27)
Round 24: (sc 8, inc) ×3. (30)
Rounds 25-26: sc around. (30)
Round 27: (sc 9, inc) ×3. (33)
Rounds 28-29: sc around. (33)
Round 30: (sc 10, inc) ×3. (36)
Round 31: sc around. (36)
Round 32: sc around, change to color B. (36)
Stuff the cone firmly. Start with a small ball of stuffing pushed into the tip with a tool.
Round 33: now in color B, (sc blo 5, inc blo) ×6. (42)
Round 34: (sc 3, inc, sc 3) ×6. (48)
Round 35: (sc 7, inc) ×6. (54)
Round 36: (sc 4, inc, sc 4) ×6. (60)
Rounds 37-48: sc around. (60)
Embroider the face using a contrasting color of embroidery thread or yarn. Make a V for the mouth and an upside-down V for each eye. See photo.
Round 49: (sc 4, dec, sc 4) ×6. (54)
Round 50: (sc 7, dec) ×6. (48)
Round 49: (sc 3, dec, sc 3) ×6. (42)
Round 50: (sc 5, dec) ×6. (36)
Round 51: (sc 2, dec, sc 2) ×6. (30)
Stuff the scoop of the piece, but not as firmly as you stuffed the cone.
Round 52: (sc 3, dec) ×6. (24)
Round 53: (sc, dec, sc) ×6. (18)
Add a little extra stuffing if necessary.
Round 54: (sc, dec) ×6. (12)
Round 55: dec around. (6)
Fasten off and close.
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