Ice Cream Cookie Sundae Party to Celebrate Summer

Celebrate summer and family time with an outdoor ice cream cookie sundae party! Peanut butter cookies, ice cream, and all the fixins' to create delicious peanut butter cookie sundaes. This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser.

Now that school is coming to a close for the year I feel like I can finally breathe! This last month has been so crazy. For those who haven't been following along with our adventure, we are living as a family of seven in our travel trailer until we make our big move from California to Virginia at the end of the month. Since our home sold very quickly, we've been staying on the Air Force Base Family Camp in our travel trailer!

It's such a cozy place to come home to every night, and now that our schedules are opening up, we've had a lot more time to hang out as a family and enjoy the simple life. One thing I've noticed about those who live in their RVs, more than just on the weekends, is that they really bring the comforts of home with them. On one side of us there is an older couple who spend their days in the shade watching shows together on their outdoor TV and playing with their two dogs who have a really nice outdoor enclosure. On the other side of us is a couple who have potted flowers, wind chimes, and other cute details decorating their camp site. Other families have tire swings, comfortable outdoor chairs, bikes, and sprinklers and kiddie pools.

ice cream cookie sundae party set up on picnic table

Seeing these touches of home inspired me to dress up our site a bit more as well. After all, it's going to be our home for 3 months by the time everything is all said and done. I stopped by Walmart and picked up this darling table cloth and bucket to plant flowers in. I also found a gallon size beverage dispenser to use for ice water and other drinks. It's big enough to hold enough for our family, and small enough to keep in my pantry when not in use. These little touches really make it feel more like home. When I packed out trailer for the summer, I actually brought a lot of my baskets, buckets, and serving plates with us. The baskets and buckets work great in my pantry to store snacks and it's nice to serve food on real dishes instead of paper plates every night.

Summertime Cookie Sundae Party

I pulled together a fun summer ice cream cookie sundae party for our family last weekend to celebrate the end of the school year and we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful evening outside!

The girls even brought out their DVD player for an outdoor movie while they ate their sundaes.

ice cream for cookie sundaes, whipped cream and hot fudge on table

I worked at a restaurant while I was going to college, and one of the desserts they served were chocolate chip cookie sundaes. They were really good so we decided to make them too---only with peanut butter cookies! You can also use the cookies that we make for homemade ice cream sandwiches. They are super yummy. Coconut cookies are delicious and hold up well too!

Blue Bunny® PB 'N Cones™ is a family favorite and was perfect for our peanut butter cookie sundae party with its vanilla ice cream, peanut butter swirls, and dipped cone pieces.

Cookie Sundae Fixins'

bowls of toppings for cookie sundae party. nuts, cherries, chocolate chips.

I found these darling ice cream cone cups for $1 each to use for toppings. The kids loved them and they'll work great throughout the summer as ice cream bowls too.

3 more ice cream recipes to try!

Homemade Bubble gum Ice Cream

No Churn Cake Batter Ice Cream

Copycat It's its Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe

pre-scooped ice cream in muffin cups for cookie sundaes

A tip I learned years ago is to pre-scoop ice cream into muffin cups and freeze when getting ready to serve ice cream to a crowd. This also helps with portion control for kids, and saves time when the weather is warm and you want to serve the ice cream quickly! We did this once when having an ice cream sundae party with 50 kids at church---and it was such a time saver in the end!

These small cereal bowls that we had in the trailer worked great for our sundaes, and we kept it simple with plastic spoons. A nice combination of reusable and disposable, ha! Did I mention that I don't have access to a dishwasher? The struggle is real, folks!

There's no wrong way to build a sundae and I love how different they all turned out.

Perfect, right?

It just didn't seem right to serve any other beverage than ice cold milk with our chocolate/peanut butter combination of flavors. So the kids used their Mason jars (they each have their own) for their milk.

We could have had our party without this cute set up, but if I've learned anything from living here the past two months it's that the little things make even the tiniest space feel like home.

And we truly feel at home in our little house on wheels. Everything we need is right here!

Comments

Gluten Free A-Z says

June 07, 2017 at 7:33 pm

When our housing development was first built, all the neighbors were new. We used to have sundae party mingles. Everyone loved them. It's such a fun idea..thanks for the reminder- Maybe this summer

Faith Still says

June 07, 2017 at 2:02 pm

So super cute! I love your lifestyle photos...gives me some inspiration for my own blog.

Lanae Bond says

June 07, 2017 at 9:50 am

I love your excellent ideas and decor for this party! I can't wait to host one!

Dori says

June 06, 2017 at 6:43 pm

What a beautiful set up and such a fun idea! I saw your post in the Totally Terrific Tuesday link up and I wanted to just pop by and let you know I think it's great!

JESS44903 says

June 06, 2017 at 7:14 am

This looks like so much fun!

I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/

Thanks for joining the 100th Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

Jenny says

June 06, 2017 at 5:59 am

Popping by from Sat. Sharefest. I have been wanting to host a sundae party - and this was just the inspiration I needed. Thanks for sharing & for the tip on ice cream flavor - I'm totally going to go look for that one!

diy180 says

June 05, 2017 at 3:34 am

What a yummy idea. I love how you lay everything out. So lovely. Thanks for sharing at Dishing it and Digging it link party.

Jordan Hansen says

June 03, 2017 at 4:56 pm

What an awesome party setup! I just picked up some Blue Bunny last night for root beer floats 🙂

fuller255 says

June 03, 2017 at 6:05 am

Yum. Fabulous idea for the hot days of summer. Thanks for sharing.

Christina Makri says

June 03, 2017 at 2:59 am

This is a great idea for sundae party. All these beatiful colors together

artdecorationcrafting says

June 03, 2017 at 2:57 am

This is a great idea for sundae party. All these beatiful colors together!!!

vrmm26 says

June 02, 2017 at 12:10 pm

I'd love to come to your ice cream party! Great idea about the pre-scooping ice cream. Will have to remember that for parties. Visiting from Sweet Inspiration party.

Sara says

June 02, 2017 at 11:03 am

What a fun idea! My kids are old enough to set the whole thing up...I think they'd have tons of fun creating a summertime sundae party. Thanks for the idea! #HomeMattersParty

courtneycal says

June 01, 2017 at 6:36 pm

You are a rockstar for putting this beautiful spread together. And that tip you have about pre-scooping the ice cream and freezing it...genius! I love everything about your party. And your images are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing! #client

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