Chill! Review of Melissa & Doug's Magnetic, Wooden Ice Cream Scoop Pretend Play Set

Here is your second helping of ice cream reviews! Twofer Tuesday! Woot woot! 

Since the Plastic Ice Cream sets were such a big hit with Froot Loop, we put a better quality set on his wishlist for Christmas last year and he got it! 

The Melissa and Doug Ice Cream Scoop set is made of wood and high-quality plastic and includes 4 magnetic, plastic ice cream scoops, 2 wooden ice cream cones (the cake kind), 2 magnetic wood and plastic scoopers, and a sturdy plastic container that holds the 4 scoops! 

The magnetic scoops look just like real scoops of ice cream. There’s a scoop of chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and what we assume is mint chocolate chip. They have magnets in them so that they sit on top of the ice cream cone or each other easily. The scoop also has magnets in it so you can dip the scoop into the box of ice cream and pick up a scoop with ease. The scoops then drop when you push the button: just like at a real ice cream shop! 

The ice cream box even includes “nutritional facts,” so you can even teach your kids about checking ingredients. There, of course, is no real nutritional information on here, but it’s a place to start.  

The package itself has several suggestions for how to play with the set. The ideas help in the areas of patterns, motor skills, and various other math skills. 

Overall, we love, love, love this ice cream set. My only complaint is that the magnets could be a tad bit stronger to hold up to little hands. They do stick to each other, but it doesn’t take much to knock it off of the scooper or the cone. 

At first, I had wished that the plastic container was a little bigger to hold the ice cream scoops, but then I realized that that is not realistic, and the point of this toy is to imitate life, and that would not make any sense to have a bigger container. You don’t actually store the scoopers in the ice cream container! 

Even though there’s “only” four different scoops, there’s so much fun to be had with this set. Sometimes, the simpler toys are the best, and this is definitely no exception. 

Do you like chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, or mint chocolate chip the best?