Scoop and Serve Ice Cream Counter
Scoop, stack, and serve up smiles with the Melissa & Doug Scoop & Serve Ice Cream Counter, a complete 28-piece wooden pretend play set designed to bring the magic of a real ice cream shop right to your home. Kids can take orders using the reusable menu card, build towering scoops with the click-and-release scooper, and add any of 6 toppings for truly custom creations. With pretend dollar bills for transactions and a sturdy wooden counter that stores every piece neatly, this set delivers a full ice cream shop experience, no screen required. Crafted from smooth-sanded, high-quality wood with child-safe, vibrant paint, it’s built to stand up to the most enthusiastic little shopkeepers. Perfect for solo imaginative play or cooperative fun with friends and family.
What's Included:
- 1 wooden ice cream counter
- 8 wooden ice cream scoops (assorted flavors)
- 6 wooden toppings
- 2 ice cream cones
- 1 plastic cup
- 1 click-and-release scooper
- 1 pair of tongs
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 reusable menu card
- 6 pretend dollar bills
What our OT says:
From an occupational therapy perspective, the Melissa & Doug Scoop & Serve Ice Cream Counter is an exceptionally well-rounded play tool for children ages 3 and up.
The click-and-release scooper is a standout feature for fine motor development. The motion of aligning the scooper, pressing down to lock in, and squeezing to release directly exercises the intrinsic hand muscles and builds the pincer grasp strength children need for writing, buttoning, and self-care tasks. Stacking scoops also challenges bilateral hand coordination and visual-motor integration as children gauge height, balance, and placement.
The tongs add a second layer of fine motor challenge, lateral pinch and controlled grasp, which are foundational pre-scissor skills.
Beyond the hands, the order-taking sequence (reading the menu, remembering a “customer’s” order, assembling it correctly, and making change) supports working memory, sequential processing, and early executive functioning. For children with language delays or social communication goals, the structured roles of customer and server create a low-pressure, highly motivating context for turn-taking, requesting, and functional communication.
The built-in storage also quietly teaches organizational skills and task completion, putting each piece back in its designated spot reinforces spatial awareness and the habit of finishing what you start.
This is the kind of open-ended, multi-sensory play tool I recommend to families regularly, it grows with the child and works beautifully in both home and clinic settings.
Let customers speak for us
All three of my girls are loving this simple addition to the outside play area. Seems quite strong as I absolutely launch them. Love the fact that the height is adjustable. Great product - Happy.
We absolutely loved the gorgeous gift that we received of the cutest black & white flower bouquet with Afr & Eng gift tags for Mother's Day of 2026!
It was simply lovely and só spot on!
Thank you Tiny Tree Toys! ⚘️
I absolutely love this puzzle, and have purched multiple ones as gifts. It is well crafted, and the wood is neatly rounded off. I'll be honest I've never played the game guidlines included, and rather use it as a catalyst in my creative processes. I love the fact that there are no rules to this, and the opportunity to use it as an expressive tool. My tiny human loves it too, and can play endlessly with captivated imagination.
Absolutely love the wooden stacking toys, I am trying to move away from plastic and purchase better quality educational toys for my baby and this is the perfect shop for that!
Great addition to our light-box and there are more than one of each letter in this set. This gives you more word building opportunities.
What a great fine motor beading set. They give nice resistance when children push them together and pull them apart, which helps strengthen the fingers and improve hand control.
My nearly-4-year old daughter loves playing 'doctor' with this doll. She took it to school show and tell and it was a hit!
Another great buy from tiny tree toys <3
The Humpty Dumpty wall game is a firm favourite with our toddlers. It’s a simple cause-and-effect activity that immediately grabs attention and keeps little ones engaged. While it’s a plastic game and not the most durable piece in the room, the value for money is excellent. The amount of fun, repetition, and learning we’ve had from it makes it well worth it for early play and therapy sessions.
The rope ladder brings instant adventure into the OT space. It invites pretend play while quietly working on grip strength, shoulder stability, core control, and bilateral coordination. Climbing rung by rung challenges motor planning and body awareness, while the imaginative element keeps children motivated and engaged. It’s a brilliant way to blend functional movement, confidence-building, and play in a way that feels exciting rather than therapeutic.
The trapeze swing is always a hit in the OT room. It builds strong arms, shoulders, and core while giving the kind of movement input kids love. Swinging, hanging, and climbing all support coordination, body awareness, and regulation without it ever feeling like hard work. Big movement, big smiles, and loads of therapeutic value packed into one piece of equipment.
I was so excited to see something new in educational games. This can be used in many different ways. Perhaps it would be useful to list the different ways it can be used from simple to complex.
We are using this in therapy and I think the size and challenge is perfect for many of the kids we work with. One suggestion would be to add an extra one of each colour to make it more challenging - so if they get to the last one, it’s a bigger challenge to choose the correct colour when copying a pattern. Also in case any get lost. But overall, good quality and a lovely game
Well made and cute. Exactly what you expect
