The steps to make ice cream with clay are as follows:

1. Prepare tools and materials: You need to prepare basic tools such as colored clay, popsicle sticks, scissors, toothpicks and rolling pins.

2. Make the ice cream base: Roll the brown clay into a ball, and then roll it into a cone shape as the base of the ice cream.

3. Make ice cream balls: Take an appropriate amount of white clay and roll it into a small ball, then roll it into an oval shape as the top of the ice cream.

4. Make chocolate sauce: roll brown clay into thin strips and wrap them around the ice cream base to create the effect of chocolate sauce.

5. Add decorations: Use the remaining colored clay to make small decorations, such as candies, jams and cookies, and decorate them on the ice cream.

6. Complete the assembly: Assemble the ice cream base, ice cream ball and chocolate sauce together and secure with toothpicks.

7. Modify details: According to personal preference, modify the details of the ice cream, such as adding small white dots to represent foam, or using scissors to cut out texture on the chocolate sauce.

8. Complete the work: Put the prepared clay ice cream into a display box or stand to complete the work. You can use your imagination to create more different styles and shapes according to personal preferences and creativity. ice cream.

The origin of ice cream:

In China before BC. According to historical records, the then emperor Qin Shihuang liked to eat ice. His chefs would collect ice and snow in winter and store it in cellars for the emperor to eat in summer. This practice is called "icing" and is considered the prototype of ice cream.

Ice cream in the modern sense originated in ancient Greece in 400 BC. Cleon, an Athenian politician at that time, invented a food called "milk ice", which was mixed with milk, honey and fruit and then frozen. This milk ice was loved by local residents and gradually spread to the Roman Empire.

The Roman Emperor Nero was an avid ice cream lover and ordered his chefs to develop more flavors. During this process, the technology of making ice cream was further improved, gradually evolving into what we know today.

With the decline of the Roman Empire, the art of ice cream was introduced to Italy. Italian chefs continue to experiment with ice cream, developing more flavors and shapes. In the 16th century, ice cream became an exclusive delicacy of Italian aristocrats.

Ice cream was introduced to Britain and became popular in the 18th century. The British popularized ice cream to the common people, making it a popular delicacy. In the early 19th century, ice cream making technology was introduced to the United States and flourished in the United States.

Ice cream has become a favorite dessert around the world, available in countless flavors and brands. China, as one of the origins of ice cream, is also constantly innovating and developing ice cream culture, injecting new vitality into the global ice cream market.