Sure the Ice Cream Ball looks cute, but will it work? The Ice Cream Ball has three steps– fill the outer ball with rock salt and ice, make the ice cream mixture (usually some derivative of cream and sugar) and shake. In Kindergarden, we made butter by passing around milk and shaking it. So, butter, yes, but ice cream? I’m not convinced that it works well or that I would want to eat the ice cream at the end (especially the “ice cream” in this picture). The Ice Cream Ball, for being totally questionable in its performance, is pretty cute and comes in lots of colors. And, it does get some props for trying to create something, not like that lazy Bop-It.