Yaylabs Softshell Ice Cream Ball

A friend recommended this idea as an activity for my 13 year olds. They love it and it's something in which we can all participate, which is wonderful. Trust me - finding something that both your kids want to do together, and WITH their parents, is not easy. We usually make cookies n cream. The ball does leak a little at the rubber seam in the middle, but from the ice area - not the cream/sugar area. And, as I said, from the rubber seam area, not the lids themselves. I have the kids roll it on our carpet, on top of a sheet, just in case of leakage. Be sure to follow the instructions: roll for 10minutes, then open and scrape the sides down to mix the frozen cream on the side walls with the not-frozen cream still in the middle. Then roll/shack for another 10 minutes and repeat as needed. The cream that freezes to the sides is very thick and hard to scrape off. I find using a wooden spoon works much better than a rubber spatula (they are too flexible). And don't overfill the cream/sugar area. If you do, it will make a mess when removing the lid to stir. Make sure to wipe up any excess cream off the lid itself and the top before replacing the lid. Otherwise the cream will melt off the lid and the top and will seep out while rolling. One batch makes two decent sized bowls of ice cream (1.5-2 scoops each) or three smaller bowls. 4.5 stars only due to the water leakage at the seam.

Works great, seriously so easy. Just follow the instructions and recipes on page 2 of the book, such a fun summer novelty! Seriously I don’t understand why the reviews are not better! And it made way more ice cream than I thought it would with just the pint. We are using it for the second night in a row… but the baby is asleep and the toddler was too excited to do this again so my husband threw the ball on the treadmill for a roll

So much fun and easy to use! The recipes included are easy enough to tweak. We made Pumpkin Spice by using the vanilla ice cream as a base and adding half a can of pumpkin purée, pumpkin pie spice and extra cinnamon. We like it very spicy but you can adjust spices to taste! CONS: the seals on both ends could use some work. The ice/salt side leaked when the ice started to melt and the ice cream side was so hard to unscrew once it started to freeze. The ice cream came out perfectly though and the kids had fun with it. Don’t skip the 15-minute checkup and scrape down the sides/refill ice and salt.

This seemed like such a fun idea, but it turned out to be a dud. We couldn't get the lids tight enough to prevent leaking. Finally, we decided to use duct tape. It still leaked. The instructions said to roll the ball. The kids got tired of rolling it quickly, but between the large group of them, they rolled it longer than required. It was still liquid, nowhere near ice cream. The lids had little chips all over them from the rolling. This was just bad all the way around. It wasn't fun, and we ended up wasting all of the ingredients. After the return, which required me to buy a box from UPS, even though it was in the original box it was shipped in, I was still out $20 for the box and the wasted ingredients.

Wow, this thing is awesome. Very easy to use (but please do read the instructions- we accidentally used metal utensils to scoop out the ice cream). All my kids loved it! Super fun for a warm summer day when the kids are “bored”

It is a great idea. The kids got really excited to try it out. After 10 minutes of kicking it around they were bored and wanted to stop. Its awkward to kick/move so it's kind of like pushing around a weight ball. It leaks at first so make sure you try it on grass. Once the cream begins to set it stops leaking, but if you don't open it and stir it every 5 minutes or so (a cumbersome thing) then it will be too hard to scrape out. It's easy to clean, and quality made- I don't think the leaking can be avoided, but that would be a big improvement. I returned it with no trouble so I'm very happy with the company. Like I said- it's a great idea.

This was the hit of the party for my 9 yr old granddaughter, the mixing was easy ice cream tasted great

This has become a weekly adventure for the little ones. Takes awhile but worth it. Instructions are great. Easy to clean up after.

Brilliant- waited to provide feedback once the kids had a chance to check it - resounding success

Me gustó mucho, llego muy rápido y en muy buena condiciones, lo usaré para un regalo de mi hijo por su cumpleaños

La idea es interesante, la vimos en un programa de televisión y nos atrajo la capacidad de poder hacer helados jugando con una bola. El problema es que la bola pesa demasiado como para que jugar con ella sea una posibilidad real, sobretodo para niños, además es dura a pesar del envoltorio de goma que la envuelve, que, por un lado, no es muy grueso, y, por el otro, se puede desprender, ya que estos envoltorios son intercambiables (lo cierto es que esta funcionalidad no me parece interesante). Ni bota, ni es seguro lanzarla, ni tiene un peso adecuado para jugar con ella en las manos. El tamaño no es desdeñable, así que puede convertirse en un trasto acumulado en algún rincón de la cocina.

macht Spaß das Eis in den Ball zu machen und es klappt sehr gut war super zum Kindergeburtstag gerne wieder

Diese Geldausgabe war auch umsonst, eine gute Idee, aber nicht wirklich zu gebrauchen... zu lange "Spielzeit" daher langweilig für die Kids und nicht richtig dicht, unser Kirschsaft war überall auf dem Boden-ehe er zu Eis wurde und dann nach einer Minute zu lange Wartens-doch viiiel zu fest.