Summer days are best enjoyed with a cool treat. Shaved Ice is a popular summer staple, and you can get your own shaved ice machine and flavor syrups to make your favorite combinations at home, in the office, or at school/church events.

Hawaiian shaved ice is traditionally served in colorful 8 oz flower cups, and sometimes after a party or event, you may end up having a good amount left over. Make sure you don’t throw them away! These fantastic multi-purpose cups have a ton of great uses in and out of the kitchen. With bright fun colors including red, orange, yellow, green, pink, blue, and purple, you’ll love seeing these delightful cups around your house.

Food Ideas

Of course, the 8 oz flower cups were made to be enjoyed with food. While shaved ice is the natural option, they also work well with other delightful creamy treats, including ice cream sundaes and root beer floats.

Enjoy Refreshing Shaved Ice

The 8 oz flower cup was made for shaved ice, so that’s its ideal purpose! These cups are tall with a flat bottom, so you can set your shaved ice down without worrying about it falling over. They also have a nice wide flower brim around the sides of the cup, to catch any shaved ice that might fall off your spoon.

Plus, these cups hold the syrup and ice that melts as you eat your treat, so there’s a delicious, sweet slush at the bottom for you to look forward to.

Make Amazing Ice Cream Sundaes

Everyone loves an ice cream sundae, so why not present it to your family in a cute 8 oz flower cup? These cups are wide enough to fit a couple of scoops of ice cream, and you could even slice a banana in half and stick it down the side.

The wide edges of the cup allow you to pour chocolate sauce, marshmallow fluff, or caramel into the cup without making an enormous mess. Add those peanuts, almonds, or any other nut of your choice, and you’ve got a perfect sundae for a July afternoon! The use of hot fudge on your Sunday is not recommended, because the cups are made of plastic and could melt.

Slurp Up Delicious Root Beer Floats

Another ice cream treat, the Root Beer Float is a delicious way to add depth of flavor to the classic drink. To make a root beer float, you only need two ingredients: vanilla ice cream and root beer.

Simply scoop out one to two scoops of vanilla ice cream, then slowly pour root beer over the top of it so that it doesn’t overflow. This is where the 8 oz flower cup shines again—it can help prevent the root beer from spilling over if you pour a little too much!

If you’re feeling fancy, you can add a spiral of whipped cream or a maraschino cherry on top to make your root beer float taste even better

Craft Ideas

While you can always save your flower cups for various tasty treats, you can also repurpose them for fun crafts at home while your kids are off from school for the summer.

Colorful Christmas Tree Angels

If you turn the 8 oz flower cup upside down, it makes a great base for a Christmas tree angel. You can have a fun celebration of “Christmas in July,” or save the angels until December.

For this craft, you’ll need:

• Scissors
• Construction paper
• Crayons or Markers
• Tape or glue

First, you should cut out the shape of the top half of an angel. If you’re not confident in your drawing skills, there are lots of cute cutouts you can find for free online. Then, let your child color in the angel how they’d like.

After that, attach the paper angel head-side up around the 8 oz flower cup with tape or glue so that the cup looks like her skirt. Then, voila, you have a Christmas tree angel ready to go!

Create an Herb Garden

For anyone who enjoys cooking with fresh rosemary or thyme, you can use your leftover 8 oz flower cups to create an herb garden in your kitchen window. Fill the cup with soil, and then either purchase the seeds or use a cutting from another plant to propagate a new one. Follow the helpful hints below to make your garden grow.

• Rosemary: you can grow a new rosemary plant by using a cutting from another plant.
• Chives: put in a south-facing window for the best results.
• Thyme: needs lots of sun and for the soil to be dry before you water it again.

To note, don’t use the biodegradable cups for the herb garden because they will break down over time.

Make the Most of Summer With Real Hawaiian Ice

We wish for your summer to be filled with fun activities with the family, and hope that shaved ice will become one of your summertime traditions. Real Hawaiian Ice is the leading national distributor for Hatsuyuki Shave Ice Machines, so we always have plenty to choose from, all for the best value across the board. Stock up on our 8 oz flower cups so you can maximize your fun this summer with fun food ideas and crafts!