Ice Cream Cake

Another project.  Homemade Ice Cream Cake.  Pretty much you take ice cream sandwiches as the cake layers and use/make cool whip as the frosting between the layers/on the outside.  Caitlin likes Oreo Blizzards, so we put crushed Oreos on top and some caramel drizzle...and Devin wanted the candies that spell out Happy Birthday, so we threw those on there too.  You could do other drizzles, chocolate chunks or shreds, other crushed candies, mini m&ms, or just about anything that would do well on top of ice cream, I'd say.
The good:  Everyone loved it (save for me who thought it was just okay...but that may be because I don't really enjoy vanilla ice cream).  It really didn't (couldn't) take long to make.
The bad:  It melts.  It melts quickly.  So I'd strongly suggest your whipped cream concoction is entirely thawed (if you use coolwhip instead of making it yourself) and your ice cream sandwiches are totally frozen (aka I should have put them in the freezer for a half hour after getting back from the store) when trying to put it together.  Also: It's hard to square them up entirely, so you'll either have a slightly off cake or you'll have to cut some sandwiches to make it a square.
Overall, I may do it again.  Maybe for Hubby (who also likes ice cream cakes) but if it were just me, I'd pass and just cram my face with Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream.