Saturday December 19th, 2009
Saturday, December 19th, 2009Today’s Activity:
After the water is frozen fill it up the rest of the way (not to the top though, we all know water expands when frozen). Once you have filled it with water take your plastic cups and fill them with rocks until they are sturdy on top of the layer of ice and then freeze them again. Once it is frozen remove the cup. This may be hard because it WILL be frozen into the ice. I recommend using a paper cup if you have it because you can use a blow dryer to melt the ice around it and plastic may melt. If that doesn’t work, just bring it inside and wait it out…you could possibly fill the cup with hot water to help control where the ice melts. Then remove the chunk of ice from the bucket and set it on your porch with a glowing tea light in it.
Note:
Don’t forget that today is the day you are going to finish up that last minute shopping.
Evaluate:
It’s actually been warmer here over the past couple of days so my ice didn’t stay frozen and I didn’t have any room in my freezer. Pretty sure this craft is a bust for me. I LOVE the look of these though so hopefully I can clear up some freezer space for next year. I’ll let you know later today or tomorrow if I got it to work.
