A cold snap gives me the chance to make ice lanterns- I like to do this in the cold, dark time of the year.
They are very beautifull outside with a candle at night.
1-It has to be cold, minus 10 celcius I would say.
2-Fill a big 5 gallon bucket with water-just short of the top because ice gets "bigger" than water.
3-Let it freeze, at 10 below it will take 24 hours or so for the ice to grow a couple inches thick..and you will see that it grows inward from the outside walls-as well as downwards from the top of the bucket.
4-When you thinkthe ice is thick enough to be a lantern, I drill a hole the size of a candle in the ice at the top of the bucket... ( which will become the bottom soon)
5-Drain the inside water into a spare container,when it is drained- take it inside to melt the bucket loose.
6- Remove the bucket, keep the shell frozen ..clear out a hole in the ice now at the top (which was the bottom of the bucket and does not freeze so thick)
7-Put a candle in the hole drilled and enjoy it change as the days and nights go by.
1-It has to be cold, minus 10 celcius I would say.
2-Fill a big 5 gallon bucket with water-just short of the top because ice gets "bigger" than water.
3-Let it freeze, at 10 below it will take 24 hours or so for the ice to grow a couple inches thick..and you will see that it grows inward from the outside walls-as well as downwards from the top of the bucket.
4-When you thinkthe ice is thick enough to be a lantern, I drill a hole the size of a candle in the ice at the top of the bucket... ( which will become the bottom soon)
5-Drain the inside water into a spare container,when it is drained- take it inside to melt the bucket loose.
6- Remove the bucket, keep the shell frozen ..clear out a hole in the ice now at the top (which was the bottom of the bucket and does not freeze so thick)
7-Put a candle in the hole drilled and enjoy it change as the days and nights go by.
1 comment:
What a brilliant idea. Too bad the cold snap just ended here in Utah. Cheers, eden
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