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Things To Do On Cold Days


 		 Ice Sculptures
 

WHAT IT IS: An art project involving icicles and frozen blocks of colored ice

WHAT YOU NEED: Food coloring, water, ice trays, molds, muffin tins and other containers

You can't have as much snow as we do and not have an abundance of icicles. We decided to incorporate some of ours into a sculpture, joining them to ice blocks made by freezing colored water in ice-cube trays, Jell-O molds and yogurt containers. We placed all the materials on an outdoor table, and everyone took turns building totem poles, monsters and free-form sculptures, gluing the blocks of ice with a little dribble of water (it quickly froze).

TIP: For consistency of hardness, consider making your colored blocks in the freezer rather than outdoors.

 

Bird Feeder


Supplies:

  • 1 pinecone or bagel

  • lard or peanut butter

  • birdseed

  • string or ribbon for hanging

Instructions: 

  1. Spread lard or peanut butter on the pinecone or bagel. 

  2. Roll the pinecone or bagel in the birdseed until it is completely covered.

  3. Tie string or ribbon around the top of the pinecone or through the hole of the bagel to hang on a tree branch or fence. 

  4. Watch for the birds to come. Observe as they enjoy their treat.

 

Icy Suncatcher

This is from the Kathy Ross book Crafts to Make in the Winter.

Supplies:

  • Old Shoe Lace

  • Water

  • 9" Disposable Pie Tin

  • Natural materials such as pinecones, pine needles, twigs etc.

Instructions:

  1. Fold the shoelace in half and place the two ends across the center of the pie tin. 

  2. Place an arrangement of natural materials in the tin. 

  3. Fill the tin with water and leave it outside to freeze. 

  4. When the water has frozen, remove the ice from the tin. 

  5. Hang the ice circle from a tree in a sunny place so you can see it from your window.