First a peek inside my deep freezer
Desperately in need of defrosting! But this is were I have been keeping a secret from my kids. Hint-it’s in the topless milk cartons.-No, not frozen milk! I have been freezing various tiny treasures in colorful layers of water!
First, cut top off of milk carton. Next add about 1 to 2 inches of water and food coloring along with a few treasures. I used coins, bells, beads, buttons, crayons, tiny plastic toys etc… After that layer freezes, repeat, over and over until close to the top! This was a great activity to combat the heat of the day! I put my kids and their ice blocks in to the baby pool to find their frozen treasures.
First peel back the carton.
The Unplugged Project theme for this week is Rough and Rough is what you need to be to find your treasures!
Then don some eye protection!
Then get out your little hammers and chisels and I gave my kids nails also. This helps to break apart those tough (rhymes with rough-the unplugged theme!) little frozen goodies.
The food coloring will stain your kids skin as the colored ice melts-just remember that when you wonder were your kids got such horrific bruises!
Very cute!
i love this.. and have wanted to do the various ones on the net… but yours are pretty too… it is winter here… so I am just waiting a little while before we try
Your ice blocks have to be the prettiest ones I’ve ever seen! I love it
We haven’t tried this yet but now I’ve definitely got to make them rainbow colored *grin* Great project!
what good fun!
You might be stretching it a bit with the rough theme. He he. But I really love the project. I’ve been meaning to do something like it for a while. Just been too lazy.
This looks like a hit! Not sure *exactly* where you live, but I would recognize that snowville creamery milk carton anywhere because I LOVE that stuff!!
By the looks of your OSU.edu…looks like I live about down the street-We are in Clintonville.
I’ve never seen these before. . .Way too cool!
I recently did this with my 3 year old. I used a bread pan and no food colouring. As he gets older I may have to start making it more interesting like yours.