Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Ice-man.

Nighttime view of the ice-man. Jan 2014.

For the last few years, my nieces have given their grandma a very unique and very special gift for Christmas.  Huge icicles form at my brother-in-law and nieces' house and, once they get really big (like 4 feet high and a foot or so thick), they carefully break off the huge icicle and begin carving a snowman out of ice.

My 9- and 10-year old nieces used a drill to make holes for the stick arms and then they found a few bolts from their dad's garage for eyes and a nose.  And, to make this ice-man really stand out, they lit him up from the inside by driling holes up his back and placing a set of battery-powered LED lights inside like an icy spine.

Luckily it stays well below freezing for most of the winter so this ice-man has a season-long lifespan.  Alice is really going to have to step it up with her Christmas gifts to Grama to compete with the creativity of this gift!

2 comments:

  1. That's so cool! He looks super rad, and especially so when illuminated. What a clever and fun way to use those giant icicles!

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  2. The snowman is so cool! What creative nieces you have.

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