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Saturday, 14 February 2009

Ice Sun Catchers

Cold bright days are perfect for this.  Over winter we make a variety of ice sun catchers - there are so many fun possibilities.  We try all sorts of things - adding bits of nature like leaves, twigs, flowers, seeds etc./ stones or glass jewels/ glitter/food colouring.  Sometimes, we use deep, small tubs, sometimes big, shallow plastic plates and other times different shaped cookie cutters.  If it is cold enough we leave the arranged plate out overnight to freeze or we put it in the freezer.  

Choose a tub or plate, add what you want to it, stick in a loop of string, and then leave outdoors to freeze or put it in the freezer.  You can get even more creative with this and make mobiles too.

Simple and beautiful.

1 comment:

  1. Those are so pretty. I bet they will be fun to watch as they melt, too.

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