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New Year’s Day
by AndiatBettyCrocker  1/1/2009 8:00:00 AM

After today, the holidays are officially over but winter isn’t—at least not in Minnesota.  If it is cold where you live, you might consider making some ice votives for your front steps.  My friend, Kathy, made some for her front steps and then “harvested” about 30 more for friends and neighbors.

 

She pours water into a large plastic molds and then lets them sit in outside in our below freezing temps for around 10 hours or so when she brings them inside and pours out any remaining water in them.  Then she puts a candle in the center and that’s all there is to it.

Tags:  ice votives

Comments (4)
4 Comments

GroovyPJ said:
This sounds so cool! Can you give more detail? Do you have to do any carving? How do you remove it from the mold?
1/2/2009 12:46:22 PM
Mustafa said:
I would love to make some of these, but how do you get the candle in the center & what type of candle does she use?
1/3/2009 6:37:34 AM
jillbcooks said:
Very clever and probably very beautiful.
1/5/2009 8:43:31 PM
AndiatBettyCrocker said:
I'm glad that some of you are interested in making the ice votives. I incorrectly called them "votives" but they are more commonly called ice lanterns. To get directions on how to make them and where you can find the form that Kathy used go to: arcticicelantern.com
1/7/2009 11:05:19 AM
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