Comments on: How to build an amazing lantern of ice

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:39:55 +0000

If you like making ice lanterns, check out my website!

By: Øyvind

Øyvind — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:31:22 +0000

Awesome tip, I wish I found your blog earlier.

By: eirikso

eirikso — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:27:18 +0000

Yes. Strange weather these days.

The lanterns you make with snowballs are the classic ones. These of ice are time consuming special occasion ones…

By: RedYeti

RedYeti — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:40:51 +0000

In Brighton (UK South coast) we had our first dusting of snow for the whole winter on Tuesday. My girlfriend’s family in Southern Sweden say they’ve had by far the biggest snowfall of the winter in the last few days too.

Odd – but good

Fantastic lights – my girlfriend’s family make similar just using snowballs. Not quite as attractive but much quicker.

By: Web 2.0-kaos

Web 2.0-kaos — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:34:10 +0000

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By: eirikso

eirikso — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:33:21 +0000

Actually, these last couple of days have been much colder than usual even here in Norway. Right now it’s snowing outside. Seems like the winter comes late this year. End of March usually marks the beginning of springtime here up north.

By: B5

B5 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:22:02 +0000

I whish you would post that at least month earlier. In Soth Europe it’s way to warm to freeze a bucket of water. My daughter would love it. I guess next winter.
B5

By: eirikso

eirikso — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:34:12 +0000

That baloon trick sounds simpler than these bucket lights. One problem could be that the candle is pretty exposed while it melts itself down into the ice.

And you’re right. Pretty much anything you build using ice will look just as cool as the buckets in this article.

By: andorand

andorand — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:59:46 +0000

[edit] I consulted with a thermometer and the ice blob thing will look EXACTLY as cool as the bucket light. It will in fact be more or less as cool as the environmental temperature.

By: andorand

andorand — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:56:45 +0000

nice!

while it’s still cold, you can try another one; take a balloon (preferably a big one) pull it over the tap and fill it with cold water (the colder, the better), until the balloon’s got a diameter of around 30 cms.

Hold the neck of the balloon so the water doesn’t get out, pull it off the tap and inflate it with your mouth until the water level is down to perhaps 70 % (this means that when it’s frozen, your ice blob will have a flat top). Put it outside on a flat surface or in your freezer til it’s frozen (couple of days should do). Now you have an ice globe that’s flat on the underside (so that it sits well on the ground) and it’s got a flat top you can put a tea light candle on. The aluminium of the tea light candle will melt down into the ice as the candle heats up and it will look almost as cool as your bucket lights.