Crystal Ice Lantern

Here is a Crystal ICE  Lantern anyone can make. It doesn't matter if you live in snow country or not.It is cold as Ice, but will give off a warm glow.

Joni, RJ and Bekah in the glow of an Ice Park

 

To make one you will need:

• Metal Mixing bowl
• Plastic yogurt or pudding container
• Cupful of coins
• Outside Freezing temperatures ( or the inside of a freezer)

Start by pouring a couple of inches of water into your metal bowl
Place it outdoors or in your freezer to freeze
Fill the yogurt or pudding container with coins, then center it on the ice in the bowl
Slowly pour more water into the bowl, so that it nearly reaches the rim of the plastic container
No put it back outside or in your freezer and let it freeze solid.
To remove it from the bowl, run warm water around the outside of the bowl . This should loosen the ice lantern and slide out.
Remove coins from plastic container and then pour in warm water and remove.
Now the Ice Lantern is ready for a votive candle.

Bear Tales - Snowflake Fun

Snowflake Fun

ruth dixon

Flutterfly and Silver Wing

Tinkle Toes and Twink

Came frolicking and rollicking

As quick as any wink

And off their shining silver sleigh

They fluttered in the air

As frosty Fairies always do

And somersaulted there

In a glimmering and shimmering

Of twirly whirly snow,

They tossed some little frosty flakes

On children down below;

And these were fairy valentines,

I really truly think,

From Flutterfly and Silver Wing

and Tinkle Toes and Twink!

Snowman Soup

Here is a fun treat to share with everyone. After a cold day on the sled, have some snowman soup ready for them when they come home. Serve with warm cookies.

Ingredients:
1 individual cocoa mix
3-4 chocolate Kisses
10-15 mini marshmellows
Candy Stir stick (a candy cane works)

Put the cocoa mix into a mug, add hot water, kisses, marshmellows and then stir with your candy stick.

To make into a fun winter gift, package all the ingredients into a mug. Attach this fun poem and share with others

Snowman Soup
A little cup of cocoa
I'm sending your way,
For you to sip and enjoy
On some cold lonely day

As you sip this cocoa
It's warmth will warm your heart
Just like our friendship warmed mine
Right from the very start.

Secret Frost Recipe

Jack Frost's Secret Frost Recipe
stuff you need:

• empty metal can (no label)
• 4 tbsp of salt
• crushed ice
• paper towels

what to do: 

1. Make sure the outside of the can is dry and fill it halfway with crushed ice
2. Add 4 tablespoons of salt
3. Mix and let stand

What happens: 
the ice and salt lower the temperature of the can's surface to below freezing point. The moisture in the air touches the outside of the can freezes, thereby forming frost.

FYI: Every snowflake has its own unique shape and is different that all other snowflakes.
All snowflakes have 6 different sides. To view snowflakes you will need black construction paper or fabric and a magnifying glass. Freeze your viewing surface by placing in your freezer or keeping it outside. If it is snowing, just hold your black surface out to catch a few flakes. Now view them with your magnifying glass.
Wear a scarf over your mouth and nose to avoid melting the flakes with your warm breath.

Friendship begins

Friendship usually begins with two people discovering their similarities, but the relationship is firmly established when they learn to appreciate each other's differences.

Place Keepers...Bookmarks

Reading can be lots of fun- until you lose your page!

These clip-on place keepers come in handy. 

Bead Bangles:

Tie thin cording or a chenille stick  to a paper clip. Sting on beads or charms. Then double knot the loose end to keep the beads from slipping off.

Fuzzy Braid
Bend 3 different colored pipe cleaners (chenille sticks) in half and hook them over one end of a paper clip. Pair up and braid the like colored end and pinch together the bottoms

ASL word of the day...Book

BOOK n. A long work on consecutive sheets of paper bound together between covers:
to read a book on a plane

• (Represents opening a book) Beginning with the palms of both open hands together in front of the chest, fingers angled forward, bring the hands apart at the top while keeping the little fingers together.