Page 23 - Highlights for Children (December 2017)

Dress It Up

• Make the basic ice lantern, or add items for color and
texture. Try some of the ideas on this page!

• Opaque things like stones and evergreen sprigs block
light, making interesting silhouettes. Leave space between
Ocean them for light to shine through.
• Items against the large container’s sides will be on the
Freezes
outside of the lantern. Items farther in won’t show as well.
Sand + seashells
+ water + blue
food coloring =
one cool beach! Beady
Ice

Fill the large
container partway
with water. Add
translucent beads,
then freeze. Add
more water and more
Get Ready beads. Continue
freezing in layers.
containers tape
support
Color
Cooler

Add food coloring to
weight
water, and pour 1 inch
of it into the large
water container. Freeze it
solid. Add a different
color to more water,
pour it on top of the
first layer, and freeze.
waterproof Repeat with more
battery-operated colors, if you’d like.
candle

Star

Silhouettes

small Put pieces of double-
and large
tap water sided tape on the inside
containers walls of the large
container. Stick plastic
stars to the tape. Add
water, then
freeze.
sturdy food coloring
tape (optional)