So who says you can't build a snowman in 80 degree weather?????
The genius children here at little wonders came up with the idea of freezing water balloons! We made "a small, large, and big" size water balloon.
We peeled the balloon off, and we were left with 3 balls of ice!
We read in a book that salt would help make the ice stick together. Many children tried to hold the ice, but they started crying once the ice got their hands cold, so Bishop and Luke took the initiative to pour the ice and hold the balls of ice in place!
Okay, two balls in place, now for the third.........
The ice wasn't really sticking well together, so Alexandre said, "I know!! We can use glue!" ;0)
hmmmmm........ lets see if the glue works.........
We weren't so lucky with the glue, so Bishop poured more salt, aka "sauce"!
Luke was a master at holding the ice! The cold didn't phase him at all!!!!
But what a tragedy......our snowman crashed with all the glue and salt we poured on it! Of course our children didn't give up! We stacked the ice right back on top of each other.
Now the snowman needed eyes, so the children tried to DRAW the eyes and buttons on with a marker!
That didn't work, so Alexandre drew some, cut them and tried to stick them on.
The children grabbed q-tips for the hands and feet!
Some of us were so excited that they wanted to draw some snowmen.
While, the others tried and tried to keep our snowman together, he kept melting away and breaking :0( We took the snowman outside and watched him melt away in our "hot temperature" (Ashley reminded everyone why ice melts)
But fear not!!! This is not the end of our quest to make a snowman in "warm temperatures"! We will keep you updated on how our experimentation goes!
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