Fun Frugal Family Tradition #6 Reindeer Ice Wreath
December 14, 2009 by Alison
Reindeer Ice Wreaths
You are going to love the cold weather when you see these!
These are so fun, so easy and so cheap to make!!!
All you need is:
Your kids to help!
Water
Bowls
Cups
Carrots or Apples (whatever your reindeer like to eat)
and Cold weather (o ya we already have that!)
1. Cut up your carrots
2. Place a cup in the center of your bowl. Fill the cup up with water. This helps so that the cup doens’t float up!
3. Place your carrots around the cup.
4. Pour water into the bowl. About 3/4 full.
5. Set outside to freeze
6. When frozen bring them in and run under warm water long enough to losen the bowl and cup from the ice.
7. Run warm water over the ring to soften any sharp ice edges. Ya those are my dirty dishes in the back ground!
8. Tie a ribbon
9. Hang
We made enough for all the reindeer to have one while Santa is inside! We just hope the ‘reindeer’ remember to ‘eat’ the wreaths on Christmas eve!
Here is another idea for a winter wreath.
Same process as above, but I used a bunt pan and added cranberries and a branch off our Christmas tree.
It’s sitting out on my front porch!
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Oh my gosh those are soooo cute! I did a ice luminary one year and loved it, yes it does need the cold! lol
I will have to try this!
What a fun idea! – our weather has been so crazy though I don’t think I could pull it off – one day it’s in the teens, a few days later in the 40′s!
Cute! Cute!! Love the carrot wreath for the reindeer idea!
~TidyMom
OMG how fun! I made an ice centerpiece once using a similar idea. I froze twigs, berries, pine needles, etc, and froze 3 votive candles in it. This is even better, you could put the candle right in the middle!
Awesome! Thanks for the comment!
I tried to make a birdseed tree with jello, but couldn’t figure out how to hang it, but this looks sooooo much easier! Thanks for the idea. Gonna try this with the birdseed and jello, along with apples and carrots! We get lots of white tail deer around here that I think would love to have a special treat like this!
Omigosh! These are the cutest things ever!! My kids will die!
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I love this idea of the reindeer wreath! Thanks so much for helping me with ideas of xmas traditions to start with my daughters!!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Kristin
Ack! I LOVE this idea. Thanks for sharing. I am going to make these with my kiddo combo tomorrow because I know the reindeer will love them as much as the kids will love making them.