How to Make Frozen Decorations

We had some fairly freezing weather not so long ago (our current weather in teens is nothing, really). So, I decided to try this.

I took two balloons, filled both with water and some food coloring and set them on our front steps overnight. The next morning I checked on my patients, "cut them open" and result was fairly cute frozen water balls. Had it been Christmas time, I would have made several green and red ones and lined our entire driveway with those. :)

Here is a picture before I removed the balloon casing:

here is how they looked after:

Uneven, yes (it was quite a doing to get enough water and food coloring in the balloons that are not meant for water balloon fights), but pretty cute. I mean, as cute as frozen water can be, that is. And they looked really cool in the dark.

I tried one more time but with a bit more food coloring (the ones above looked good until it got really sunny, the color was not so striking anymore.


Here is another set during the daylight:

The ice started cracking inside (I'm not sure why), but I still thought it looked cool :) So, I decided to do this:

 I put the green one on the other post. Looked cool, that's for sure. Misshapen, but cool.

And this is how you made cheap Christmas or whatever ornaments with hardly any cost (provided that the weather holds :).

Oh, and a tip of the day: When your hands are wet, do NOT reach for your screen door's metal handle without thinking twice. I got away with a "warning", meaning, even though I didn't get stuck entirely, but it hurt nevertheless as I quickly removed my hand. Seemed worth it, though. The frozen balls looked so good for a week, then the weather got warmer again.

Whoever reads this post - go for it! It's fun!