Ice Ice Baby

Ice Ice Baby

12th August 2009 by Shandri Brown

Works best:

In small teams, great to work on cooperation, team communication and creativity. This is a good one for winter months as the ice blocks won't melt quickly.

What you need:

1 large bucket for each team. (You will need to estimate this a few days prior to activity so make sure you over plan rather than be caught out).
Plenty of freezer space.
A handful of tools for each team - chisels, screwdrivers and blunt kitchen knives work well.
A small hammer for each team.
Some kind of stand (wooden box etc) to place each ice block on.
Either do this outside or have a tarp covering the floor.

The Game:

You will need to have frozen buckets full of water in a large chest freezer a couple of days before your event. Provide each team with an area for ice sculpting (on a stand or table is best) and tip the ice blocks out of the buckets. You will need to provide each team with a time limit to make their ice sculpture and the tools to chip away at their ice block. You may want to give them a topic ie. scuplt a tree, a swan, a penguin or an Old Testament scene (hey why not!).

Notes:

Have some wintery treats as prizes - packets of 'marshmallow snowballs' go down a treat.
Play some wintery songs in the background to set the ice sculpture mood.
If you're not happy for your students to have an ice fight inside make sure you shut down the game as soon as you are done or move it outside.

Comments

Nate

October 19, 2009 at 3:29pm

This is a really cool cold game! We played this and our youth LOVED it! well done for another great idea team :)

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