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Since Winter wont come to us (let me knock on wood so it wont snow in April), we decided to try and improvise. I had a "light-bulb moment" yesterday and thought - 'I wonder if we could slide down the hill on a block of ice?'. I had no idea if this would work. IT DID!!
My son and I filled a storage bin with water and put it in the freezer. I wanted something big enough for him to fit on comfortably, so we used the bin from his sensory table. It took a good day and a half to fully freeze and I'm pretty sure his checking it every hour didn't help. ;) Once frozen, we took it across the street to a steep, grassy hill. I put a towel on top of the block, my son hopped on, and I gave him a push. "Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!! This is so cool!!", he screamed as sliding down the hill! It was a short-lived activity because he proclaimed, "Im freezing. Let's go inside". He loved it, though, and we will be doing it again very soon. Hopefully next time it will involve long pants and a jacket.
This would be a great hot summer day activity, too!
This would be a great hot summer day activity, too!
It was really hard getting any good pics. I will add more when we do this again with Daddy home. Next time I plan to freeze a rope in the water for something to hold on to.
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| "Whoooooaaaaa!!" |
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| There he goes, down the hill! So fun! |
- AK (MESE, MECD)
I can hear the "ding" of the lightbulb from here! :) Great Idea! I might give this a shot myself!
ReplyDeletewhen i was a kid i saw kids do this on the tv show "pete and pete"i should try is with my son.not sure my freezer has space though
ReplyDeleteOh memories, my friends and I would do this all the time in college - we'd buy a block of ice from the grocery store - since your version provides a larger seating are i'll have to try it sometime with the kids this spring/summer.
ReplyDeleteHow cool is that!?! I bet you could add handles if you wanted by letting a rope ring "dip" in the water while it froze. *LOVE!*
ReplyDeleteIt really would be great for a hot summer day too!
That must be one large freezer! Not sure we could make these at home, but maybe a local butcher or other store may have these for sale? I'll have to look into it. My son would have so much fun trying this out on our hill in the backyard. Not a lot of snow where we live. Great idea!
DeleteWe use to do this in college. Cheap, easy, and fun!
ReplyDeleteWe did this in college too, but back then we would buy the blocks of ice meant to be used as shot blocks. Of course it would be fun for kids! Thanks for the reminder and an idea for how to make my own ice.
ReplyDeleteI smiled when I read this post. We called it ice blocking. I'm from a beach town in Southern California. We did this all the time, except in the warmer months. We'd go get a block of ice from the liquor store and then slide down the grass hills in one of our local parks. Super fun for the kids!
ReplyDeleteHaha awesome. Bummer my freezer does not have that space!
ReplyDeleteI think Lisa, an American Mom, is from the same town as me! You can get ice blocks at the store too.
ReplyDeleteI love your site and get so many ideas! Thanks for this idea! our 3.5 yo daughter had SO MUCH FUN with this! I wrote about it here: http://life-is-learning.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-sledding-with-ice.html
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