Ice ornaments

Children freeze leaves, fruit, and strings in molds and hang the ice ornaments on trees.

Steps

1. Conversation: signs of winter and what happens to water in freezing temperatures.
2. Children place leaves, twigs, orange slices, and a string loop into baking molds.
3. You fill them with water and place them outside in freezing weather or in the freezer.
4. The next day, you pop out the ornaments and hang them on trees.
5. Observe how long they endure.

Tip: If there is no freeze outside, freeze the ornaments in the freezer and hang them in the morning.

Materials needed

• Silicone molds (1 set)
• Cotton twine (1 ball)