How to Build a Colorful Igloo From Milk Cartons

January 16, 2013 by

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If you happen to have enough space outdoors for an igloo and enough time to build one, you’ll just need to start collecting several hundred cartons. That’s how New Zealanders Daniel Gray and his girlfriend Kathleen Starrie have spent the past five weeks of their visit to the Canadian city, Edmonton.

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Starrie’s mother suggested building the igloo as a way of keeping her daughter’s boyfriend, Gray, from sitting around twiddling his fingers in boredom. “Once I started building it, it was something I just really wanted to finish, because you can’t just leave something like that unfinished,” said Gray.

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To prepare for the couple’s visit, Starrie’s mom began collecting milk cartons in October, which she filled with colored water and frozed to make ice blocks.

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Gray’s original plan involved cutting the ice blocks to create a perfect fit. He changed courses though and instead created “snowcrete” of snow and water to hold the bricks together.

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150 hours and 500 ice blocks later, stacked one by one with a little help from family and neighbors, they completed colorful igloo.

via Collosal, Global Edmonton.

3 Comments »

  1. 7 Tips for the Western Homestead Survival Devotee | Western Garden Survivalist - FYOGWestern Garden Survivalist – FYOG Pingback said:

    […] igloo and enough time to build one, you’ll just need to start collecting several hundred cartons. Here is the plans for it and the website to find […]

    — January 17, 2013 @ 18:43

  2. WingsWatchman.org » 7 Tips for the Western Homestead Survival Devotee Pingback said:

    […] igloo and enough time to build one, you’ll just need to start collecting several hundred cartons. Here is the plans for it and the website to find […]

    — June 24, 2014 @ 14:42

  3. Mel Holden said:

    This is gorgeous! I live in Anchorage, and am thinking of getting some people together to make this.

    — November 25, 2014 @ 16:34

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