my ice candelero

On a brisk Sunday morning, I took on the challenge of creating my candle holder out of ice.

     At first, I grabbed a cup around my house and scooped some snow from my yard. Following this, I tried to take a smaller cup and shove it in the middle of the cup containing the snow to achieve the desired candle holder shape. On my first attempt, I sadly failed due to the small circumference of the cup of snow.
     My second attempt used a large mug to contain the snow. To create a thick sturdy shell I used a small shot glass (it's my mom's) to create the small area for the candle. Once I moved around the snow to its desired thickness, I placed the mug in the freezer with the snow and shot glass.
   
Here is a video compilation of my efforts:

Following the overnight freezing of the candle holder here is the outer shell of my ice candle holder:

My main ideas in creating this ice holder made sense in my mind yet I obviously failed at really being able to make one. But this was an interesting assignment :)