Candle Holder

Ryan Trojan
Candle Holder

With the snow piles still on the ground, I had a chance to make a tiny candle holder. The flame lasted almost a minute, because it was not very windy outside. I had to use gloves to dig the hole in the pile, because it was almost frozen. The holder was very effective, because even when there was a breeze, the candle was deep enough in the snow to protect from it.

Snow Day Candle Holder

By: Liam Godin

My snow day candle holder was a small upside-down cup shape. It held three birthday style candles in the center. The top part of the holder was made out of ice, and the bottom hard snow. 

I began creating the holder by putting a small amount of water in a cup that was the size and shape that I wanted. 

This would create the base, and in the end, the top where the candles would be placed. 

The next part of the holder would be collected outside. Snow from my yard had hardened and become rigid at this point. I initially took a cup full and put it in my freezer. In the end however, I ended up using fresh snow. The snow that I had put in my freezer had stayed in there for too long, and become ice. 

The next part of this was to take the ice out of the freezer before it was completely solidified. I did this so that there would be an effect of cracked and thin glass around the candles. This did not necessarily come out exactly as I wanted, as tap water does not freeze clear. 

I think that the candle holder came out reasonably well considering it was made with snow and ice. The criteria and constraints of the project were reasonable, and were not very specific. I think that the candle holder that I created meets the criteria, and is within the constraints set by the project. 

Snow day candle holder

Snow Day Blog 

This is my candle holder. 

I used a standard birthday candle and drilled three quarters of an inch into this tree then placed the birthday candle inside and light it. Within 5 seconds the candle blew out due obviously to the wind. Legend has it that the candle is still in that tree to this very day.

Alejandro Jimenez
Mr. Gray
Period A/ Snow Blog
20 March 2018

Materials 
- leaves
- plastic cup
- water
- candle
- tape
- freezer 
- lighter

Procedure
- Filled the plastic cup with water
- Placed leaves on water for decorative purposes
- grabbed candle and placed it in the middle, wrapping it with tape to secure it with the cup
- Placed in the freezer and waited until the water froze
- Went outside took the ice out of the plastic cup and lit the candle

Candle Holder

To create my candle holder I froze water and cranberry juice together to give it a color. I put the water and cranberry juice mix inside of a roundish glass with a wide top. I put a shot glass in the middle of the cup so when the water freezes there is a space for the candle to sit when I remove the shot glass from the cup.

Candle holder (made from a snowball)

Description of the process of making the candle holder:
1. Go outside with gloves on your hands.
2. Collect snow. Borrow some glitter or chocolate sprinkles from a kid, and spread them into the snow that is collected. Now make a snowball that is the size of your fist.
3. Tighten up the snowball. Add more snow to the snowball, and tighten them at the same time. Make the snowball the size of four fists.
4. Toss the snowball around, or play catches with someone. If the snowball did not decrease its size by losing snow during the process, then it is tight enough. If not, repeat step 3.
5. Grab a spoon from the kitchen.
6. Hold the snowball in one hand, and scoop snow out in order to make a hole in another hand. Scoop it like it is a small watermelon, even though we are in winter.
7. Stop when the hole is deep enough (halfway to the bottom).
8. Now you have a cup-shaped snowball that is capable to be a candle holder. Decorate the snowball by scooping shape of outside part of snowball. I made it looks like a crystal shaped.
9. Clean an area out from your freezer. Put the snowball in it for at least 10 hours.
10. Find a candle that could fit in the snowball. Take the snowball, candle, and a lighter to the freezing cold outside.
11. Put the candle in the hole. Light it. Take pictures and videos. Run back to the warmth.


How my creation meets the criteria:
It must hold a small candle safely: Proven from the pictures, it can hold a small candle safely. Because the bottom of the hole is flat, so there are no safety issues.
It must be shaped like a cup so the flame is within the shell and can be viewed through the ice: Its shape is like a cup. Proven from the pictures, the flame can be viewed through the ice.
The shell must be made out of ice and snow: The whole thing is made out of snow.
It must have decorative features frozen into the shell: Its shape is like a crystal. I borrow glitter sprinkles from a nine-years-old and added them into the snowball. It is hard to see from the picture because I took them outside at night.

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 :)