A few days before this, I had frozen many little 'treasures' in layers of water. I used a big foil tray from the dollar store. Sam LOVES those sand toys where you have to scratch away at the sand until you find the 'treasure' inside. This is the same idea except you have to scratch away at the ice until you get the treasures out.
You can hide little toys, coins, gemstones etc etc inside the ice......it's a great thing for kids to play with on a HOT HOT day.....
The older girls lost patience with it and ended up smashing it up witha baseball bat lol....but sam asked me to make him another one straight away as he wanted to finish it properly - he really likes these things - so if you have a more patient child they will LOVE this ;) and ona hot day on the deck/ patio, the sun and heat will help the melting process ;) Smaller ones from a smaller freezer will also not take as long ;)
They DID have a lot of fun smashing it up too by the way!!!
Playing with ice cubes is always a lot of fun on a very hot day ;)
