Kind of cool :-)

[Toddy]

An 'igloo' made of ice bricks made in carton using food colouring in the water.

http://jucktion.com/forum/art-designs/amazing-backyard-igloo-diy/

 

[Goatboy]

I like that, stained glass igloo. Using the same principle you could make a mini Bifröst in the back garden!

 

[Biker]

Yeah, that is rather clever. Cool indeed.

 

[woodsorrel]

Very creative!

- Woodsorrel

 

[SGL70]

Awesome!

 

[crosslandkelly]

Very cool, I like that.

 

[JohnC]

Nice idea, very cool..

 

[demographic]

I like that, reminds me of those bottle walls.

 

[Macaroon]

I love that! What a lovely shelter to wake up in, eh? I'd like very much to try that one out.........In many places I guess if you built that early in Winter you'd have it for the whole season - what a memory for the kids to have

 

[ozzy1977]

Very nice.

 

[FlyingFox]

that looks amazing, such a lot of effort put in.

 

[John Fenna]

Very cool!
Definitely cool to sleep in - ice does not insulate as well as snow....
But really cool to look at and super stylish, if you can make one in the wilds, as a Bushy shelter

 

[Toddy]

There has to be something that could be used like a giant ice cube tray, someway to make a tray of 'bricks' at a time, though.
Shouldn't think it beyond mortal wit, and it'd be easier than all those empty juice cartons surely.

It's rarely cold enough, long enough, here to do something like that, but it's very appealing

M

 

[Dreadhead]

I like that, stained glass igloo. Using the same principle you could make a mini Bifröst in the back garden!

this! absoutely love it haha

 

[demographic]

There has to be something that could be used like a giant ice cube tray, someway to make a tray of 'bricks' at a time, though.
Shouldn't think it beyond mortal wit, and it'd be easier than all those empty juice cartons surely.

It's rarely cold enough, long enough, here to do something like that, but it's very appealing

M

Paint tubs, plastic and hold about five litres.
Tapered slightly so the ice falls out easy.

 

[Toddy]

I thought about the milk jugs cut down, but you'd need to store such a lot of them in hopes for a bitter cold couple of weeks.
That's why I was trying to think of something simpler…..like plant trays with dividers of some kind to make 'bricks'.

M

 

[bb07]

It seems quite popular here as well.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/oxford-station-ont-ice-igloo-draws-big-crowds-1.2975016

And on a grander scale
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/weekend-events-in-saskatchewan-1.2976229

The ideal way to get blocks, though unfortunately not coloured unless obtained from some badly polluted waterway, is like this. I do realize it's not an option for you though
http://youtu.be/bDNIHiFIDBQ

 

[petrochemicals]

It seems quite popular here as well.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/oxford-station-ont-ice-igloo-draws-big-crowds-1.2975016

And on a grander scale
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/weekend-events-in-saskatchewan-1.2976229
]

They're both the same bb07,

It's a nuce idea, very pretty, but what if it falls in, that's a lot of very hard heavy ice ?

 

[bb07]

They're both the same bb07,

It's a nuce idea, very pretty, but what if it falls in, that's a lot of very hard heavy ice ?

Similar, yes, but in two different parts of the country. The first link shows an igloo made from freezing blocks in containers, while the second showing the castle, has blocks cut from lake ice and lit with coloured lights.
Once warmer temperatures arrive, it'll all melt together in one big lump, but if it fell in now then someone will have a sore head. Ice is very strong though. I wouldn't be surprised if several people could jump up and down on top of it with no damage.