| Ice Bowls |
From "Ask DIY"
episode ADI-706 |
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Q: I saw some beautiful ice bowls on a buffet at a boat party. Can you show me how to make an ice bowl? A: (Jeanne Benedict, DIY party-planner extraordinaire) Ice bowls are frequently used on buffets to serve seafood such as peeled shrimp. But these decorative party accessories are easy to make, and can be used for dressing up just about any festive buffet. For example, you could make one with leaf foliage, and use it to display floating candles (figure A). Here's how to make these unusual decorative bowls.
- Start with an ordinary mixing bowl. Cut a small piece of water-soaked wet-variety floral foam, and place it in the bottom of the bowl in order to anchor fresh-cut flowers down as you arrange them around the perimeter of the bowl (figure B).
- Use smaller flower varieties in which the blooms won't easily be crushed by the process. Vary the flowers throughout in terms of height and color. Use large leaves to conceal the floral foam.
- Once you've arranged a variety of flowers and foliage to your liking inside the bowl, a smaller, nesting bowl -- weighted with stones (figure C) -- will be used as a template to form the inside curve of your ice bowl.
- First, carefully pour fresh water into the bowl, filling it to about 2/3 capacity (figure D).
- Place the weighted nesting bowl into the water (figure E). To adjust the height of the semi-submerged nesting bowl, you can add or take out rocks to change the weight of the bowl.
- Add enough water to bring the level near the top lip of the larger bowl.
- To keep the smaller bowl centered, fasten it to the edges of the larger bowl using strips of duct tape (figure F).
- Place the whole arrangement onto a level surface in the freezer, and allow it to freeze overnight.
- When you take it out of the freezer, let the bowl sit at room temperature to make it easier to remove the ice form from the glass bowl.
- Carefully lift out the frozen form (figure G) to reveal the finished ice bowl (figure H).
- Place the ice bowl in a suitable display container that will catch the water as the ice melts. You may want to decorate around the edge of the display bowl with flowers or foliage.
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Pick a Party: The Big Book of Party Themes and Occasions
Model: 0671521233
Author: Patty Sachs
(September 1997); 204 pages
Complete Idiot's Guide to Throwing a Great Party
Model: 002863974X
Author: Patty Sachs and Phyllis Cambria
(October, 2000)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Macmillan / Alpha Books
Website: www.macmillan.com
At Home Entertaining: The Art of Hosting a Party with Style and Panache
Model: 1581823061
Author: Jorj Morgan
(November, 2002)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Cumberland House Publishing
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: 615-832-1171
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