a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PoXHVGzLUGI/SGNjDliVaqI/AAAAAAAAAVs/D3lkhJqNyZs/s1600-h/Digging+for+Treasure+blog.JPG”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216121706692045474″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”" src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PoXHVGzLUGI/SGNjDliVaqI/AAAAAAAAAVs/D3lkhJqNyZs/s320/Digging+for+Treasure+blog.JPG” border=”0″ //abr /divI got the idea for a href=”http://lets-explore.typepad.com/weblog/2008/05/ice-treasures.html”these frozen treasure hunts/a from a href=”http://lets-explore.typepad.com/weblog/”Let’s Explore/a and I couldn’t resist making them for the girls. They spent 2 hours digging for their treasure and then several more playing with their “loot”. /divbr /div/divdivIt’s definitely a super easy project that just requires a little forethought for hours of fun. Simply use a plastic container and add a layer of water at the bottom. Stick it in the freezer, and once frozen, add some knick knacks and some more water. Continue adding layers until the container is full. I also added food coloring with the last layer, and because they weren’t solidly frozen all the way through, the food coloring distributed throughout a lot of the ice block. I’m thinking it would be fun to make different colored layers if I have more time next time around.br /br /br /a href=”http://www.mylivesignature.com/” target=”_blank”img style=”BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none” src=”http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/128/0E4A8EA9D2A4A002FC32D3D163051882.png” //abr /br /––––-–––––-––––––––-–––––––-––––-––––––-–-––––––-–––-–-–––br /span style=”font-size:85%;”Check out /spana href=”http://mythreedoodles.blogspot.com/2008/06/johnsons-soothing-naturals-gift-basket.html”span style=”font-size:85%;”this week’s giveaway/span/aspan style=”font-size:85%;”: A Johnson’s Baby Soothing Naturals gift basket!/span /div