DIY Valentine’s Day Ice Balls

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These DIY Valentine’s Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, a girl’s night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.

These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.

Details (click to shop):
Pink Dress (in video) || White Tub || Wood Bead Heart || Valentine’s Candles ||  Artificial Pink Cherry Blossom Flowers (similar alternative pink flowers) 

Flower ice balls are such an easy and fun way to add a special touch to a Galentine’s night or Valentine’s party with friends and family.

And based on how viral my other ice ball tutorials have been, I know you all love flower ice too!

The nice thing about these large ice balls is that because they are BIGGER than regular ice, they last WAY LONGER too.

Usually, when we have parties we serve individual sodas & sparkling water bottles in our galvanized tubs, so it’s easy to grab and go.

But if you want to serve larger bottles, like these sparkling juice glass bottles, and aren’t sure how to put them back in the container once you pull them out, I have a hack for you (or trick, for those who aren’t a fan of the word hack)!

I’ve created ice balls more than a handful of times now both with biodegradable balloons (compostable in 6 weeks) and silicone molds too, so I have several tips and tricks that I hope will help you when creating these for your next party.

In fact, I have 12 tips & notes to help you when creating your ice balls, along with the full tutorial on this blog post!

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These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.

Tips & Notes:

1. Farm Tool vs Balloon Industry Tool

This particular tool is only advertised to be used for filling balloons. I don’t recommend you use it for anything but filling balloons. If you are a farmer or grew up on a farm you’ll know what I mean. And yes, I know the original purpose of the tool. 😂 But the balloon industry has a very different use for it.

2. How to make clear Ice

Boiled distilled water makes the ice more clear, but I needed water pressure to fill these balloons. I did use boiled distilled water in the silicone mold, but it still froze in multiple directions which caused impurities to be scattered throughout the ice causing it to be less clear.

3. Biodegradable Balloons

The balloons I used are made from 100% natural latex (not plastic), they are biodegradable and compostable in 6 weeks and are made with food-grade ink. Oh, and the bags that they came in are compostable too as they are made from 100% corn starch.

4. Round Ice Balls

If there are any odd edges (like from the top of the balloon where the knot was), you can run just that part under the water to melt it away and round it off. For a more round ice ball you may want to opt for silicone molds, but they are often much smaller than balloons which means they will melt faster.

5. Removing Air Bubbles

Some people have noted they struggle with air bubbles in their ice balls. One easy trick to remove a bunch of air bubbles is to bounce/jiggle the balloon after you fill it with water. This should help the bubbles to move off of the flower and up to the top of the balloon. Slowly let some of the water be released from the balloon, this will push out excess air, and then quickly tie the balloon.

6. Freezing Time

The more ice balls you make the longer it will take to freeze. Also, the warmth (even with room temperature water) can cause things in your freezer to soften if you do a lot of them.

7. Silicone Molds Alternative

Silicone molds are a great alternative, but you will either need a lot of silicone molds or will need to make them slowly over several days to a week. Note: Not all silicone molds work the same, I tried out two before finding one that worked well. (Click here to read more and click here to find the type of silicone mold that worked best for me.

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These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.

8. Not Edible Nor Food Safe

These are not to be placed in drinks or consumed. As seen in the video and pictures, these are to be used on the outside of the bottles to keep the bottles chilled.

9. Clear vs Regular Container (less flower ice needed)

While a clear container is so pretty, especially with Waterproof Lights in it, it does mean you have to buy more flowers to make more flower ice balls to fill the whole tub up.

If you use a regular container (seen above) you can fill the base with regular ice, or regular ice balls, and just top it with the flower ice balls.

10. Removing Frost

After cutting open the ballon it helps to run it under cold water to help remove some of the frost to make it more clear.

11. How to Make 3 Holes for the Drinks in the Ice Balls (so the ice doesn’t fill in the holes when you pull the drink out)

Place large reusable plastic cups (as big as the glass bottles) in the center of your container, duck tape them together (so they won’t move around), and then place the ice balls around them.

Pour a little bit of cold water over the whole thing, and then place the whole container (with the ice balls and plastic cups still in place) back in the freezer.

You could do this a day in advance (like the morning of your party), and then every few hours, poor ice cold water over it, this way it will be a nice solid chunk of ice that shouldn’t come apart as easily when people take the bottles out.

Before your party begins, remove the container of ice balls from the freezer, fill each cup/thermos with warm water so that it will unstick/unthaw from the ice balls (being careful not to let the warm water spill on the ice balls), then remove the cups and replace them with the chilled glass bottles for your guests to serve themselves.

This way the ice balls are all stuck together, and there will be natural holes for the drink bottles.

12. Melting Timeline (you won’t believe it!)

Melting times will vary, at Christmas, we left them out and there was still some ice even after 24 hours. You can read more about the melting timeline and melting variables here.

These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.

Materials (click item to shop):

Biodegradable Balloons

Balloon Opener

Silicone Mold, optional

Red, White, & Pink Flowers

Water/Hose

Freezer

White Galvanized Tub

Sparkling Drinks or Glass Bottles for Drinks

Waterproof Lights, optional

Instructions:

1. First, cut the tops of the flowers off of all of the stems.

2. Next, use the balloon opener to open a balloon and push a flower head or multiple smaller flowers down into the balloon.

Note: make sure that the stems are not sharp or they might puncture the balloon.

3. Repeat this process until you have filled all of your balloons (or as many as you need) with flowers.

4. Equally fill the balloons with water and tie them in a knot.

For the silicone mold, I followed this tutorial here.

5. Freeze the water balloons and silicone molds overnight or several days depending on the number of balloons.

6. Carefully use a sharp knife or scissors to remove the balloons from the flower ice balls.

7. Finally, place the Flower Ice Balls with your drinks to keep them chilled. And add the waterproof balls for some extra fun.

Enjoy!

***Be sure to read the tips & notes above.

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These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.

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These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.
These DIY Valentine's Day Ice Balls are made with water and pink, white, and red roses. They are perfect for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, a girl's night, or any time you want to throw a special party and need a fun way to keep the drinks cool.

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