5 Minute Throwie Glowing Ice Cube Bucket

Make a ice cube bucket glow in 5 minutes with any number of LED Throwies. 
Great for a nighttime barbecue.   Lots of variations are possible.  Here is what you will need:

1) Clear Ice Bucket
2) Piece of wood (I happened to have 4"x6"x1 5/8")
3) Fornester Drill Bit (1" for loose fit, 7/8" for tight fit)
4) Drill Press (or hand drill)
5) Throwies (See Throwies Instructables - version with battery holder - ~$0.60 each).

Step 1 Drill holes for Throwies

Drill  holes evenly spaced out under the ice cube bucket.  Holes should be 1" deep. I found 2 LEDs were fine for a 6" high bucket in a darkened room.  Wood could be painted black but I didn't bother since I used a nice piece of wood.   

Comments

[CatTrampoline]

This looks very cool and would be a striking centerpiece at a party, but will the melting ice short out the throwies? If they need to stay dry, would placing the block with throwies in a plastic bag be a good option? I confess to having very limited experience with LEDs so my concern with meltwater may be unnecessary

[stitzinger]

In this case probably the only concern might be from condensation off the ice bucket in humid weather filling the holes. It might be a good idea to drill a drain hole at the bottom of each 1" hole since it would be quick.

We have used Throwies to illuminate small ice luminaries.

While plain Throwies work under water I noticed the "LED Frosties" Instructable suggests covering Throwies with plastic wrap.