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Ice Gems

An awesome water filled, ice encased sphere.

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Step 1Material

all you need is a regular balloon (not a water balloon) and food color (optional)

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93 comments

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Aug 5, 2011. 12:42 PMjedijaxson says:

AWESOME. Gotta find some water balloons!!!

Jun 20, 2011. 7:04 AMmgoings1 says:

can someone do it and put something next to it so we can see the size?

May 30, 2011. 5:32 PMvideogamemaster says:

Whoa. I want one!

May 19, 2011. 11:10 PMlexflex says:

I not understand the ice not found with the time

Apr 11, 2011. 1:29 PMsilverleaf says:

Don't you feel like freezing it for forever?
Its soo darn pretty :)

Feb 13, 2011. 7:30 PMLindsayFester says:

I've made these a couple of times now, but mine don't look like that. The surface isn't as smooth and if I drain the water, I lose all the colour. It still looks neat, but I'd like to keep the colour.

Also, if I leave it for longer than 4-5 hours, the outside is clear and the center is solid food colouring, like an egg yolk.

Any advice? Is it the food colouring I'm using? :)

Feb 13, 2011. 5:00 PMKritoPerf says:

SICK! i love it

Jan 7, 2011. 10:59 PMhappyjo says:

Wow! I really like it! It is interesting yet very simple!

Aug 18, 2009. 12:41 PM

Yerboogieman says:

Why is it blue?

Dec 21, 2010. 4:27 PMfirefliie says:

food coloring.

May 22, 2009. 3:12 PMIM INVISIBLE says:

Drain the water out of the Crystal?

Sep 21, 2010. 9:14 PMkawaiipeach says:

it's not crystal, it's just ice :P

Oct 29, 2010. 3:17 PMComplacentBard says:

ice is a crystaline substance

Sep 2, 2009. 3:49 PMwito31 says:

Why take out the water?

Sep 21, 2010. 9:15 PMkawaiipeach says:

because the ouside layer is solid while in the inside water is still liquid

Oct 12, 2007. 4:55 PMDinerro94 says:

wouldn't the ice expand when frozen. in other words the balloon would pop!

Aug 26, 2010. 6:58 AMdobos111 says:

its a balloon - they are meant to expand

Jun 26, 2008. 1:58 PMmasterj says:

it wouldnt expand that much .... in fact iv frozen ice in glass cups .... didnt break

Jan 30, 2009. 9:44 PMred-king says:

things contract when they freeze.

Feb 3, 2009. 8:14 PMmasterj says:

water expands not contracts when frozen ... its thermodynamics

Jan 30, 2009. 10:08 PMsonaps says:

Water, when freezing, forms a six-sided crystaline structure. This actually causes it to expand and become of lower density than water (hence ice floating in water).