How should I store my Globe Ice Lantern until I am ready to use it?

Once a Globe Ice Lantern has been created, it is best to store it somewhere where it will stay cold and seperated from any surface.

If it is below freezing temps, a Globe Ice Lantern can be stored in a plastic bag on the north side of a home (in shade for most of the day). Always store it sitting with the open bottom down - try not to store it on its side.

If it is above freezing temps, there are several alternatives: 

#1  If you have space in a freezer, use it, but first put the Globe Ice Lantern in a plastic bag (so it does not freeze to any part of the freezer). In a freezer, Globe Ice Lanterns can be packed in on top of each other you like—they cannot melt, so the shape should not alter. Place thinner, more fragile lanterns toward the top.

#2  If there is a base of snow, put the ice globe in a plastic bag and bury it in a big pile of snow that you find or create. When it is cold again and you find your buried treasure, it may have developed a few wrinkles. Use a hair dryer or small torch to remove any glaze or imperfections. Try to look at these wrinkles as a new way for the light to dance around. (Make sure it is sitting with the open bottom down inside the snowbank to help preserve its round shape.)

#3  If there is you don't have room in a freezer or enough snow to create a mound, put a white plastic bag over it and place it (open bottom side down) on the north side of a structure or large tree so that it is in shade as much as possible.

#4 The last idea is to just let them go. They may get thin and full of sun or rain lines, but that could make the patterns of light amazing. Besides, now that you have the Wintercraft® Globe Ice Lantern Kit, you can just make more!