How To Make An Igloo

Today’s feature tip is from TheFarm.org with their info on How To Make An Igloo.

Simple, easy to follow directions that include pictures. For a basic igloo, here are some notes (but make sure to read the full details on their website):

• Each block should be about 3 ft. (1m) long, 15 in. (40cm) high, and 8 in. (20cm) deep
• Build up walls, overlapping the blocks and shaping them so that they lean inward.
• The last block must initially be larger than the hole. Place the block on top of the igloo, then, from inside, shape and wiggle it to slot exactly into the hole
• It is essential to cut ventilation holes in the walls with an ice axe.
• With warmth inside the igloo, the surface of the walls will melt and freeze over, to form a smooth, airtight ice surface. The roof over entrance tunnel prevents snow from blowing into igloo.

Until you know what you’re doing, I wouldn’t let children play in these unattended. Improperly built igloos can collapse and that would be tragic. Also note their warning to include airholes to prevent suffocation.

We have someone in our city who builds elaborate igloos in his back yard with separate rooms and they are amazing, he is self-taught.

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