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Cool Stuff: Icy news for Really Cool Parties

Ice are funny old things. Who would have thought that a bit of frozen water that makes a difference to a party?

But it's not just plopping to drink. Crushed ice can be used in buckets to cool bottles of champagne, or cones, with a hint of something sweet as a lower-calorie alternative to ice cream on a hot day. The ice can be formed, it can be sculpted – it can even be in the form of buildings, like the famous ice hotel in Sweden, which melts back into the nearby river each spring.

Make a party place entirely from ice is not an option for most of us. But we can still have a little fun in a smaller scale by creating unusual shaped pieces of ice for drinks, and ice sculptures as table decorations. Here are a few of our favorite ice cream novelty products to help you throw the coolest party in town.

Gin and Titonic Ice Mold

Create frozen miniature ocean liners with icebergs and watch them collide in your glass. Each Gin and Titonic Ice Mold will prove four ships at a time and an iceberg to go with each.

Fossiliced Dinosaurs

Fill Fossiliced T-Rex or Stegosaurus mold with water, freeze, and then prove your collection of frozen dinosaur bones in your drink. You need not be a palaeontologist to enjoy Fossiliced Dinosaurs – but we bet Ross from Friends will love them …

Frozen Smiles

These frozen novelty dentures are sure to raise a smile or two when your guests find them floating in their drinks! Each Frozen Smiles mold makes four sets of frozen teeth.

Quack Quack Ice Tray

Create cool party beverages with a little chilling ducks swimming in them. The Quack Quack Ice Tray makes eight cute little ice ducks at a time.

Fishbone Ice Tray

Add something fishy in your drink with Fishbone Ice Tray, which makes blocks of ice shaped like fish skeletons. The Fishbone Ice Tray is made of high quality silicon and creates four Fishbone-shaped blocks.

Heart Ice Tray Twin Pack

Two heart-shaped ice molds, each making ten small icy hearts at a time. Heart Ice trays are perfect for valentines drinks – try adding cranberry juice instead of water for a really unusual – and romantic – Valentine treats.

BoneChillers Ice Tray

Shaking someone's timber with these novelty skull and crossbones shaped novelty ice trays. The BoneChillers Ice Tray is perfect for cooling down a pirate party, and it's great for Halloween parties, too.

Cool Shooters

Not just give your party guests is to put in their drinks … give them the shot Glass made exclusively of ice!

The Cool Shooters ice mold creates four very cool shot glass that you can do with plain water or juice with a splash of color.

Cool Jazz Drink Stirrers

Now here is a really cool alternative to plastic drink stirrers … making them from ice Instead, in the form of small guitars!

Each pack of Cool Jazz Drink Stirrers contains guitar-shaped ice mold and plastic guitar necks. Fill the molds with water or juice, add guitar's neck, freeze and then turn on your cool-for-something guitar-shaped drink stirrers and get stirring.

Cool Jewels

Add a touch of sparkle to your party drinks with Cool Jewels. Unlike diamonds, these jewel-shaped ice blocks will not last forever – but they will keep your drink much cooler than a diamond will!

Ice Invaders

Relive your abused adolescents with ice cubes in the form of Space Invaders. These small frozen aliens is an excellent news for the 1980s parties, and the durable silicon mold can be used again and again.

Swan Ice Mold

Trick your party guests into thinking you've discovered that you have a hidden talent for ice sculpture, by making ice swans as table decorations. The Swan Ice Mold makes a swan which is 29cm x 23cm x 8cm, which makes a beautiful centerpiece for your festive table.

About the Author

Anna Clare is Website Manager at ShinyShack.com, one of the UK’s leading online suppliers of fun gifts and cool stuff.

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