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As you can see from the pictures below, with imagination and creativity you can make all kinds of glistenaria lanterns and sculptures. Various smooth-sided, cylindrical containers can be used for exterior or interior molds. And why stop at circular? We have an oval shaped bucket with sides that flare out from bottom to top. It's one of our favorite glistenaria shapes. Layne Kennedy and his family use cookie cutters as molds to create figures; he makes dozens of ice lanterns for their annual holiday party. To make figures, he and his kids fill a large pan with water, put in cookie cutters and freeze the water. With warm water they separate the stars, Santas, etc., from the surrounding ice. The warm water at the bottoms of the figures works as a glue when they are put on top of the ice lanterns. The figures are back lit by the candle in the ice lantern.

Glistenaria by Layne Kennedy

Picture courtesy of Layne Kennedy (laynekennedy.com). All rights reserved.

Glistenaria by Layne Kennedy

You can freeze leaves, branches, whatever you think will look nice in your Glistenaria.

Picture courtesy of Layne Kennedy (laynekennedy.com). All rights reserved.

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This Glistenaria—actually the easiest of all to make—was created by freezing eight inches of water in a wash tub, then propping up the resulting large ice disk and putting a candle behind it. It was in the shade during the winter, and it lasted for weeks. Several neighbors said they especially liked the full moon effect.

Olympic Rings with real candles
 
These Olympic rings are illuminated with candles. You can see how they looked when solar-illuminated in the section Warm Climate and Ultra Low Carbon Glistenarias.
 
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You can do Glistenarias even on a rainy night. Just put them on your porch.