Build a Warm Cozy Igloo for Winter.

IMPORTANT!!!

This project is part of the Stay Warm Contest. Snow is cold. This project might seem like it doesn't fit with the contest, but it does. You see, an igloo is a type of shelter for the winter designed to keep you warm during serious weather. it lets minimal wind in, and you body heats up the inside and the snow insulates the igloo so it not only gets warm, but stays warm. I hope that this helps.

Have you ever wanted to make an igloo but could never find a pile big enough or strong enough to dig a space into? Well don't dig into, but build out of. Build out of what? BRICKS. The classic way of making an igloo is with ice cutting, but most people don't have a frozen lake or a giant saw, so in this project, we will be making snow bricks. This video by Lapland with Chris (@lapland_with_Chris) shows him using a shovel to make the bricks, but some people cant get enough snow to cut a brick out of. This solves that issue by making it so that no matter how thin your snow is, you can always just gather snow from a wider area and place it in the full sized bucket.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QHKTpqB4eig

So the things you need are these molds. you can choose to print the red and orange ones (1 and 2), or you can print the big full sized mold (3). I would prefer the full sized mold because it is easier to pack down the snow. but the orange and red ones are meant to work like a snowball maker. If you print 1 and 2 but your printer bed is too small, then scale them down to fit, but scale them by the same amount or they won't work. for #3, just print it at the largest scale.

Any setting is fine, but supports are not needed, so unless your printer has trouble with that angle, then you don't have to worry about supports. none of the models require supports! to fit the prints at full scale, your printer should be at least 1 foot across, because of the size of the molds. If it doesn't fit, then just scale the model down to a size that does. this will make the igloo either smaller, or less stable, but if the bricks are laid so the long side is pointing outward (when building the igloo), then it should be fine.

use either an image of an igloo, or the video linked towards the beginning for a guide. place the bricks in a circle, leaving room for a doorway, continue this but connect the 2 sides of the door part way through. be sure to curve the sides inward over time to get an igloo instead of a castle. if it makes it easier, use the attached model to pack down snow and remove the mold without risking breaking the brick from it falling out.!

You're done! put some warm blankets inside and snuggle up with your buds in your new, warm, and cozy igloo!

Again, check out Lapland with Chris for more cool stuff. He was the creator of the video linked in the beginning.

Have fun everyone!