DIY Ice Bucket for Thanksgiving Tablescape
by Alina Orozco
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This DIY Ice Bucket is the perfect Thanksgiving Tablescape. Since I am Russian, I chose to make this DIY ice bucket with vodka. However, you can easily make this ice bucket mold for any beverage of choice.
Why You’ll Love This DIY Ice Bucket For A Party
These days you can actually purchase ice bucket mold, but you could easily make your own with an orange juice carton, gallon of milk or any bucket you have around the house!
This is an easy DIY, whether you find supplies at home or buy the ice mold. All you need is your decorative items of choice and a freezer to make this impressive holiday centerpiece.
How to Make this DIY Ice Bucket
The first step is to make room in your freezer. The “bucket” holding the bottle will be filled with water, so you have to leave it upright in the freezer overnight, or at least 4 hours or so.
Next, set aside a cardboard carton of milk or juice—those are the easiest to work with, since you’ll need to cut the carton at the end.
To make a DIY ice bucket mold work you need two vessels. One big bucket and another that fits inside the bigger bucket. Here I’m using an orange juice container as my big vessel and the vodka as my small vessel.
If you don’t want to have the vodka bottle stuck inside, simply use another smaller vessel which will help create a cooler for whatever you choose to put inside.
To create the ice bucket insert your herbs, fruit, flowers or greens. It’s a good idea to use a fork or a knife to help push your fillers down to the bottom of the carton.
Pour water into container, just covering fruit and flowers. Repeat step 3 and 4 until you reach the top of your container.Place in the freezer preferably overnight.
Take out of the freezer, use scissors to cut away the carton to reveal the ice bucket.
Place on table, under a small plate to collect any melting water.
For this ice bucket, I used cranberries and rosemary. But, you can use anything you have handy, like orange slices, flowers, leaves or other greens.
Make an Ice Bucket for the Holidays
Update: I purchased the ice bucket mold and it made for an easy and diy bucket for Christmas.