
Well, not really, but I'm pretty sure this is the next best thing. You can make your own personal snow flurry with paper snowflakes, wire, and a headband. Brrr!
Delightful contraptions, big and small.
We used the heat gun to bend plastic spoons into all sorts of interesting shapes.
The torch was great for bending the metal spoons.
The kids were also super interested in cold-forming the metal spoons by clamping them in the vise and shaping them with a
hammer. Ben wanted to make a spoon with a 360 degree twist in the
handle. This was his first attempt, using the vice and a hammer. He
discovered it was challenging to get the spoon handle to do a full twist without breaking.
Ben tried again, this time with the aid of the torch.
Success!
After we tried bending and twisting the spoons, we welded some of
them together
After the kids went home for the day, the adults got a chance to play.
The finished spoon chandelier! The kids decided the colors reminded
them of sunsets and sherbet. It certainly casts a lovely warm glow over the welding studio.