Build an Igloo from Sugar Cubes
 

 Read Building an Igloo by Ulli Stelzer.

Build a Sugar Cube Igloo. You will need

• sugar cubes,
• a 7 inch diameter cardboard circle,
• 2 egg whites, and
• 3 cups of confectioners' sugar.

1. Lay a base of sugar cubes around the
   cardboard circle. Leave space for
   the entrance.
   
   
2. Mix together 2 egg whites and 3 cups
   confectioners' sugar to make mortar.
   
   
3. To add subsequent rows of cubes to
   the igloo, apply the "mortar" to the
   bottom side of the cubes you are
   adding (not to those cubes already in
   place.)
   
   
4. Add a layer of cubes, one row at a
   time. Decrease the circumference
   gradually as you build up. Build one
   row starting at the left of the entrance.
   Build the next row starting at the right
   of the entrance. Continue alternating
   the starting side. Stagger the cubes
   the way a builder lays bricks. (See
   the photo.)
   
   
5. Build five layers and then stop until
   the sugar cubes have completely
   dried. Then build five more layers,
   and let those layers dry.
   
   
6. Working on a flat surface, make the
   roof. Make the arch for the door on
   a flat surface, too. Allow them to
   dry completely.
   
   
7. When the roof and arch are dry, glue
   them in place.
   
   
8. When the igloo is completely dry,
   you can sprinkle it with regular sugar,
   if you like, to give it a snowy look.
   
   
   
   This craft is from FUN FOODS by Wim Kros.
   

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