How do you make a lifesize igloo?

Answer 1

I assume you are going to use packed snow?

Start with say 24x24x12 box and use it as form to make snow blocks.
If the snow is packed if then just use it to carve 24x24x12 blocks.

As you make the blocks lay them out in a circle of about 10 feet in diameter. This will be your starting course so make sure it is leveled. Don't forget to leave about a block and a half out for the 36" entrance. Keep on adding course after course by moving each consecutive course 5-6” toward the center of the igloo. This will generate a distinctive arch. Now you are ready to build a tunnel entrance. Use the analogous technique to form an arch.

Go and have some fun. Hmm I guess it just a matter of finding some snow. I would stay away from the South Pole, North Pole is a great place to be for now, but hurry :).

Answer 2

First, you need a lot of snow. Pack it down and let it freeze solid. Then, pack down an area about 20-24 feet across. Make a circle by placing a stick in the center and scratching a circle in the snow with another stick attatched to a rope (about 8 feet long) between the stick in the middle and the one you hold.

After you have a 16 foot circle, start by making brick type chunks of snow. Make each one about 1 foot wide by 8-12 inches thick and 2 feet long. Lay them down around the circle. After you complete the circle, start the second layer and build it around again. Then begin to slightly angle the third row inward and gently slide the blocks inward to make the slant of the roof as it goes inward. Once you have completed the third or 4th row, carefully cut a small door out close to the ground-big enough to move in and out of, but not so big it risks destabilizing the wals/roof. The trick is to continue making this inward slanting circle smaller and smaller until you have completed the roof with one final chunk of snow in the center. This is tricky and you must be careful not to make them too heavy or you risk crushing the roof in. Gentle snow over the igloo will provide good insulation so do not worry too much about packing the cracks between blocks.

Safety is important. Once you are done, let it set up a while before spending much time in it. If it really cold the snow might have a hard time packing like you want it. Then it might be easier to make a shelter in a snow drift.

Good Luck

Answer 3

Hire an Eskimo or move to where there's alot of snow!

Answer 4

cut bricks out of packed snow, then go around in circle untill you reach the top.

Answer 5

Ask some michigan people, they make them every year for some crazy snow festival. wackos

Answer 6

Vacation Bible School used empty milk jugs and hot glued them together!

Answer 7

You don't - you go to f*cking Alaska and let some eskimo do it.

Answer 8

You need a lot of ice, I think... :)