Welcome to to Colorado Springs Blog Post Sign in | Help

Colorado Springs

Homes in Colorado Springs, Monument and Fountain Valley, Colorado

News

  • Colorado Springs neighborhood news, events, real estate and more.
Cripple Creek Ice Festival

The 4th Annual Cripple Creek Ice Festival will be held for two weekends starting on February 12th and 13th.  This years theme will be "Story Time," where ice carvers can incorporate their interpretation of any piece of classic literature into their art. 

Enjoy watching the ice carving along Bennett Avenue as sculptors wield chainsaws and carving tools to create their masterpieces.  There will be activities for children and adults, including two ice mazes, an ice slide, a martini bar, and retail and food vendors on the street and in the heated event tent.  Visit both weekends, as sculptors will be carving throughout the two weeks!

The Cripple Creek Ice Festival will be supporting a great community organization and will be holding a book and supply drive to benefit the Children's Literacy Center.  Please help by donating books or other needed items (listed below) at main event tent.  The organization will accept books for all audiences.  See photos

Items Needed:
         -  Good quality or gently used books
         -  Books for the online book store (Popular fiction, Self-help, Biographies, Medical, and Plays sell best)
         -  Popular, recent children/teen book or series (e.g.: Time Warp Trio)
         -  Gently used literacy-based board games (Scrabble, Boggle, Life, Banana Grams, Life)
         -  Treasure Box items such as silly bands, novelty pens/pencils, hair accessories for girls, finger decks, Pokemon, etc.
              (Treasure Box items are prizes that students earn after reading at home for seven days in a row.)

Items NOT Needed: Picture books, Dictionaries, Thesaurus or Encyclopedias, Time Life Series, Tattered or old books

Location:  Cripple Creek - Bennet Avenue

Dates:  February 12-13th & 19-21st, 2011

Cost:  Free

Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 7:16 AM by Elizabeth Alexander

Comments

No Comments

Leave a Comment

(required)

(required)

(optional)

(required)

Comment Notification

Subscribe to this post's comments using RSS