I live in Pennsylvania and yesterday we received around eight inches of very wet (i.e. packable) snow. I took my 7-year old twins outside to build an igloo. We did it only for fun (my wife won't let us sleep in it, nor is it big enough) but I've read enough igloo threads on BPL that I wanted to give it a shot myself…
I actually built it with one of my daughters inside to help hold the first couple of blocks in each level. She was having fun but got a little nervous after I closed her in and then took a few minutes before cutting a door for her. It took us exactly two hours to build the core structure – we then spent about an hour doing a "fancy" entrance tunnel.
When it was all done the girls enjoyed some hot chocolate inside their new shelter…
