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Are you snowed in and looking for something neat to do?

Contributor Candice Trimble has just the thing to pass the time: frozen bubbles.

Trimble stumbled upon the idea online, and has done the frozen-bubble experiment over the past few winters when temperatures drop to single digits.

"It's a fun way to have fun with mother nature," she says.

You'll need honey, dish soap and a bubble wand if you have one. Trimble explained that the sugar from the honey creates a sugar polymer that helps the bubbles withstand freezing and also allows for it to crystallize.

Trimble blew these ice bubbles at sunrise one morning on her porch.

"The weather was frigid so my hands were shaking, making it a tad difficult to get consistently clear pictures," Trimble says, adding that the ice bubbles "demonstrate the beauty that can be had during the winter months."

To make your own ice bubbles:

1. Mix equal amounts of honey, dish soap, water

2. Get a bubble wand and absorb the solution in it

3. Blow in air or onto a surface (surfaces are better for photographing)

4. Depending on the temperature, the bubbles will completely freeze within seconds of minutes

And remember: the colder, the better -- single-digit temperatures work the best!

To see more of Trimble's ice bubbles check out her contributor profile, Twitter and Instagram.

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