Mr Cuppa bought our tickets (they were having a offer for the adult tickets, and the children entered free the weekend we visited), and I dressed the kids. Jackets were included with the tickets, so we had to rent them for the kids at $5 a piece. Because I'm kiasu (Singlish, literal translation: scared to lose. In this context - paranoid), I dressed the children in their own fleece jackets before putting them into the rented ones. I mean, who knows who's been in them?!?! Also, I wanted to be doubly (heh!) sure that they were warm. It's a good thing I did too, as there were many children there that day, and the jackets they each got were way too big for them.


Source: https://www.facebook.com/iceart
The ice were crystal clear, and Mr Cuppa initially thought they were plastic as they did not feel like ice - not slippery, probably due to how cold our fingers were at that point, and because it didn't melt at our touch.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/iceart

Source: https://www.facebook.com/iceart
It was difficult taking pictures while trying to corral a toddler whom I was afraid would slip and fall, and a preschooler who had no interest inthe sculptures whatsoever, and only wanted to get to the ice playground as quickly as possible. That, and it was not so easy to take pictures with smartphones with gloved (complimentary) fingers. Thus our own pictures are dark and blurry and I gave up after a while. The nice pictures you see in this post were taken from their Facebook page.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/iceart
Both kiddos had great fun going down the slides. Contrary to what you might think, the slides were not at all slippery, until you near the bottom where there was a (very short) slightly steeper section. Therefore, we had to scoot down the slide on an increasingly cold butt, until gravity took over just before the end. On my second run, I made sure that my butt was on directly on the slide, but that I was sitting on the long rented jacket. This ensured that I did not have a cold butt this time round, with the added bonus of reducing friction so that we slid down much more easily. Another discovery, the slide on the left of the picture above is a little steeper, and thus more exciting.
Little Man also had great fun going down the main slide on a tube with Mr Cuppa. He also experienced 'snowfall' that the 'elephant' blew out. He was having so much fun, he did not want to leave. However, we had to as my feet were freezing from the snow that had found their way into my rather weather inappropriate shoes.

All in, it was a very fun outing for the family.
2 Degree Ice Art is located opposite Marina Bay Sands. It is easily accessible via MRT, and will be opened till 15 May 2014. Do consider paying a visit if you haven't already.

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Little Man: 3 years 10 months
Little Lady: 1 year 9 months
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