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Ice carver uses leftovers to build massive slide in front yard

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Sherwood Park artist creates cool ice slide in his own front yard
WATCH ABOVE: A Sherwood Park, Alta. artist's latest project is his own front yard and his children and their friends think it's a lot of fun – Feb 8, 2017

They say: if you build it, they will come. An Alberta artist is proof positive. Kelly Davies’ latest project is a massive ice slide in his own front yard.

Davies is a professional ice carver and has been collecting ice leftover from projects with the hopes of creating something at home.

“It’s what I do and I love doing it so much,” he said. “Usually ice carving takes me away, always, so to be able to work at home with the kids here and the neighbourhood… I really enjoy it.”

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It took him an entire Saturday to create.

“It’s for the kids,” Davies said. “Every year, I harvest ice from jobs throughout the winter. This year, it just happened to turn into a slide.”

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And, while it’s an attraction for youngsters, it also gives the older crowd a thrill.

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“The first person down the slide was a fully grown woman from the neighbourhood,” Davies said. “I let her sneak on before my kids even got on. Everyone loves it. It’s amazing.”

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On Wednesday, he invited some of his kids’ classmates for a hot chocolate sliding party to try it out.

“We just picked them up from school… Everybody’s excited.”

 

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