CBC Kids News looks at how some Canadians are getting creative with snow and ice this winter. Like this archer made of ice in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Feb. 5. (Image credit: Justin Fraser/CBC)
This 16-foot elephant made of snow was created in Néguac, New Brunswick, on Jan. 30. Sculptor Jean-Pascal Brideau said it took him eight days to make and that he used a chainsaw instead of a shovel to build it. (Image submitted by Jean-Pascal Brideau) Correction: This caption originally said the sculpture was created in Caraquet.
Kim Asmussen of Schreiber, Ontario, is a former school principal who now makes winter art. He told CBC Kids News he had to bury this sculpture of a figure skater in snow so it wouldn’t melt before it was time to put it on display this winter. (Image credit: Kim Asmussen/Facebook)
Kim Asmussen also regularly does large-scale snowshoe art. His giant murals are created with patterns made by walking with snowshoes on freshly fallen snow and can only be seen from above. Asmussen posted this image of his design on the local baseball field in Schreiber, Ontario, on March 2. (Image credit: Kim Amsussen/Facebook)
Two assistants install a gnome-like creature in Gatineau, Quebec, on Feb. 3. This installation is part of the city’s annual Winterlude festival, which includes fun wintertime activities like tube sliding, ice skating and snow and ice sculptures. (Image credit: Frédéric Pepin/CBC)
Brian Einarson has been building snow tunnels for his pugs Sadie and Valentine to climb through for the last 13 years. He’s transformed his backyard in Winnipeg, Manitoba, into 50 snow tunnels for his dogs to keep active in during the cold winter months. (Image credit: @pugs_in_snow_tunnels/Instagram, CBC)
