Ice Fun at Niles Ice Festival

Every year, Niles, Michigan holds an ice festival. Since it was pretty warm at last year's fest, we skipped it because a lot of the ice sculptures were melting and soggy. But this year, the temps were perfect for a weekend of frozen fun! Warning: this is a photo heavy post, but the sculptures make it worth it :)

For 3 days, visitors got to view gorgeous ice sculptures and partake in some really fun snow and ice activities!

There were little sculptures....

and some really big ice sculptures...

Superheros & Villains...

Sillies...

and my personal favorite, a castle fit for a princess...

that was probably constructed by Elsa herself...

Families got to enjoy even more fun with the free snow and ice games. There was ice bowling and mini golf, sledding, snowball corn hole, ping pong, and a mini snowman building competition!

The girls had fun going down the slide made of ice. And, I may have taken a trip down it myself...

Some of the local businesses were even generously passing out free sandwiches, cookies and hot cocoa to help stave off the cold! If you are planning a trip around Michigan next winter, try to make it out to the Niles Ice Festival if possible. You won't be disappointed!

What was your favorite featured ice sculpture?