A special occasion needs a special ice bucket just for the bubbly. Here is how to make a nice Icy Ice Bucket. 
- Fill a clean bucket with water.
- Sit the bucket outside overnight so that the water in the bucket freezes.
- The next day, upturn the bucket and bash it until the ice slides out.
- Gently knock a hole into the top and pour out the little bit of unfrozen icy water in the middle. Pour some of the water onto the table.
- Set your ice bucket into the puddle on the table , where it will quickly freeze TO the table. And there you have it – a very stable Icy Ice bucket!
Lower your chilled champagne into it’s bucket. Then take the champagne out of it’s bucket. Pop the cork softly, into the palm of your hand. Gently, don’t bruise the bubbles. 
Pour. Let the champagne slide down the side of the glass. Don’t pop those bubbles. The bubbles are Good. Return your bottle to the ice bucket.
Clink. Cheers. Drink. Happy Birthday To Me!
love celi
PS Be careful eating the berries – they are frozen solid by now!! (bubbly laughter). And don’t stay out too long or you and your champagne will be frozen solid too. However if the weather stays nice and cold, ( I know this is a contradiction in terms but bear with me) your frozen ice bucket will wait on its frozen table to chill the Christmas champagne as well. Maybe even New Years. You never know.
c
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115 responses to “How to Make an Ice Bucket for Chilled Champagne”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY C!!!
Thank you Giovanna!! c
So beautiful…. First of all because of the photographs… and secondly how makes me to be there and to drink in this great ambience… You are so artistic dear Cecilia, Thank you, with my love, nia
Lovely to see you nia! c
This is just not going to happen in Brisbane!
(laughter) .. might be a stretch!!
Brilliant idea! Yuuuuuuummmmm sssssiiiiiinnnnggggggg (or Chinese way of saying cheers) 🙂
Yum Sing!! Love it noodle! c
What a fab idea. Is it your birthday? If it is Many happy returns. Have a lovely day. Will be back later to catch up with what you have been doing. I have just spied the fab photos and those pies!!! Oh no – the diet will go out of the window.
Regards Florence x
Yes it IS my birthday and thank you!! and the pies are only tiny!! c
Great idea! And a very Happy Birthday to you! 🙂
Thank you Hetterbell, It is so simple and looks absolutely mad in real life!! c
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Celi, Happy Birthday to you. (sung in my best voice) 🙂
I LOVE your ice bucket – although not sure I would be able to make one like that here without the help of my chest freezer!
I will toast in your honour this evening wishing you a wonderful year ahead.
🙂 Mandy
Thank you Mandy darling and OH MY you have a lovely singing voice! c
Happy Birth Day to you.
It’s a nice idea, but this will not work in my country. If i will try to these steps, then we can drink this bottle of Champagne instead of tea. 🙂
Tea sounds good too!! thank you Arindam.. c
So that’s why all of the party nibbles this week? Feliz Cumpleanos, mi amiga! As always, great photos and I adore champagne with berries!
So do I, they are a perfect match, thanks Miss T.. c
¡Cumpleaños Feliz, cumpleaños feliz! Yay for your birthday, you deserve champagne after making that amazing ice bucket and taking those fantastic photos. Wishing you a wonderful day and a year ahead full of wonderful things…yuo deserve no less 🙂
Gracias Chica!! c
Happy Birthday! Beautiful pictures and great idea too 😉
Thank you Mad! c
Great idea! Happy birthday to you too! Mines today also. Cheers to us!
Oh Wanda, Happy Birthday to you too! How exciting to share! Pop around for a glass of bubbly darls! c
🙂 That’s some clever ice bucket! You know, I’d love to see snow someday but I’m kinda afraid of it. I mean, I live in the tropics where it never gets that cold yet some nights I use an equivalent of two blankets to feel warm in bed. I wonder at myself! Still, I hope to one day try out your winter experiments 🙂
Another month of this and I will be begging for the tropics!! c
LOL. Your welcome to dock at my harbour
You have a dock with an harbour! even more inviting! c
Oh, it’s your birthday?! I missed that. A very happy birthday to you, and a happy one ahead, too.
thank you katerina!! c
Happy Birthday! Some of my favorite people have birthdays on December 11–it’s a special day! Love this idea–unfortunately (or fortunately) it hasn’t been cold enough here in the northeast to freeze ice!
Lets go with fortunately! and thank you.. c