How to Get Ice Cubes Into a Water Bottle

If you like to carry around a water bottle on a hot day or during a physical activity, you may have had trouble getting ice cubes into your bottle. This is a common problem due to the rectangular shape of the ice cubes. There are a couple of simple ways, however, that you can easily make the ice cubes fit into a water bottle.

Decide between two options on how you would like to make the ice cubes fit into your water bottle:

• Break them up so that the smaller pieces are able to be added to your bottle


• Melt them down to the right size in order to allow them to pass through the opening of your water bottle

Break Them Up

1. Place the ice cubes that you want to use into a freezer quality Ziploc baggie, if you would like to break apart the ice cubes into smaller pieces. 


2. Place this baggie with the ice cubes in it on top of a small towel on a flat surface such as your countertop. 


3. Place the other side of the towel over the top of the baggie that contains your ice cubes, and then hit the surface of the ice cubes with a hammer with enough force to break the ice cubes into smaller pieces. 


4. Add these smaller pieces to your water bottle. You can repeat the process if you need more ice to fill your water bottle up with.

Melt Them Down

1. Place the ice cube under a stream of slightly warm water in your kitchen sink if you want to melt the ice cubes down to size. You will hear them snap and pop as they melt. 


2. Keep trying to inert them into your water bottle until they are small enough to fit. 


3. Repeat this process numerous times until you have added the desired amount of ice cubes to your water bottle.