Students at the Grande Prairie Christian School have created quite the attraction out front, while learning the art of snow sculpting. It's a new addition to the outdoor education class, which consists of students in grades 7-9. As a class, they decided to jazz up the program, and do something unique outdoors that they haven't tried before. 

The first step was to form their initial idea using play-doh or plasticine, and make a miniature version of their sculpture. Then with the help of local snow and sand sculptor Arron Johnson, the kids began to bring their creations to life outside.

Louis Chabot, GPCS Teacher says, "He came out and taught them the basics, and helped them with their designs, which was an awesome blessing to them." Johnson put in more than 20 hours into the program, which included sculpting the Chronicles of Narnia scene out front. 

Chabot says, their theme was from literacy week, so they had to sculpt something in relation to books or learning. "The students are doing awesome, it's really hard to be an artist the first time. We were expecting them to give it a really good attempt, and to try their best, hoping it would look like something they wanted it to." 

Some of the designs are a little more simplistic, while others have some extra detail to them. 

Ultimately, Chabot just wanted the students to have a new experience, to get outdoors, and try something that's totally different.

Grade 7 student Micah Utz says, "It's a lot of fun! I would likely do it again, it's been a fun thing to learn."

The sculptures are located outside the front of Grande Prairie Christian School, and have already captured a lot of attention from people driving by. 

Chabot says, it's been a fun reaction from the public. "We've even had truck drivers with these huge rigs stopping by the side of the road, getting their phones out and taking pictures. Some people come by every two to three hours just to see what the difference is."

If you want to see the snow sculptures, you can stop by anytime. Ultimately it's up to the weather now to determine how long you have to check them out.