Every year competition is held to create Warming Huts in Winnipeg in the dead of winter on a frozen river. The installations tend to vary from the practical to the completely unconventional, their main purpose to animate the Assiniboine River and provide delightful little nooks for skaters. The furry Nuzzles emerged from a desire to challenge the notion of the prototypical hut. It is open to the elements yet still provides a sense of shelter, enticing kids and adults to snuggle with it as it protects them from the wind and insulates by trapping warm air close to its core. Its noodles’ bright colours stand out in the snowy surroundings, and their flexible forms invite interaction. People of all ages, especially children, are drawn to the sculptures and are engaging with them in myriad ways: jumping into them, climbing them, and, of course, nuzzling with them.