Don't Break the Ice is a children's tabletop game for two to four players ages 3 and up.
First marketed by Schaper Toys in 1968, the game was sold to Hasbro subsidiary Milton Bradley in 1986.
One ice block is larger than the rest, and has a plastic character standing on it - this varies from edition to edition, being either Phillip the Penguin, a man referred to as "Ice Man", or a polar bear.
To set up the game, the stand is turned upside down and the ice blocks placed into the frame, so that the shared uniform compression of the blocks pressed against each other will cause them to stay in place when the stand is turned upright.
The players then take turns removing ice blocks by tapping with the hammers.