Glow in the Dark Jars with Sticks
We finally made glow in the dark jars! We’ve tried the glow in the dark paint and the black light but never quite achieved the look we were going after. But earlier this week the kids and I picked up 3 packs of glow sticks. You can buy 5 of the braclet sticks for .97 at Walmart. What a deal! We had seen online that some people had tried the glow sticks to make the universe in the jar effect. So we tried it ourselves!
Glow in the Dark Jars
I popped the stick to make it start glowing. Then I took a pair of scissors and cut the bracelet into small pieces. I kept the stick over the mason jar so no liquid dripped out. I screwed on the top and made sure it was tight. Then my daughter got to shake the jar. This allowed the liquid to coat the inside of the jar.
Safety Tip: The packages say non-toxic, but I still used every safety precaution while doing this. I do not offer any kind of medical advice or opinions on whether this is child friendly.
My daughter took a 2nd bracelet and laid it on top of the jar. Now the jar glows and the top is glowing too. She set the jar in her room and had a really cool night light that lasted almost all night.
Glow in the Dark Jars – No Paint!
This jar is glowing on its own from the glow stick – no black light, no paint!
Glow balloons
Since we had the glow sticks on hand, we decided to put a few inside some balloons. These looked really cool and the kids had a ball with them. I could see how much fun this would be on a summer night out in the backyard.
Anybody else get inspired by the glow in the dark craft ideas that I posted earlier this week? I’d love to see and hear what you’ve done!
I will tray this idea for my Son Inlaw 25th birthday Party. Is going to be fun to see the “Old little kids” faces. I will let you know, Thank you
pour glow stick into bubbles for glow in the dark bubbles
How awesome! My son will love this!
wow how fun, the kids must have really loved this, glow in the dark is always such fun.
Wow, very cool idea! I need to remember to do this for sleep overs!
cute idea, would be fun for a slumber party!
Some serious fun here!
These look like such fun, they would make a nice Halloween decoration too since you mentioned they lasted almost all night.
Looks like fun!
As for non-toxic…. About 8-9 years ago, my daughter (around 3 yrs old), managed to bite or break a glow stick. It coated her mouth. I couldn’t find the packaging at the time so I called poison control. They said “It won’t hurt her. It will just taste really bad.” I confirmed with my daughter that it did taste bad. After the call to poison control, I commented to my mom that I wish we had gotten a picture when her mouth was glowing orange! It would have made for a fun scrapbook page! LOL
Thanks for sharing this! I really worried about whether I should post this idea because I had a feeling I would hear negative stuff about it being dangerous. So glad to hear your experience. And yes, that would have been a great keeper picture!!! This was a ton of fun!