My kids were excited to have these in their rooms the other night when they went to bed. Simply fill a small jar with water and then cut open a full size glow stick and pour it in! Don't waste your time using the tiny bracelet ones. You'd need a bunch and it would be time consuming and messy to get the same brightness of 1 or 2 of the full size glow sticks.
Break the stick first to activate it and be careful while pouring out the contents. I used some kitchen shears to cut the top off of the glow stick which was a bit tedious, but worked. Gently swish around the water (but do NOT shake) and you're set!
Clearly this is NOT a kids activity, but my kids enjoyed seeing the end result.
Break the stick first to activate it and be careful while pouring out the contents. I used some kitchen shears to cut the top off of the glow stick which was a bit tedious, but worked. Gently swish around the water (but do NOT shake) and you're set!
Clearly this is NOT a kids activity, but my kids enjoyed seeing the end result.
These would look neat lining a driveway or walkway on Halloween! We always seem to end up with a bunch of glow sticks after going trick-or-treating, so we'll be making more of these!
I used a pint sized and a quart size and used 2 full sized sticks in the quart. The pint sized one seemed to be brighter than the quart sized jar. It glowed bright for a day and them dimly for another day and the larger one lasted the night. I bet baby food jars would work GREAT.
My advice would be to just make one at first and see how it goes before making a bunch for a party. It seems as though not all glow sticks are the same and I've received mixed results in the comments section. So you may need 2 sticks of some variety and only 1 in others.
I found my inspiration here.
Here are some other cool ones I saw on the web! So neat!
Extreme Glow
Glowstick Lanterns
I'm bookmarking this one to try out :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic idea! So doing this next year. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHow cool!!!! You always have such great ideas!!! Your very inspiring!!! Thank you!!!! Kendall
ReplyDeleteThose look great and I can't believe how long they lasted! I tried this on Halloween but didn't add water so the effect was kind of sad. Oh well, now I know better next time, thank you!
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ReplyDeleteThis is yet another great way to use mason jars!
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What a great idea, thanks! We'll definitely be making some of these this summer.
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What a great idea, thanks! We'll definitely be making some of these this summer.
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I keep seeing things like this on Pinterest, but my understanding is that there's glass inside the glow stick. Makes me wary of cutting one open.
ReplyDeleteWe tried this but had a lot of trouble getting the glow stuff out.
ReplyDeleteWe tried this and it did not work...the glow onlu lasted about 3 min then it faded to nothing. Waste of money!
ReplyDeleteJennanne, click on the link I shared at the bottom of the post and scroll through her comments. Many have had the success we did, but it didn't work as well for others. We used full size glow sticks, not the skinny dollar store ones as well.
ReplyDeleteVery cool idea! Found you on the T & J link party!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Found you on the T & J link party!
ReplyDeleteCan you add glitter in there for an added sparkle effect
ReplyDeleteHow do you dispose of them after the glow is gone? Can you just add another glow stick to the same water and keep re-using?
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa! My kids lost their interest after the first sticks wear off so I didn't try recharging them, but I don't see why that wouldn't work. To dispose of them, I strained out the glass (from when you snap the glowsticks) and then dumped the water out. Good luck!
DeleteSo cool I love the glitter idea too! Ty ladies!
ReplyDeleteOur village asks residents to put out lanterns on the Christmas parade night the evening after Thanksgiving. Usually they put candles in the bottom of gallon jugs, but I wonder if the glow stick jars would work as well, if not better....
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