Monday, October 31, 2011

Glow Stick Lanterns

 How cool are these?!?!?!?
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 glow stick and pour it in! I used some kitchen shears to cut the top off of the glow stick. Gently swish around the water (but do NOT shake) and you're set!
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!
Inspiration found here.
Ours glowed bright for 2 days, then very dimly for another couple of days (faintly!)

7 comments:

Happy Whimsical Hearts said...

I'm bookmarking this one to try out :-)

Janiece said...

Oh my goodness, what a great idea!
How long do they last?

Janny said...

This is a fantastic idea! So doing this next year. Thanks!

Kendall said...

How cool!!!! You always have such great ideas!!! Your very inspiring!!! Thank you!!!! Kendall

Tricia @ SweeterThanSweets said...

Those 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!

Nicole [The Lovely Poppy] said...

how cool! i'm stopping by from the lovely poppy and would love for you to come by and checkout the huge giveaway going on that ends thursday- http://thelovelypoppy.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-follower-giveaway.html xoxo nicole

Jenfier Harrod said...

This is yet another great way to use mason jars!
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