With Easter coming early in March this year, it's time to get ready to celebrate!
Check out this fun glowy egg post (re-blogged from last year):
A Basket Full of Glowy Eggs
One of my very favorite Easter traditions is to have a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt for the kiddos.
Read on to see how easy this is to pull off!
Glow Sticks
For this project you need glow sticks and large plastic Easter eggs. Make sure your plastic eggs are on the thinner (cheaper) side as this will better allow the light to shine through. I was going to use my large pastel eggs, but figured out that my printed eggs worked much better.
(You can read more about my egg collection by clicking
here)
I purchased my glow sticks at Dollar Tree for $1 a package. Dollar Tree has a large variety of glow sticks, you will need to get short ones. The longer the glow stick, the harder it is to fit them inside of an egg.
Usually I purchase a couple of bracelet packages, but then I saw these 'lantern' sets. I liked these better because for the same price I would get more sticks per package and in different colors. I am ever the savvy shopper my friends ;)
Activated Glow Sticks
The first thing you need to do is open and activate your sticks. For those of you who haven't used glow sticks before, this is really easy. Just gently bend the stick in half until it 'cracks' and then shake until the entire length is glowing.
Fun Fact: I had to hide in my bathroom to keep the kids from finding out that I was making their surprise glowy eggs.......enjoy the lovely photo background of my linoleum flooring :D
Ready to Fill
I like to somewhat match my glow stick color to my egg colors....It's super important, ya know! ;)
Step 1
Gently bend the glow stick in half.
I say gently because yes, they can break open. Baby Girl and my Niece discovered this one year...all over my Nephew's brand new carpeting! It didn't stain, but we were a little worried there for a minute! The girls, however, absolutely loved being covered in glowy goo....Did I mention the importance of making sure that you purchase non-toxic glow sticks?!?!?! :D :D :D
Step 2
I like to put the folded glow stick into the larger (bottom) half of the plastic egg first, it seems to stay in place better.
Step 3
Snap on the top!
If you are planning an outdoor hunt, or just want to make sure the eggs don't pop open, I recommend sealing them shut with a bit of clear tape.
Truth: I don't bother with taping the eggs shut. My kids collect their eggs and then immediately start popping them open to retrieve all of the glow sticks. After that, it's one big glow stick party until bedtime!
The Finished Product
Keep filling your eggs and you will end up with a collection of fun, glowy eggs for a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt!
Glowy Eggs!
This is an easy, inexpensive (Total cost: $2) tradition that my kids love playing with.
And I love watching my kids delight in the simple things :)
I hope you enjoyed the post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2016
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