Making Glow Jars With Glow Sticks

Soak the wick overnight in water this adds luminescence and color to the water.

Making glow jars with glow sticks.

The glow jars work using the liquid from the glow sticks. This is such a great glow stick idea and a super easy kids activity. These fairy jars are so easy to make and they look so cool. A glow stick is made up of two chemicals.

Give your highlighters a new purpose by extracting a shimmering liquid to make glow jars. To extract the liquid first crack the highlighter s plastic case and remove the colored wick. What you are actually hearing is the glass breaking of the smaller vial inside the plastic tube. You know the crunching sound you here when you snap a glow stick to make it glow.

Create your mason jar lanterns within 20 to 30 minutes prior to your event or during your event. Transfer the fluorescent glowing water to a jar and seal tightly. Then add the glitter and you are good to go. You just begin with a mason jar and cut your glow sticks at the ends and pour the liquid inside the glow sticks into the jar.

Last saturday my kids were so bored and needed some kind of fun activity to occupy them for a few hours. The background is noisy and i tried to cut the parts out where they are screaming and playing with each other but you may want to put the volume dow. If you re looking for more fun craft ideas to make using glow sticks check out our pop bottle fireflies. Create shapes inside your mason jar by purchasing removable stickers and placing them inside the jar before you pour the glow stick material inside.

Take a scissors and cut the clear end of the glow stick off letting it drip into the jar.