Take one pack of glow sticks, and a hot bath. Crack all but 2 of the glowsticks (depending on how many kids you have, as you might like to give them one each to crack) and put the rest in the bath. Take a few before videos and pics and try to contain your excitement.
Turn off the light in the bathroom, close the bathroom door and then run shrieking into the lounge like a madwoman "Oh my goodness, you have to come and see this, it's like the coolest thing ever. I'm so excited about bathtime. EEEEEEEEEEEK. Quick come on, clothes off. Let's go, let's go"
Meanwhile, your children are wondering if you have lost your mind but follow obediently behind asking "what mummy?" "What's happening?". You know you lost your mind a long time ago and they are probably used to their crazy mama by now!
And once all clothes are off, we enter.
To a room filled with purple, glowing light. And though I can't see the wonder on their faces, I can hear it in their voices. And I know that this was one of the coolest and easiest way to jazz up bathtime yet.
In what turned into a much longer than usual bath time, our glowsticks became:
- rainbow fans for waving furiously to capture the moving light
- light sabers (of course!)
- submarines that dived down into the deep
- rocket ships that zoomed out of the water
- candles
- walrus teeth (although I did discourage them being put in mouths....just in case)
Go on - give it a go, and tell me it's not MEGA FUN!
9 comments :
SOO COOL!!! I have to remember this one for future years :)
I watched your video with Tiny and he thought it was pretty cool...think I might have to add glow sticks to my shopping list! Awesome idea.
Very cool! Now I almost wish it was winter here just now so we could have dark evenings and try it out. Almost.
I was a bit concerned when I read it first as I thought you meant pour the contents of the glow-sticks in the bath, and I was pretty sure that wouldn't be good for anyone's skin, never mind my eczema boys!
Crazy mamas are the best kind!
This is something I've been dying to do with my munchkins as well! So very cool!
That is fantastic - I'd LOVE you to link this up to Best in Blog this week!
xx
Oh we were meant to give this ago over the weekend but forgot all about it :) looks awesome
I'm doing this!!! Thanks for the idea! I'm seriously tempted to do it for my own bath too, not just the kids LOL
We've done this too, its great. Also great to take on long car trips at night :) Yes do be careful though as a couple of ours split and came out of the tubes onto the kids hands/clothes.
Sooo cool! Pinnin' it!
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