I got excited for today's pin. I really thought I was going to make a cool toy for Oliver. Check out this pin:
http://pinterest.com/pin/216383957066231421/
Even though it's clearly photo-shopped, I could visualize a glowing, glittering jar, and I could just see Oliver's delight.
For $2 at Michael's, we bought a package of glitter and two packages of two glow sticks (for a total of four).
I had an empty, clean peanut butter jar that I decided to use because it's plastic and wouldn't break. I dumped the glitter in and then slowly added water, shaking it to keep the glitter from clumping. Then, following this guide from ehow, I cracked all the glow sticks. I took my scissors and cut one open...
Splat! Neon green liquid shot out everywhere, including all over my glasses, which I was happy I was wearing. Andrew helped me clean. I poured the glow stick into the jar, and, by poured, I mean I shook it vigorously for the liquid to come out drop by drop. When it hit the water, it stopped glowing. I thought maybe it was diluted, so I proceeded to use all the glow sticks.
Here's what I ended up with:
All the glitter clumped together into a goo, and the glow sticks dyed the glitter green. There was no glow inside the jar whatsoever. It was a jar of goo.
Andrew knew I was disappointed, so he tried to get Oliver to play with it anyway. He used the light of his cell phone to light up the jar from underneath:
That was pretty cool, but because Oliver couldn't run around and shake the glowing jar, he quickly lost interest. This pin bombed.
You shouldn't have used water! It's just the glow sticks liquid and glitter! ;)
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