Glowing bubbles would most definitely be the coolest thing since sliced bread. I'm an "adult" (by age only) and I still love bubbles, so glowing bubbles would just be even more awesome, right?!
The directions said to break the glow stick, add the glow stick liquid to the bubble solution, and Voila! glowing bubbles!
I pinned this one on my "To Test" board because I was already a little skeptical. My first thought was "Won't the glow-in-the-dark liquid change the consistency of the bubble solution too much to work?" I decided that I wanted to test it out, because if this worked it was going to be awesome.
I went to the store and they either had HUGE bottles of bubble solution (and I mean huge) or packs of small bottles. It took me forever to find just a single bottle of bubble solution that didn't come with a bubble gun or something of the sort. Of course of all the different characters/movies I was offered through my bubble selection, I had to go with Toy Story.
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| My bubble and glow stick selections. |
Before I dumped in the glow-in-the-dark liquid, I wanted to know how well this bubble solution worked first. It was awesome! Lots of bubbles, all sizes of bubbles...definitely To Infinity and Beyond Bubbles. So I knew the bubble solution was working perfectly...now to see how the glow-stick stuff affected it.
Cool glowing bubble solution...but no bubbles! I couldn't get a single bubble to form once I added the glow-stick liquid. I tried light breaths, hard breaths, sideways breaths, etc. No bubbles. The consistency just did not work at all. So I then had a glowing bottle of bubble-less solution.
Perhaps this would work with the huge bottle of solution as it wouldn't get as diluted down...but I don't know. That's an experiment for another day.
I also tried it but with a bigger bottle and i used glow bracelets instead. The bubbles formed but they didn't glow.
ReplyDeleteI got bubbles but no glow using a regulation bottle of bubbles and a Coleman light stick. Looks like another bogus Pinterest idea.
ReplyDeleteSame exact result here... what a disappointment!
ReplyDeleteWe tried this on the 4th of July .... FAIL!!!!
ReplyDeleteNot sure if this will work, haven't actually tried it. It does work for bathwater. It may be worth a shot for anyone with the time/resources... adding the foam ink-loaded insert from a fluorescent yellow highlighter may work. The glowing will show up best under blacklight. The ink isn't as thick as glow stick liquid, so bubbles may still be able to form.
ReplyDeleteI bought a thing of "miracle bubbles" and tried this by pouring equal parts bubble solution and glow stick fluid into a dixie cup. It glowed like crazy, and the bubbles still formed, but they still didn't glow once you blew them. Lame. There's just now way on this one.
ReplyDeleteWe tried this (no luck). As soon as I cut the glow stick open I had a thought...the "snap" you hear when you activate a glow stick is a little glass capsule breaking (to mix the chems) so there is little shards of glass in the glow solution and of course in your bubbles. I was actually happy this did not work as it saved me the stress of my kids playing with broken glass...lol
ReplyDeleteYeah I tried this also with no luck, the bubble solution glows, and it makes bubbles, but the bubbles don't glow. I highly recommend not trying cool stunts like this for the first time in front of very anxious and excited children. My nephew was devastated and I feel like a rotten aunt!:( Thanks Pinterest!:) lol
ReplyDeleteAlthough not consider toxic I'm not sure I would break one open. http://safety.lovetoknow.com/Glow_Bracelet_Toxic_Liquid_Danger
ReplyDeleteThe missing ingredient, clearly, is the weed or LSD. See that guy saying wooaah in the 3rd picture? He's on something.
ReplyDeleteThey probably used the store bought glow-in-the-dark bubbles. We bought some this summer.
ReplyDeleteBad idea - we make this stuff in Organic Chemistry I lab and it actually eats through gloves and Parafilm (like a sheet of wax) in just a few minutes on contact. Of course, our version is probably super-amped (it glows like CRAZY) but it has sodium hydroxide pellets in it (think solid lye) and it's super nasty. I wouldn't break one of those open even if it wasn't quite as toxic as our version.
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