Kids just LOVE making these fantastic glow stick lanterns. A super easy craft that’s great for summer!
We just love these glow stick lanterns. They’re so quick to make, gorgeous bright colours and make a great little decoration for when you’re camping or out in the garden on summer evenings.
What you need to make glow stick lanterns
- Empty plastic water bottles
- Pack of chunky glow sticks
- Enough water to fill the bottles.
How to make glow stick lanterns
- Fill the bottles with water – this just weighs them down so they’re less likely to fall over. The water also makes the glow stick light appear brighter and give off a fuller light.
- Get the glow sticks glowing – just bend them until they make a snapping sound and then push it into the bottle and screw on the cap.
- Arrange as you like – they make a great edge decoration for pathways or around the front of tents so that you can find yours in the dark.
Make garden lanterns your way
- You could go ‘posh’ and use San Pellegrino water bottles and co-ordinating glow stick colours…
- You could buy a huge 5 litre bottles of water and put lots of glow sticks in them and have them at the garden entrance.
- They also make a great little night-light inside the tent if you’re camping with kids.
- You can also turn these lanterns into glow up skittles and play garden bowling.
LOVE Glow Stick Crafts? Try these:
- Glow Stick Bath – create a gorgeous, relaxing sensory bath for the kids, play some classical music and let the kids really chill out.
- Galaxy Jars – help the kids to create some amazing glowing galaxy jars – they’re brilliant fun and super easy to make.
More Summer Crafts for Kids
- Homemade Water Toys – a collection of brilliant homemade water toys and games that are simple to make and set up in the garden.
- Big Bug Hunt – a free printable bug hunt that’s perfect for little ones to use out in the garden.
- Mud Pie Target Shot – let kids make some muddy mess – create a homemade mud pie station and hurl them at the targets to score the most points!
Yield: 1 lantern
Glow Stick Lanterns
Glow stick craft for kids
Prep Time
2 minutes
Active Time
2 minutes
Total Time
4 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Estimated Cost
Less than £1
Materials
- Glow Sticks
- Water
- Empty Bottle
Instructions
- Fill the bottles with water – this just weighs them down so they’re less likely to fall over. The water also makes the glow stick light appear brighter and give off a fuller light.
- Get the glow sticks glowing – just bend them until they make a snapping sound and then push it into the bottle and screw on the cap.
- Arrange as you like – they make a great edge decoration for pathways or around the front of tents so that you can find yours in the dark.
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