Comments on: Third Birthday: Ideas for a Glow-in-the-Dark Birthday Party

By: katrina

katrina — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:06:36 +0000

buy some glow in the dark paint and let the kids paint a black or navy t-shirt. Takes a while to dry, but really fun party favor.

By: kelly

kelly — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:53:27 +0000

1. Target currently has in the "dollar spot" a pack of 15 glowsticks for 1 Dollar. They come in many colors.

2. Black Lights. Black lights. Black Lights. They make everything glow. Also come in regular light bulb form so any current fixture or lamp can become a temporary part of the party. They also make the room not quite dark but still all glowy so it might work better for the age group.

3. Look for halloween or craft things like the link below on the interwebs. http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/Lighting/bltmat_BlackLightMaterials.html

4. Use blacklight paints to paint up special secret messages or party favors for partygoers or just use it to make a glowing Happy Birthday Banner.

5. Use Mr. McGroovy's to make glowy playhouse.
http://www.mrmcgroovys.com/index.htm

6. Start off with the party with the lights on and make the lights going off part of the fun.

By: Karen F.

Karen F. — Thu, 24 May 2007 05:38:01 +0000

How about a ring toss game with Inflatable Glow Frisbees and paper towel tubes?

http://www.glowproducts.com/noveltyglowproducts/glowufo/

By: linda

linda — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:10:50 +0000

An activity involving the grown ups could be doing some hand puppet silhouettes, either telling a story, or as a sort of charades, where the kids guess which animal it is you’re making.

By: lisa

lisa — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:48:43 +0000

1. Caves/hideyholes for the kids to climb into. Like a fortamajig fort, or those collapsing tunnels if you have any.

2. Some sort of projector, like a constellation projector to project something onto the ceiling. Keeps with the dark theme, but adds some interesting lights.

3. I second the disco ball idea. A bit of an investment, but what a cool kid's room accessory.

4. Blacklight!

5. Sounds like it will be a great party.

By: Aj

Aj — Tue, 22 May 2007 01:53:38 +0000

This sounds sweet: what creative ideas without going totally over the top!

Would poster board work for blocking out the windows? Our dollar store sells white 3 for a dollar and all other colors 2 for a dollar. You could even decorate it with glow in the dark paint (or let the kiddos do it).

By: STL Mom

STL Mom — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:57:27 +0000

My daughter would have loved this party at any age. Her brother, not so much. You'll probably get a lot of different reactions.

I would just suggest that the room not be very dark -- just dark enough to see the glowing things. Even better would be to gradually make the room darker after all the kids get there, so they aren't going straight from sunny outdoors to pitch black. And make sure there is an open door to a well-lit room, so kids can easily go in and out of the dark. I think as long as kids feel that they are in control, they will be able to handle the dark. Judy's suggestions sound good too.

How about glow-in-the-dark bowling? Paint empty one- or two-liter bottles with glow paint, and have the kids roll a heavier ball at them.

One final suggestion - if you're going to give the kids small glow balls indoors, especially in the dark, make sure all breakables are removed from the room!

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 21 May 2007 16:08:51 +0000

Two words: disco ball.

By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 21 May 2007 11:03:20 +0000

Yay! Almost three! I have a few thoughts:
1. kids love those glow sticks, glow necklaces, glow anything (oriental trading company)
2. three sounds a little young to have a party in the dark. I would make one room a "dark" room--like your daughter's bedroom and conduct the rest of the party in the light. I would make going into the dark the grand finale when they have there flash lights and decorate it with glowie stars and everything and the balls so it's not too dark.
3. maybe you could make some kind of treasure hunt outside but the last stop is the dark room where everything is aglow!
4. I did a treasure hunt for my kid's fourth birthday where each clue was a picture of the next thing they had to find it was very easy and they all had to discuss where we'd go next (i also wrote little rhymes).
5. I love the chinese takeout boxes! maybe you could decorate them, use them to collect clues along the way, the last one could be the led light and then everyone could go into the dark room!
Okay that's just my opinion! But I know what ever you do will be so awesome!