Bubble Girl (A walk in bubble adventure)

***ONLY DO WHAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH***

This is a spin on the BUBBLE BOY Post.  My girls love all things glow in the dark.  They have been asking to do GLOW AND SEEK  for a while now.  They can never make it up until dark... so I thought I would bring the dark to them.  AK and her son came over for the fun as well.  :-)

Materials used:

Black Tarp.  

(I used THIS, and folded it in half)

Duct Tape.  

Fan 

(I used THIS... but next time will use something with more power... it didn't inflate as much as I wanted it to)

Black light (optional)

After you have the tarp folded in half, stretch out a piece of duct tape the length of the tarp.  Place the duct tape on the ground and then put the tarp down over top... leaving enough room to fold the tape over and seal it.  AK and I did this together which made it much easier.  Next, seal the opposite side.  This leaves it open on one end.  It will look like a giant garbage bag.  Lastly, take a piece of duct tape and seal just the middle of the open end... leaving two holes.  One hole to walk in, and one hole for the fan.  After you have the fan in the hole, duct tape the tarp to the back of it to seal it.  Try not to cover the fan completely to allow for air movement.  

I know this may sound complicated but it's really simple and a lot of fun!  

Our bubble in my living room.  

Yes, they all had a lot of fun just playing on the tarp itself!  

My 7 Month old inside the bubble. 

Checking things out.  

Lumiloons.  

"Moons and stars"  

AKA

Color coding labels under a black light.  

Inside the bubble. 

This was AWESOME!!  

Inside the bubble.  

We used:

Glow sticks

Disco Ball

Lumiloons (Party section of Walmart)

Finger lights

Light up spinning tops

Color coding labels

If you have a black light you could also paint with neon paint.  If this was outside I totally would have done that.  I just didn't want paint all over my living room!  

RL  

Glow and Seek

My oldest LOVES playing hide and seek lately.  There are only so many places you can hide in our house.  It was starting to get a little old!  LOL  I set this up for my two older girls and I can't even tell you how many games we played.  So much fun!  

All you need are some things that glow in the dark.  We used luminary balloons, glow bracelets, glow necklaces,  glow sticks, and submergible lights.  I purchased the balloons and submergible lights at Walmart and the glow bracelets, etc. at the Dollar Tree.  

"Hide" your objects around the room and let the fun begin. 

Pictures do not do this justice!  

Our first round!  

Girls searching for their glowing treasures.

They decided to put the collected ones in the middle of the playroom.  

"I found four balloons!"

My oldest wanted to take a turn at hiding them.  When I came in the room to find them she kept saying "You'll never find this one in here"... while taking it out of it's hiding spot.  Too funny!  

Their collection.  

The glow necklaces then went on the front porch for Santa's Reindeer.  :-)  

If you freeze the glow sticks after use they will last several days.  Also, I noticed that the glow sticks from Michaels Craft Store and Target are not as good of quality as the ones from Dollar Tree.

RL 

Glow Dough

You can see our playdough recipe here...  Playdough  

Paint to dye the dough is from here.... Paint

Neon paint can also be found at Michaels Craft Store.  However, it is more expensive.  

You can either mix the paint in before you cook it or add it to the dough after.  I added it to the dough after.  Next time I will definitely add it to the mixture before cooking.  

I had some alone time with my 19M old these past few days.  I set this up for her.  She is in love with dough so I thought we would add a new element.  :-) 

This will work under the use of a black light.  

RL

Added in some neon straws from Walmart.   :-)  

Here are some of our other favorite glow activities.

Letters in a different "light"

Glowing Reactions

Glow and Seek

Glow Sticks

Glow Art

Glowing Pipe Cleaners

Glow Paint

Glow sticks.... thinking outside the box

I purchased these glow sticks at the dollar store.  Bracelets come in a pack of five.  You can also get some at Michaels Craft Store in a pack of 15 for a buck!  If you store the glow sticks in the freezer after using them, they will last several nights.   

Glow xylophone

Fill water up at various levels and place glow bracelet inside.  

Glow stick xylophone

THE AURA IS JUST A CAMERA EFFECT!!!!!!

Glow Bath

Twlight Turtle

Letter Recognition

Fun with Pictures

Glowing balloons.  Place glow stick inside of balloon.  

For the post on this please click below.

Glow and seek... 

Glowing Hopscotch

RL