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Night Time Glow In The Dark Bowling

October 24, 2016 by Emma Gadsby 4 Comments

Adam and I love this time of year. As it is getting dark earlier in the evening, it gives us the perfect opportunity for light play activities. Over the past two years we have created 20 ways to play in the dark. Our latest activity – Night Time Glow In The Dark Bowling  – was quick and easy to set up. However, trying to photograph balls speeding across the floor in the dark, deemed impossible.

Night Time Glow In The Dark Bowling

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Resources needed for Night Time Glow In The Dark Bowling

* Eight Plastic Air Flow Balls (ours were purchased from PoundLand)

* One packet of Glow Sticks

How to make Night Time Glow In The Dark Bowling

1) Bend and crack a Glow Stick until it illuminates.

2) Insert the Glow Stick into a hole of the plastic ball.

3) Push the rest of Glow Stick into the ball and slot the end behind the plastic.

4) Repeat the process with the rest of the Air Flow balls.

5) If you have any left over Glow Sticks then you can add two Glow Sticks in each ball.

DIY Glow in the dark balls

How To Play Night Time Glow In The Dark Bowling

Throughout the session we created several different ways to play with the Glow In The Dark Balls. At first Adam wanted to roll the balls to me across the living room floor. This activity in itself was captivating to watch. The coloured balls kept whizzing along the floor.

Next we tried some bowling. I placed a glow in the dark ball in the middle of the floor and Adam had to attempt to hit the ball. The activity was great for developing Adam’s gross motor skills. Finally we explored spinning the glow in the dark balls. We attempted to get all eight balls spinning at once.

Bath play Glow in the dark balls

After exploring the glow in the dark balls it was bath time. Adam has had several glow stick baths in the past so I decided to place the Glow In The Dark Balls with him in the water. Although the balls didn’t float, Adam had a brilliant time dropping them into bath, rolling the balls down the bath tub and swishing them around the water.

DIY glow in the dark balls in the bath

Playing in the dark with glowing balls was a wonderful sensory experience. It was a perfect pre-bed time activity. We are looking forward to creating more light play activities.

virtual-book-club

This weeks Virtual Book Club story is Time for Bed by Mem Fox. Check out the other night time themed activities:

Alphabet Activities
Discover My Name in the Night Sky – Powerful Mothering

Number Activities
Star Counting Activity – Inspiration Laboratories

Sensory Activities
Sleepy Time Sensory Playdough Big Owl Little Owl – Witty Hoots

Cooking Activities
Farm-Animal Bedtime Snacks that Toddlers & Preschoolers Can Make — Chickadee Lit

Science Activities
Surprising Animal Sleep Facts – Mama Smiles

Color Activities
How to Make a Star Garland – The Educators’ Spin On It

Pre-Writing Activities

Starlit Night in a Cup! A Fine-Motor Craft for Kids – To be a Kid Again
Puffy Paint Night Sky – Views From a Step Stool
Star Pre-Writing Activities for Preschoolers – Toddler Approved

Movement Activities
Bedtime Relaxation Stretches – Sugar Aunts

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Filed Under: Play Activities, Super Quick Play Activities, Supervision needed Tagged With: Gross Motor Skills, Night time activity, Non-messy activity, Sensory Play Activities, Super quick set up

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Comments

  1. Crystal says

    October 25, 2016 at 10:56 pm

    How inspiring!! And so simple. This is a great idea!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      October 29, 2016 at 9:23 am

      Adam was over the moon that he got to play with it again the next day too!

      Reply
  2. Colleen says

    October 27, 2016 at 3:05 am

    This is a great idea! My kids will absolutely love this!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      October 29, 2016 at 9:23 am

      So easy to make too.

      Reply

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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