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Neon Bowling

January 16, 2015 by Emma Gadsby 1 Comment

Day 16 of our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge is light play. Unfortunately we had a play fail. Our original plan was to have a glow stick sensory bath. I ran the bath, snapped two packets of glow sticks, placed them in the bath with Adam and turned off the light. Nothing happened. Not one single glow stick out of 40 worked. We have used these glow sticks before and never had any issues. The only thing I can put the fail down to is that I have stored the glow sticks in our garden room which is incredibly cold at the moment.

Luckily I had another light play activity in mind  – neon bowling. After Adam’s delight of his neon rice sensory bin and neon bath painting I knew neon bowling would be a hit. It was simple to set up as I managed to do it whilst Adam was drying off from his disappointing glow stick bath.

I grabbed 6 recycled 330ml plastic bottles and filled them up with the neon rice that we had made for the neon rice sensory bin. The process was made easier by using a funnel. If I’d had time I would have added super glue to the lid to ensure that the bottles could not be opened – just like I did several months ago with our discovery bottles.

Adventures of Adam Neon discovery bottles

The neon bowling skittles looked great with the light on but they transformed once the light was turned off. The Handheld UV Blacklight (affiliate link) worked wonders yet again.

Adventures of Adam Neon bowling

Adam didn’t bat an eye lid with the fact we were bowling in the dark! Unfortunately our balls weren’t heavy enough to knock the skittles down easily but Adam and Dad-Dad had great fun throwing the balls extra hard.

Adventures of Adam Bowling in the dark

Equipment:

* Neon rice – click here to see how we created ours.  We used neon paint rom Rainbow Creations

* Handheld UV Blacklight (affiliate link)

* Six 330ml plastic bottles

* Funnel

* Heavy ball for bowling

 

31 Day Sensory Play Challenge Blog Hop:

Today The Pleasantest Thing is joining us for our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge Blog Hop. Take a look at their glowing sensory bag.

Adventures of Adam Neon Bowling

 

Other sensory activities for light play: 

Adventures of Adam DIY Light Box
DIY Light Box
Adventures of Adam DIY Colour Blocks for the Light Box
DIY Colour Blocks for the Light Box
Adventures of Adam Glow stick play
Glow Stick Play

Glowing Sensory Bag from The Pleasantest Thing
Adventures of Adam Neon Tuff Spot
Neon Tuff Spot
Christmas lights polar express
Day 2 – Christmas Lights Car Track

Decorate a Christmas tree on a lightbox
Day 6 – Decorate a Christmas Tree Light Box
Adventures of Adam Light up snowmen craft
Light Up Snowmen
Adventures of Adam Kid Made Light Up Christmas Tree Canvas
Light Up Christmas Tree Canvas

Adventures of Adam Light cube sensory play
Light Reflections Sensory Play
Adventures of Adam Easy to make light boxes
Giraffes Can’t Dance Disco

To find out more about our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge 2015 click here.

31 Day Sensory Play Challenge calendar download

Day 17 of our Sensory Play Challenge is sensory play using recycled materials. Take a look at our Pom Pom Play with Recyclables.

Adventures of Adam 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge 2016

Filed Under: Play Activities, Play Challenges, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge, Colours, Discovery Bottle, Gross Motor Skills, Night time activity, Painting Activities, Rice, Sensory Play Activities, Toddler play

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  1. Rainbow Creations says

    January 16, 2015 at 3:27 pm

    Ingenious idea! Thank you for sharing the possibilities of use for our neon paint – it’s amazing what you can do and how one idea leads on to another. Very creative! So glad you have had so much fun with your little one. We are so proud to be part of this.

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