Submersible Science (bath time fun)

I bought some submersible lights in the floral section at Michaels a few weeks ago.  My son loves putting them in the bath because "there is a light show on the ceiling" when they are under the water - very cool.  A few nights ago I set up something I knew he would love.  Though he already knows his colors, this is a great activity to teach color recognition.  ENJOY!

- AK (MESE, MECD)

 jars full of water with the submersible lights inside

 adding yellow color tablets

 blue color tablet

 very cool

 red color tablet

 Ooooooohhhh!!

 adding blue to yellow to see what happens

green!!

We did this a few times....mixing colors to see what happened.  He loved it.  I had more pictures, but none of them turned out well.  Bath time fun for sure!

:)

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

Glowing Paint

Invitation for my 17 Month old and 2.5 Year old

Neon paint, paper, brushes, black light

17 Month old loved this and she is NOT a painter. 

Of course making handprints

"Look, Mommy... hand"

Fun!

Body glow

Glowing Treasure

I set this invitation up to glow in the dark but it can be done with or without the light aspect.  

We used orange neon sand (my daughters favorite color)

Random objects... bottle caps, gems, rubber bands, etc

We used cut up egg cartons to collect our materials. 

I painted numbers on black squares with glow in the dark paint

Everything glowed by use of a black light.  

RL  

Invitation in daylight

Glowing Invitation  :-)  

Searching and collecting

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 

Glowing Art

Materials:

Black light

Things that glow in the dark: NEON pom poms, pipe cleaners, dollar store shot glasses, acrylic tiles, pony beads, feathers, glow in the dark or neon paint, glow in the dark or neon sand.

Paper

Glue (we used clear)