Glowing Water Recipe for Kids

April 01, 2018
Did you know that you can make water that glows-in-the-dark?
Why is this cool you ask?  Read on to see how to make glowing water & to discover all of the fun ways it can be used in play. 
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Glowing Water Recipe for Kids

Materials
Method
  • Making glow water is simple! All you need are non-toxic yellow highlighters and water. Pop the back off of the marker and pull out the ink soaked felt that is inside.
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  • Then run the ink-soaked felt under a small stream of water with a container underneath to catch it.
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  • Squeeze the felt as the water runs over it to get all of the coloring out of the highlighter.
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 I used roughly 6 cups of water per highlighter and ended up with insanely bright glow water!  Yellow highlighters make such a BRIGHT glowing water, and there are so many fun ways to use this water in play. 

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I tried to make glow water using every other color highlighter that I had on hand, and none of them glowed.  I was so disappointed, as some of the highlighters would glow in the black light when you used them to write, but then the water would not glow. 

 An update from the original post: 
We found a way to make RAINBOW GLOW Water!  Click the photo for full tutorial
Glowing water recipe
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Crystal Underwood is the writer and creator of Growing A Jeweled Rose. She has worked extensively with children and strongly believes in the importance of play at the core of early learning. She is passionate about the early years and believes that childhood should be a truly magical time in life. For all the best kids activities connect with Growing a Jeweled Rose below!