Frankenstein's Lantern

I had seen this fun experiment floating around all over the web

and decided Aidyn and I could not pass up trying it out.

I pulled out one of my larger canning jars,

bought a pack of 12 glow sticks from the dollar store,

and sat down with Aidyn to try it out.

First we snapped all the glow sticks so they were already glowing in their tubes,

then I cut the ends off the sticks (both ends).

Just as a heads up, the liquid will splatter everywhere and you'll inevitably feel like an

 honorary member of the Blue Man Group. 

Don't worry-- it's non-toxic and 

I had no problem cleaning it up.

We used 7 glow sticks in this jar,

shook it up {make sure the lid is on!},

turned off the lights,

and ended up with our very own Frankenstein's Lantern

as we lovingly like to refer to our fun creation!

I read somewhere to add water to the mixture to prolong the glow.

I give that a big thumbs down.

I added water to our first attempt and it just prevented the chemical

from coating the glass and pooled at the bottom.