How to Make Glow Sticks at Home

Children love glow sticks. It is the first thing kids want to buy at a circus or carnival. The glow sticks are also favored by parents because they provide some light for children on a dark night. If a child is wearing a glow stick on Halloween than drivers have a better chance of spotting children on the street. You can make glow sticks at home.

Things You'll Need

• Luminol
• Hydrogen peroxide
• Distilled water
• Sodium carbonate
• Copper sulfate pentahydrate
• 2 large bowls
• Clear plastic tubing

Instructions

1. Pour 1 liter of distilled water in a bowl with one bottle of hydrogen peroxide.

2. Pour another liter of distilled water into a second large bowl. Add 4 grams of sodium carbonate to it as well as .4 grams of copper sulfate pentahydrate.

3. Add .2 grams of luminol to your second mixing bowl.

4. Combine the two bowls and you will immediately see your glow in the dark liquid.

5. Place the glow in the dark liquid in clear plastic tubing to make your glow stick.

Tips & Warnings

• Purchase the chemicals online. You can do that at a site called CQ Concepts (see resources). They accept credit cards and Paypal. Wear gloves and an apron when handling the liquid.

• Don't touch this glow in the dark solution. Don't drink this glow in the dark solution. Keep liquid away from children.

Resources

• CQ Concepts
• Glow Sticks