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Category: Glow Party Ideas
Glow Parties are a fun way to liven up your next event. Here we will examine some ideas for glow in the dark activities, decorations and other glow party related ideas and decorations.
Here is a fresh idea for a cool lighting trick for your next glow party. Tape Glow Sticks or LED Light Sticks to a ceiling fan and just let it go! Just make sure the glow sticks are attached very securely by using tape or string and not the pre-attached clips otherwise they may break loose. We also recommend using higher quality glow sticks and not novelty brands to avoid any leaks.
Here are some fun videos of this cool light effect in action:
Looking for that new and unique product for your next big glow party or lighted event? How about some super cool Glowing LED Drink Cherries! These lighted cherries are the latest addition to a large line of lighted drink accessories and are perfect to add to your guests drinks or even to use for lighted displays such as punch bowls, fruit displays or ice cream sundaes. With so many options of light up ice cubes and other drink accessories on the market, these glow cherries are the newest and most unique addition. Glowing cherries are quickly gaining in popularity for event and party planners looking for that ‘something new’ for their clients lighted events, weddings and parties.
Light up LED Cherries are the size of an actual cherry, are push button activated and have completely sealed LED lights and batteries that ensure no contamination to your guests drinks or liquids. These glowing cherries also have three light settings, the first is a fast flashing option, then a slower strobe and finally, a steady light mode that stays on constantly. All you have to do is simply click the bottom button to circulate through these three fun light modes. So top up that sundae or create the most epic punch bowl ever with beautiful glowing light up cherries!
Looking for an affordable, easy and quick way to create some fun, bright and colorful party decorations for your next big glow party? Well those Glow Necklaces that all of your party guests are wearing can also double up as cool glow rope and party highlights by stringing them all together! You can either loop them together to create a glowing chain effect or simply connect each end and make a super bright glow rope to string around the party! Highlight the backyard for your next late evening BBQ party or string them around the house to outline the party with glow!
You can even use Glow Necklaces to create a fun glowing jump rope or use glow necklaces and glow bracelets to setup a “glow drawing” craft area for the kids! (and us adults too of course!)
So let your imagination run wild, with a couple tubes of affordable glow necklaces, you can create some awe inspiring glow party decorations, fun glow games or glow crafts. Use a specific color to create the colored theme you desire or use a combination of colors to really brighten things up.
The popularity of glowing decorations for weddings is increasing. With a large variety of cool and attractive glowing products out these days, it is only natural that we see them being used to make that special day glow! Here we cover a few of the basics:
Glowing Decorations and Centerpieces:
There are a great many lighted products that make for beautiful tabletop decorations and centerpiece highlights. The picture to the left depicts a very attractive glowing tabletop display using only Glowing LED Centerpiece Orb Lamps. Another super popular tabletop centerpiece is the Fiber Optic Lamp Centerpiece and display. You can also make great use of Waterproof LED Tea Lights to create some fun and exciting displays of light!
Light Up Drink Glasses & Accessories:
Everything from Champagne Glasses to Rock Glasses to Ice Cubes now have bright, attractive LED lights in them. Drink coasters, straws and even stir sticks come in a glowing variety. Take a look around for Light Up Drink Products and you can find a day’s worth of browsing for those cool drinking accessories for your wedding!
Use Glow Necklaces instead of Sparklers for the Farewell:
Traditional sparklers for the wedding farewell may be being replaced by Glow Necklaces or Fiber Optic Wands! With the ability to choose your color selection to match your theme, the bright fun and vibrant light they produce and most importantly, the safety factor. No sparks or flames flying around on your special day, well not those kind of sparks at least! And if you want to spice it up even more, try replacing that super messy confetti with tiny Mini Glow Sticks instead!
With summer just around the corner, it’s time to start planning that big summer shin-dig. How about a glowing pool party this year?! All you need for this fun party theme is a whole bunch of glow sticks and a pool, pretty easy combination!
Here is a video of a glow pool in action!
You can also spice it up with some fun glow stick pool games! This following video shows a glow stick scramble in a pool. You can have your participants go free for all or even divide everybody up into teams and have each team try to collect specific color glow sticks!
Brighten up your next big glow party or formal event with glowing centerpieces, punch bowls and other party highlights! Here we will explore some great LED products that can help you add some glow to your next wedding, reception, bah mitzvah, cocktail party or backyard gathering.
Decorative LED Tea Lights are the easiest way to really make your tabletop centerpieces, floral arrangements, ice sculptures or punch bowls shine! These Decorative Lights are waterproof so they will work in any type of liquid or ice. With replaceable batteries, these bright LED Lights can be used again and again.
Another LED highlight that can be used for liquid based displays are these fun Light Up LED Ice Cubes. Add these simple lighted cubes to your punch bowl for a cool glowing effect. Mix a few of these glowing ice cubes up with decorative water lights inside your ice bucket to really make it shine. LED Ice Cubes come in a variety of colors and even a multiple setting multi-color version.
An extremely fun and very easy glowing craft idea is the glowing paper tube cutout decoration! These glowing paper tube cutouts make for great glow party highlights and all you need for this glowing craft is a handful of cardboard or paper tubes and assorted color glow sticks!
Simply cut out your desired shape out of the paper tube roll, add any extra decorations such as colored paint or glitter and slip a bright glow stick inside and viola you have an attractive glowing decoration! You can even cut out special themed shapes for a holiday theme or special event!
You can also use some tape (to seal the bottom of the tube), place the glow stick inside and attach the string to the paper tube to create fun glow in the dark hanging decorations. Have fun!
Brighten up your Egg Hunt with Glowing Easter Eggs!Use these 1.5″ mini glow sticks for easter eggs!
You can use these Mini Glow Sticks to slip inside of your plastic shell eggs to create these bright glowing Easter eggs! Miniature Glow Sticks are generally 1.5 Inches long and come in an assortment of bright colors. The kids (and adults too!) will have a blast seeking and searching for the glowing light of your fun glow in the dark Easter eggs!
How about your party-goers? Are they lit up like the rest of your party? One way to really brighten up this party now is to add some light to all of your party guests!
There is a vast amount of glow in the dark and LED lighted products out there perfect for glow party wear.
Let’s take a look at some of the basics:
GLOW STICKS AS ACCESSORIES:
Having a glow in the dark costume or theme party? Looking for some form of accessory for the ultimate glowing sword, lightsaber, glow in the dark nun-chuks or lighted bo-staff? How about some really big glow sticks?!
Large Glowing Batons and 15 Inch Glow Sticks make for some pretty cool looking and extremely bright glow accessories. Many large glow sticks and wands come with nice foam encased coverings so Mom and Dad can relax while handing out the lightsabers!
Not only can Glow Sticks be used as a hand-held accessory, but they can also be used as general decorations or costume highlights. Try using some Glow Stick Necklaces by connecting them together and fashioning yourself a cool glowing belt, lasso or glowing outlines to your themed costume!
LIGHT UP JEWELRY:
Glowing Finger Rings, LED Pendants and Body Light Pins.
There is a large assortment of glowing jewelry out there, especially in the way of light up finger rings and glowing pendants. Check out the images below for some great themed ideas and products for lighting up your party patrons.
PROGRAMMABLE MESSAGE PRODUCTS:
There are several wearable items on the market that allow you to program your own message or messages and have them scroll across the display with bright LEDs. These include T-Shirts, Dog Tags and Belt Buckles!
OTHER FUN SPECIALTY ITEMS:
Not only are pendants, rings and bracelets suitable for glow parties. Here are a few other specialty items that glow or have LED lights that are great additions to your glowing party including the ever cool Fiber Optic Mohawk, Glow in the Dark Gloves, Glowing Shoelaces and LED Bangle Bracelets.
As a final note: A party is not a party until someone is wearing a fully functional equalizer shirt that beats to the music! Check it out below!
Get your event or logo branding seen with custom printed glow sticks!
Custom printing on light up bar products and glowing drink glasses is a must have for any serious glow party or lighted event. You can have your anniversary or special birthday message displayed nicely on a light up drink coaster, glowing LED ice cube or any other style of customized light up drink glass you could imagine.
Custom Connectors are an affordable addition to any glow necklace or glow bracelet.
Impress your friends with cool custom made flashing body lights. You can even customize the shape, print, color and number of LED lights they have! Do you want slow color changing lights or fast flashing lights? Your choice!
Get some cool stick on glow badges made in a variety of shapes and color options. Promote your band by sticking these bright glow badges all over the venue during one of your gigs and be remembered!