
Use your purchases to modify some of your favorite classic games to impress your guests.The beginning of the school year brings lots of stress for both students and teachers. Head to your nearest craft store and grab some glow in the dark paint (could also be called glowing paint) or some neon paint and a few black lights. Modify some classic games to make them Glow! Hide them all along the lawn (like eggs on Easter), and send the kids out for a night of treasure hunting. Head on over to Amazon and grab a bunch of glow in the dark treasures. This game can be especially fun if participants wear glow in the dark bracelets or glow necklaces. Grab your spinner from your twister game and you’ve got glow in the dark twister! (You may need to have a flashlight on hand for the person calling out the cues.) Paint posterboard squares (or your lawn!) to create a twister board. Head to a craft store and pick up some glow in the dark paint in at least four different colors. If all of the players on one team get frozen, play stops and the other team automatically wins. Once you have the glow stick you can toss it to another teammate to try to get it as quickly as possible to your side of the play area. The glow stick cannot be guarded– in other words you must leave about a 5 foot area of space between the glow stick and yourself and no barriers can be made around it either. Which team members will try to grab the glow stick and which ones will stay back and try to tag the opposing team? The only way you can be unfrozen and run again is to be tagged by your teammate. When you’re in the other team’s space– you can get tagged by a member of the opposite team.

Split your yard or play area into 2 sections– a tree or other natural divider can be used (no need for rope or tape!) Each team selects a captain to place their glow stick on their side in plain sight (or hidden in the shadows if kids need more of a challenge).Įach team tries to sneak to the other side to capture the glow stick and bring it to their side. This game has two teams– each team should have at least 3 players. What’s more exciting than sneaking around the backyard on a summer night?! Playing this capture the flag game in the dark. Materials needed: 2 glow sticks or glow balls (can be anything that glows and easily seen) Number of players: 6 or more (the more the better) Glow in the Dark Capture the glow stick (or glow ball) At the minute mark, both teams stop searching and come back to see who found the most sticks. Once glow sticks are hidden, the teams have one minute to find as many glow sticks as they can. Make two teams (can be as few as one person per team). It can be played in a backyard, front yard or even large basement… as long as it’s dark! This is a simple yet fun game to get your adrenaline going on those warm summer nights. Materials needed: glow sticks (pack of 20 or more–the more the better), timer Glow in the Dark Minute-to-Win-It: Glow stick scavenger hunt Keep track of how many hits and try to do better than your last number. Players can count how many times they hit the balloon up in the air before it hits the ground. Players yell out “Mine” when they go to hit it up. One player throws the balloon up in the air and the goal is to keep the balloon of the ground or “Keep it up” in the air.

Step 3: Tie it off and you’re ready to playĪll players stand in a circle (or across from one another if just 2). Step 2: Blow up the balloon (old school blowing up with your mouth works just fine) Step 1: Put a “lit” glow stick in a balloon Materials needed: round balloon and glow stick (or glow in the dark balloons) Glow-in-the-Dark Keep it Up: A cooperative game Here are some of our favorite lawn games with a glow in the dark twist.

I’ve found the play can last even longer if they have some glow games to keep them occupied. These nights are even more fun if Even Steven and I get to enjoy the fire while watching the kiddos run around the lawn happily playing together.

Nothing is better than an evening outside hanging around the fire with the fam. Glow bracelets We Love Glow in the Dark Games! Unfortunately, they don’t make Glow in the Dark Water Balloons, but these regular glow in the dark balloons are super fun! Glow in the Dark Party Cups Other glow in the dark supplies that can be a lot of fun It goes beyond just glow sticks! Here are some ideas (and links on Amazon) to get you started. (We love the capture the flag glow in the dark game and the minute to win it glow in the dark game!)įirst, let’s talk about the supplies you might need for glow in the dark games. Whether you’re having a birthday party, a sleepover or just want some fun glow stick games to play, you’re going to have so much fun. Having a party and need some fun activities to do? Why not try these glow in the dark games? They’re great for kids of all ages, teens, older kids and adults.
