I’m sure moments of brilliance only happen once in a lifetime, and if that’s true then it’s all downhill for me now.
When my grandchildren sleep over, they like to have a nightlight but I’ve never found one that truly works. One makes the room too light for a good sleep, and others brighten the room near the nightlight but leave scary-looking shadows lurking in the corners.
Personal nightlights.Finally, necessity, usually being the mother of invention, I had a brief flash of creativity, and now my cupboard holds a supply of glow-stick bracelets.
When it’s bedtime, I fasten a bracelet around the upper arms of the visiting child. The light cast by the bracelets fills their bed with a soft glow and the rest of the dark room fades away. So far, I’ve tried this three times with three different scardy-cats, and I haven’t heard a peep out of any of them after leaving the room.
I think this could work well for a family on vacation, especially if sharing a hotel room. Each kid gets their own light, but the room stays fairly dark for those who don’t enjoy sleeping with the light on.
There you have it, folks, the lone brilliant idea of my life — short, sweet, and “easy peasy lemon squeezy”, as the little chap in the picture would say.
Kids love these – they are awesome. Just make sure they aren’t too hard on them. My son broke one in the car once and he and the car glowed in the dark for days.
Actually, I tried to make something off Pinterest that required you to cut open a necklace and add the contents to diamond glitter. It didn’t work, but my garbage glowed for a long time.
Too bad my G kids are passed this stage or I would be trying this one out as well