Experiments with Glo-Sticks

Have you ever cut the end off a glo-stick and flicked out the contents to see what happens?

Like yesterday, this probably needs some kind of safety warning... flick it outdoors and away from people and important objects?

"Why on earth would you want to do it anyway?" I hear one of you ask.
Well, 'Needs must when the devil drives' as my old Gran used to say, which means you do what has to be done when there is great necessity.

To explain, my autistic son loves ice skating and we buy a ticket on the Friday every week for the ice disco, but when they had a UV paint party on the ice, the tickets sold out in advance and he couldn't go. I don't know if you've ever had to deal with an autistic meltdown but its not easy. The solution we came up with was to dress in old clothes, wear our wellies, cut the top off glo-sticks (while telling him about the chemicals and being careful and it being a once-off occasion only) and flick them all over the patio (and each others' wellies).

There were only 2 but the effect lasted long enough to satisfy the need for excitement that had been denied.

Creative parenting needed often!