Do It Yourself Glow-In-The-Dark Fun

Monster Mini Golf Medford customers tell us all the time that our glow-in-the-dark decor adds a huge element of fun to their mini golf outing. So we thought we would share some simple experiments that you can do at home to have fun with a black light.

1.  Have you ever used invisible ink to send secret messages?  Here is a way to write an invisible message to a friend, as long as they have a black light available to read it!

For this experiment you will need:

• a black light
• petroleum jelly
• a piece of paper

Dip your finger into the petroleum jelly.  The jelly will act as a kind of invisible ink.  Use your jelly covered finger to write a message on the piece of paper.  Now turn off the room lights and turn on the black light.  Can you see your message?

2.  Do you enjoy scary stories?  All of us at Monster Mini Golf Medford sure do!  Imagine how fun it would be to tell scary stories in the dark .... with glowing hands!

 For this experiment you will need:

• a black light
• petroleum jelly
• OPTIONAL:  if you do not want to get your hands greasy, you can use plastic/rubber gloves

If you're using gloves, put them on first.  Then cover both hands completely with petroleum jelly. Now it's time for lights out!  Have someone turn on a black light and you're good to go.  How spooky when the only thing that can be seen are your floating hands!

We hope you have as much fun with these do it yourself glow-in-the-dark ideas as we did!  Be sure to let us know!