Glow In The Dark Party Ideas

Preparing for your teen’s party can be quite difficult. It should be wonderful and fun. Apart from the rich food, refreshing drinks, cool tunes, and fun games; go one step further and consider a Glow in the Dark theme for an epic celebration. And here are our favorite Glow in the Dark party ideas.

Check out these cool Glow Party ideas that will make your food and drinks, tables and games glow too. You’ll have a fab time, and so will your guests.

Glow in the Dark Party Ideas – Top Tips

Where to set up your Glow in the Dark Party

Any space in the house will do, provided you can keep it dark. If the party is during the day, keep those windows covered so that the black light will be effective on the dark party supplies. Bright objects will brighten up a dark space.

Hang a black drop sheet over the door, cutting the edges to serve as a walkway for guests.

Use Black Light for your Glow Party

You must mount the blacklights on the walls using the brackets provided, or the ones on the floor angled upwards.

When the black rays of light hit people, items, and decorations, there will be bright neon colors in all directions.

What colors glow under a black light?

Usually, neon colors glow well under black light. And the brighter the shade of neon, the brighter the color will glow. So go for glow in the dark outfits of fluorescent pink, orange, green or yellow for the brightest glow.

Glow in the Dark Party Ideas

Check out our favorite Glow in the Dark birthday party ideas to kick off your Glow Party with a bang!

Get Creative With Glow in the Dark Decorations

A Glow in the Dark party is a fun party to decorate.

Glow Party Invitation Cards

Add some originality to your invitation cards by designing them yourself and using glow in the dark paint. Make sure there are no identical invitations. This will make your invitees feel special and eager to attend your party.

Glow Centerpiece Design

Create a centerpiece that will serve as the focal point of your glow in the dark party ideas. Combine glow sticks, LED ice cubes, and crystals. Polish with light up stick orbs for some imaginative adornment guests can’t help but stare at or touch it.

Glow Dessert Table Backdrop

Give your food room to shine. Create a glow table backdrop by fastening neon-colored paper ribbons decorated with circular garlands to a black backdrop for an extraordinary setting.

Glow Walls

Your wall provides a great space for displaying some of your neon party ideas. Create fun designs with glitter paint, markers, or spray on parchment paper or glossy paper and tape. Black lights illuminate designs for outstanding results.

Avoid painting directly over the wall, unless you are ready to repaint.

Glow Chandelier

Consider the chandelier in your glow in the dark party ideas. Wrap the chandelier in cardboard, colored tapes, bright paper rings, a tubular plastic hoop, and a battery-operated push light.

Glow in the dark balloons

Glow in the dark balloons is an easy and economical way to liven up your Glow in the Dark party. Drop them from the ceiling or even create a balloon arch for a great party backdrop.

Or make your own glow balloons. Buy white balloons, put a neon stick inside, fill them with helium, and let them fly to light up your party space.

Glow Dance Floor

Use neon tape to make your dance floor glow in the dark or use them sticky neon circles to create your own dance floor. Your guests will get the vibe as they gyrate to the music on a dance floor alive with vibrant colors.

Make sure the space is free of clutter to avoid any accidents or injuries. Mark the dance floor to set up boundaries or steps in each direction.

Glow Ceiling Fan

Turn your dull ceiling fan into something that will impress your guests. Attach some glow sticks and watch it turn into a rainbow swirl.

What to wear to a Glow in the Dark party

Glow Party Wardrobe

The best outfit to wear to a Glow in the Dark party is of course something that sparkles! Most neon fabric glows in the dark, as does white fabric. So choose t-shirts in bright colors or a white t-shirt with some neon accessories.

Glow Bracelets

Give out glow bracelets and glow necklaces to your guests when they arrive.

Neon Glow Party Makeup

Glow makeup will create a variety of fun looks. Florescent powder or paint will brighten or lighten the entire face of the eye shadow.

Glow in the Dark Party Food and Drinks

Glow Party Drink

What’s more fun than drinks that glow in the dark! And it is not as confusing as it first seems. It’s actually quite simple… Wait for it… The trick is to add tonic water to your thirst quenchers before being exposed to black light. Check them out fun glow in the dark drink ideas.

DIY Glow in the Dark Ice Cubes

Glow ice cubes are very easy to make. Simply mix regular water with tonic water, pour into an ice cube tray, and place the tray in the freezer until frozen. Add the ice cubes to any drink and watch the drink glow when black light hits it.

Glow Glass

Label your drink or wine bottles with funny designs or logos, such as “drink at your own risk.” Use neon colors to make it bright.

Glow Cotton Candy

The cotton candies themselves are luminescent when it gets dark, and the black light is activated. Add a cool, glowing effect to bubbly cotton candy by adding a glow stick to the container.

Glow Eating Utensils

Make your table sparkle brightly colored eating utensils. Neon cups, plates, bowls, cocktail sticks, napkins, etc. will brighten up your table.

Best Glow in the Dark Food Ideas

Some foods glow in the black light so make sure you include them on your party menu for the brightest food around. Here are some suggestions:

• Tonic water – bright blue
• The egg-shell is dark purple; the egg white is bright yellow
• Honey – golden yellow
• Pineapple – the flesh is blue
• Ketchup – dull yellow
• Milk – pale yellow
• Yogurt-vanilla – yellow; flavored – pink
• Banana – blue
• Green vegetables – dull red
• Pepper – dull red
• Pumpkin – yellow

Most white foods do not glow under black light, but they reflect light that appears brighter. Some of these reflective foods are:

• Pasta
• rice
• Marshmallows
• Some cereal (eg Rice Krispies)
• coconut
• Sugar
• salt
• Parmesan

Glow Party Favors

Neon colored party favors glow brightly when hit with black light. Fill your neon treat boxes or bags with neon pens, silicone rubber bracelets, hair ties, resin roses, etc.

Glow in the Dark Bubbles

Include glow in the dark bubbles to your glow in the dark party ideas. Watch the bubbles slide and glow in the dark.

What to do at a Glow in the Dark Party – Glow Party Games

Plan a play to get the blood flowing.

Your guests will have a lot of fun playing ring toss. You will need a glow stick standing upright and some dark bracelets. The goal is to throw the bracelet at the glow stick so that it lands on top of it.

Set up a Glow in the Dark party photo booth for your guests to have fun and capture their memories.

Another interesting game is a light saber tournament from Star Wars pitting Luke Skywalker against Darth Vader. Choose neon pool noodles for sabers, which are safe to use. Choose one person from the guest to act as referee, and may the force be with the winner.

Or play glow in the dark volleyball with glow in the dark balloons. If you have the room, set up a net, otherwise just play in the area you have.

Glow Party Sleepover

After the Glow Party

It’s cleaning time, keep a storage bin and cartons handy to store reusable items. Paper-wrapped shreds go into cartons and sturdy items in the storage bin.

And remember to save your neon party supplies for the next party or pass on to relatives or friends for their glow party.

Final Note of Glow in the Dark Party Ideas

A Glow in the Dark party is a great theme for kids, teens and adults alike. Follow our easy tips above to create the best glow in the dark party ever.