glow sticks

[erynsmom]

Hello fellow Canadians,
I have been all over the boards that it is a good thing to take your own glow sticks to the parks and how you can buy them at the dollar store. I could never find them at my local dollars stores. I did find them yesterday at Michaels. They had loads of them in a bin at the front of the store. There are 15 bracelets and 15 connectors in a tube, and they were $1.50.

I thought I would let everyone know in case you can't find any for your next trip.

Cheryl

 

[disneymath]

We got ours from Michael's too!!

 

[pta-mom]

That's the same ones we get every time! My boys take a couple for themselves from the tube & than give the rest out to the kids around us. A cheap way to spread the magic!

 

[SherylWrites]

I grabbed a couple of tubes and did so last year too from Michael's. My kids share them with others on the bus. It's a great way to meet other people and it keeps tired and grumpy kids on the way home from a long day at the parks a little happier.

 

[BELLEDOZER]

Be careful with the Michael's glow sticks. I live down the street from them, and a while back bought a pile when they were on sale. I had consistant problems with them leaking, and the casing breaking, and spilling glass and the fluid that's in them everywhere. I had to throw out all that I had as I was having so many problems with them. It's something to be aware of when using them. This was not just one glowstick in a tube, it was more like 4 or 5 that I had problems with per package . So it's something to keep in mind when using them. My kids were not playing rough with them, and I still had problems. Just to make you aware of the problems that I've had with them. Have a great day!!

Trish

 

[photolover]

Hello fellow Canadians,
I have been all over the boards that it is a good thing to take your own glow sticks to the parks and how you can buy them at the dollar store. I could never find them at my local dollars stores. I did find them yesterday at Michaels. They had loads of them in a bin at the front of the store. There are 15 bracelets and 15 connectors in a tube, and they were $1.50.

I thought I would let everyone know in case you can't find any for your next trip.

Cheryl

Hi Cheryl,

You meant $1.50 per bracelet or the whole tub of 15? Thanks

 

[disneymath]

Be careful with the Michael's glow sticks. I live down the street from them, and a while back bought a pile when they were on sale. I had consistant problems with them leaking, and the casing breaking, and spilling glass and the fluid that's in them everywhere.

I don't think glow sticks have glass in them ...

Sorry to hear you got a bad batch ... hopefully we won't have any problems.

 

[pta-mom]

Be careful with the Michael's glow sticks. I live down the street from them, and a while back bought a pile when they were on sale. I had consistant problems with them leaking, and the casing breaking, and spilling glass and the fluid that's in them everywhere. I had to throw out all that I had as I was having so many problems with them. It's something to be aware of when using them. This was not just one glowstick in a tube, it was more like 4 or 5 that I had problems with per package . So it's something to keep in mind when using them. My kids were not playing rough with them, and I still had problems. Just to make you aware of the problems that I've had with them. Have a great day!!

Trish

Sorry to hear that happened to you but I still stand behind them.

I am on Parent Council at my son's school & for the last three years we have purchased 600 of these to sell at the year end. *Occasionally* we might have a child come back to get a new one as theirs has broken...maybe a 1/2 dozen times in three years, & usually through repeated bending.

They are an amazing deal, especailly as you use them for a few hours in a park at night for fireworks or such & than throw them away. Kids need to *crunch* them up & put them on their wrists or make necklaces out of them with the connectors & than leave them alone.

 

[pta-mom]

Hi Cheryl,

You meant $1.50 per bracelet or the whole tub of 15? Thanks

Yup, $1.50 for 15....in a black tube usually in Michaels $1 section. They've carried them for awhile now, at least in their Ottawa store, so they should be easy to find.

 

[pta-mom]

I don't think glow sticks have glass in them ...

Sorry to hear you got a bad batch ... hopefully we won't have any problems.

No, the ones I'm talking about (pretty sure OP too!) are not made of glass...not even sure how a glow stick could be made of glass!! If you bent it to glow...it would break! LOL!

 

[disneydreamgirl]

I've bought the Michael's ones several times now and they've flown back and forth from Disney with me with no problems. I've also kept a package for 18 months and they still were fine (maybe one didn't glow very brightly). I intend to get some more for our upcoming trip.

 

[erynsmom]

Hi Cheryl,

You meant $1.50 per bracelet or the whole tub of 15? Thanks

The whole tube.

 

[photolover]

Yup, $1.50 for 15....in a black tube usually in Michaels $1 section. They've carried them for awhile now, at least in their Ottawa store, so they should be easy to find.

Wow Great deals. I will have to drop by my local store tomorrow. Thanks pta-mom and OP.

 

[Jen M]

If you have a party packagers near you they have a better deal and they last longer. Also you can get a 10% discount coupon on their website.

 

[LittleFlounder]

I was shopping at Canadian Tire for camping supplies a few days ago and saw glow sticks in their camping section. They come in packs of regular size and mini ones.

 

[Narnia]

If you are driving doller tree ( I've seen dollerama in canada) sells alot of differant multipack glow sticks. For holloween I bought ther hair clips and wands. The wands if you can get them are really large and glow for a long time.

 

[LittleFlounder]

Value Village stores have just received their Halloween stuff (costumes, makeup, accessories, home decor, etc) and they have a 50 pack of glow bracelets for $4.99!! thats 10 cents per bracelet!

Since I have no kids of my own, I bought some to give away during Spectro and Wishes. 50 should be plenty!

 

[takinthekids]

Today at one of our local $ stores - I found Mickey ear glo sticks/head bands. I bought one for each of the kids. They came in several different colours.

 

[pigletto]

Found mine in the dollar aisle at NoFrills of all places

 

[Cdnmommy]

Value Village stores have just received their Halloween stuff (costumes, makeup, accessories, home decor, etc) and they have a 50 pack of glow bracelets for $4.99!! thats 10 cents per bracelet!

Since I have no kids of my own, I bought some to give away during Spectro and Wishes. 50 should be plenty!

What a nice thing to do for others!