Summer is in full swing. Enjoy all those summer night fireworks, outdoor fairs and parties before the warm weather ends. A secret for kids to have fun for hours is light sticks.  They are staple merchandise for July 4^th.  There can be a long time before the fireworks begins but with fun games to play with light sticks, time will fly.  All shapes of light up cups are cool to drink with.

As many may know, light sticks glow from the light generated from a chemical reaction that last for at least a few hours.  This makes glow sticks quite mysterious and fun than sticks that light up with batteries.  The glow from light sticks is so gentle that it will not be uncomforting to eyes even if you play with them for the whole night.  But flashing products you cannot look into them for too long a time. 

The key to have fun with glow light sticks is to get a lot and different varieties.  It is not that much fun if you just get one for each kid as to play ring toss games, draw names with light sticks, making glowing chains, you need a lot of glow sticks.  There are also glow flower and glow balls connectors that come with the glow bracelets packages sometimes or are sold as glow novelty products.  They use eight-inch glow bracelets sticks and create balls and flowers.

Light up cups such as flashing cola cups are easy to use and just add tons of fun to the picnic table instantly.  As they are not made of real glasses but some acrylic plastic material, they are light and portable, perfect to bring with for picnics and camping trips.  You can get them from online stores for under three dollars each. They not only come with batteries, but the batteries can be replaced.  So their economic life is extremely long. The only thing is that they cannot be put in dishwashers but have to be hand washed gently.