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Make a groovy glow-in-the-dark bouquet with just a highlighter and a UV light! What you need: - White flowers - Clear cup/vase - Highlighters - Water - UV light (black light) How to make glowing flowers: 1. Before you start, test your highlighters and see which glows best under the black light. We found that yellow worked best! 2. Fill a clear cup or vase halfway with water. 3. Pull the tip out of the highlighter. If it’s stuck, you can use pliers or cut open the highlighter with a box cutter to remove the inner fibers. 4. Place the tip or inner fibers from the highlighter in the water. 5. Take your white flowers and cut the end of the stems at an angle. 6. Place the flowers into the vessel with the water. Let sit for 1-2 days. 7. Shine the black fluorescent light on the petals to see them glow! What’s going on? This project uses a "black light" to make a flower glow. Black fluorescent lights look a little bit purple, but it's the light that you can't see that's really interesti...

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