{"id":1130,"date":"2012-01-20T12:52:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T12:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2012-04-20T02:34:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T02:34:34","slug":"glow-in-the-dark-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/glow-in-the-dark-volleyball\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow in the Dark Volleyball"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<p>Anything you can play on the dark with glow sticks and black lights is sure to be a huge success at your family reunion or party.<\/p>\n<p>Played in the dark, the net, ball, out-of-bounds line and related equipment come alive with the glowing magic of glow sticks, bracelets, tape and black lights!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"end of 2011 166\" border=\"0\" alt=\"end of 2011 166\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-166_thumb.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will have to do some advance planning and gather the following equipment for your glow in the dark game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-160.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"end of 2011 160\" border=\"0\" alt=\"end of 2011 160\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-160_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Purchase glow in the dark tape to wrap around volleyball, beach ball, plastic play ball or purchase a real glow in the dark volleyball available at <a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/store.php\">Family Reunion Helper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"end of 2011 156\" border=\"0\" alt=\"end of 2011 156\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-156_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Glow Bracelets<\/h2>\n<p>Buy lots of glow bracelets.&#160; You will need them for the net and for everyone to wear. Glow bracelets are pretty inexpensive- a hundred for under $10.00 in the <a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/store.php\">Family Reunion Helper store<\/a>.&#160; Glow sticks are also fun to hang on the net.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/image_thumb1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/image2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/image_thumb2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-163.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"end of 2011 163\" border=\"0\" alt=\"end of 2011 163\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-163_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Black Lights<\/h2>\n<p>You can rent black lights for about $10.00&#160; a day but we found black light strips at Walmart for under $20.00 which included the light bulb and stand.&#160; We only needed two lights to light up our small gym.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-157.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"end of 2011 157\" border=\"0\" alt=\"end of 2011 157\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-157_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other black lights as are available.&#160; Tape to the wall for added fun.&#160; Don\u2019t forget extension cords for all these lights.&#160;&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"end of 2011 161\" border=\"0\" alt=\"end of 2011 161\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/end-of-2011-161_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>White T-shirts<\/h2>\n<p>Ask family members to wear white t-shirts for extra fun.&#160; Some will forget but it won\u2019t interfere with the game.&#160; Most shirts that are 100% cotton will glow in the dark under black lights.<\/p>\n<p>You can play glow in the dark volleyball using just glow sticks but adding black lights really gives the game an illuminating boost!<\/p>\n<p>For refreshments serve glow in the dark lemonade- the secret to glowing food is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schweppesus.com\/\">tonic water<\/a> (diet tonic water works too).&#160; It contains quinine, and guess what happens when you expose quinine to black light yep, it glows!&#160; Tonic water can have a bit of a bitter taste to it so use as little as possible.&#160; Hint:&#160; Serve glow in the dark Jell-O by replacing some of the water with tonic water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s better to illuminate than merely to shine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aunt MO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anything you can play on the dark with glow sticks and black lights is sure to be a huge success at your family reunion or party. 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