Pinbusters is a new series where I take crazy popular pins & see if they really are as great as they lookā¦check out the rest of my Pinbusters videos here.
Have you seen this “Fairy Air” pin yet??
With a resident fairy/princess/mermaid expert in the house I thought this would be highly appropriate for our next Pinbusters video.
Of course what’s so enchanting about this pin is that it looks like the sparkling particles are somehow suspended in mid-air. I guess those are supposed to be the little fairies fluttering around in the jar going about their fairy little lives. Or perhaps they’re spazzing out because of the lack of oxygen. Don’t see any holes poked in the top of the jar do ya?
I can’t seem to find the original source of the picture but the instructions on the pin are to simply cut a glowstick open, empty the contents in a jar, add some ‘diamond dust’ (I’m assuming this is a fancy way of saying glitter. If you know different, please, do tell.) & then shake to create the ‘fairy air’.
Could it really be that easy??
P actually thought this pin should be ‘confirmed’ since the end result in the closet was kind of cool looking but I’m sticking to my guns that it’s busted because there is nothing floating in the jar & certainly nothing neat to see in the daylight, both of which the picture indicate.
Sorry, rules are rules. Glowing glitter or not.
Geez, PINBUSTERS is making me a hardass.
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Hey! Diamond dust actually isn’t glitter – it’s ground up glass. You can get it at craft stores: http://www.acmoore.com/p-58532-diamond-dust-crystal-twinklets-3-ounces.aspx
I’m not sure if it’ll actually make the fairy air work, but it might sparkle a little more! š
Ahhhhh, so it really is something. Well, guess I should’ve done better homework on that! Although I doubt it would’ve ‘floated’ any better, no?
Yeah, it probably doesn’t float very well – but it does sparkle nicely, and sparkles make everything better!
The diamond dust has different properties, I guess? I totally re-pinned this and was waiting to go to the craft store and look for this “diamond dust”. I have a stash of glow sticks from birthday parties;) love the video’s and hope you go to the store and re-experiment!
That’s so disappointing! I cannot see what difference diamond dust would make. It seems the glow stick is the weak link because it isn’t sticking to the walls of the jar. It sort of looked like a bug on a windshield at high speed (or something less crass).
i love Pinbusters. š
We did this a few weeks ago – blah. I ended up squeezing out 2 or 3 glowsticks per jar and adding really pretty superfine glitter. The glowing was dim at best and stopped within 5 minutes. We were much happier with our regular glow bracelets made into necklaces, dog collars, pool & bath toys (it was a big night), etc… After our disappointing results, I still had glow juice, glass (from the glow tubes) and glitter to clean out of the mason jars. Definitely not as advertised, and (for me) not worth the effort. *sigh*
I know, disappointing. I had to toss my mason jar, there was no cleaning that junk out!
I think the picture on the pin looks photo- shopped :/ I have never heard of diamond dust before either. I doubt it would float through the jar.
I love your pinbusters! And my 3 year old daughter lovers watching it too. Maybe because of your daughter. Thanks and keep them coming!
Hey Natasha ( and Princess Sam š )
I just wanted to let you know how much I LOVE the pinbusters that you do and I hope you keep them coming! Thank you so much. And your girls are adorable.
Hannah
I think I’ve seen this before. And I wonder, WHY would adults break open and spill out the contents of a glow stick for their child!?!?? My most traumatic encounter with glow sticks was at a 4th of July parade as a kid…seeing paramedics wheel a kid away because he was foaming at the mouth from biting a glow stick!
I’m glad you busted this one!
EW! That’s terrible! That image is permanently imprinted on my brain now
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I thought you were supposed to fill the jar 2/3 of the way with water first, then add the diamond dust and the glow stick innards, then fill it the last 1/3 with the water, then shake? If you did those things and shook it in a circular motion before turning it on its side it might work a little better. Sort of like those plastic soda bottle “hurricanes” we all made in grade school. I’m quite positive the photo is nothing but photoshop. But I would think this would get you closer to the desired look. I’d love to see it tried.
Hmmmm. I didn’t think about the water, I might have to try it again like that! Thanks!
Hmm… look at the picture. No lid. I think someone just got a little photoshop happy. And check out this link: http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/being-crafty/how-to-make-glitter-christmas-ornaments-diy/ it’s not glow in the dark but might give you more the look your going for. My girls and I have also made mind jars: http://stilllifewithcircles.blogspot.com/2011/04/meditating-with-childrens.html
which are amazing too. We use peanut butter jars with the lids glued on and glue instead of glycerin. If Sam still wants fairy air that may be a better way to do it.
Yeah, I feel kind of dumb now for not noticing that the jar didn’t even have a lid. OOPS!
Going to check out those links now…thanks!
It has a lid, I enlarged the picture and could see it.
I love pinbusters!!
I think I recall seeing a tutorial on the fairy jar before. The person put white tulle in the jar along with the glow stick liquid and glitter, it actually had that floating effect because the in the dark you could hardly see the tulle. All you could see was particles of glitter and glow sticks “floating” but were really on the tulle. Pretty cool and sweet favor for a sleepover in my opinion. Although I would glue the lid shut and use plastic jars instead.
Here it is! http://thegoldjellybean.com/tag/fairies-in-a-jar
you should try the tulle and real diamond dust. This thing has child safety hazard written all over it LOL
LOL, it sure does! But I have to say, I love love love the idea of it being a sleepover favor. That’s just downright adorable. Thanks for link, going to check it out now!
I just wanted to drop a little note to let you know how much I adore your blog. It along with some of my other favorites has inspired me to start a blog of my own. I know you’re super busy but I would just love it if you could check it out and if you have time to let me know what you think. Iām just getting started so any advance you could give would be very much appreciated. Love Pinbuster…great idea!
~ Stephanie
Of course! I’m going to go take a look now, congrats on starting a blog. It’s can be a lot of work but it’s sooo rewarding. Often in ways you never expected! So glad I could help in getting you to start one up (:
I am also guessing that they used a black light for the picture. And the water thing that Lyn said makes sense too since it does look like it is swirling in the picture… but totally busted! Love PinBusters too! š
Sam is so cute! My 3 1/2 year old daughter, Mia LOVES watching her on your videos. Love your pinbusters!
That is so cute! And ps- I loooove the name Mia, one of my favorites (:
I have two thoughts on this…
First, there’s no lid on the jar in the original picture… If they were going to photoshop something then they shouldn’t make it so obvious š
Second, how about if you used the thicker glow sticks? Like the ones that are more the size of a cigar that you hang on a string? I’d be very wary of the glass and such from inside one of those though.
And if bigger glow sticks (which should equal more glow-ey stuff) and glitter doesn’t quite work then I’d try Lyn’s suggestion and add water. Can’t mess it up any more at that point, right?
Hmm, good tips…might have to try that fatter ones…
I was gonna say the same thing as Denise said—the thicker glow sticks are what I was originally thinking….Also, in the Wilton section of JoAnns there is a silver “luster dust” you can use for cake decorating–what about trying that? It is finer than glitter or diamond dust. Thanks for being willing to try these so I don’t feel like an ass. š
Loving the pinbusters videos. Sam is too cute. I love your hair in this video (or what I can see of it). How is it done?
Thanks! I was thinking of doing a little tutorial on that…it’s a french braid down the side that’s only picked up on the half closest to my face…if that makes sense, it’s kind of hard to explain!
What a fun idea for a series!! I will be keeping my eye out for more fun Pinbusters!!
(PS – diamond dust is a little different than glitter, not that I think it would make a difference, and I have actually seen the pin talk about using glow in the dark paint. I wonder if that would work differently)
Natasha..I truly enjoy your pin buster.. sam is such a cutie and excellent co host š
She is, isn’t she! Thanks!
HI! I love your blog. Thank you so much for all of your PINBUSTERS they are awesome… Here is one that I just came across that would be cheap, easy and fast to test!! http://pinterest.com/pin/25262447880212988/
Ooo, that’s a great one! Thanks!! I wonder if it works…would be SUCH a great tip for impromptu kiddie parties
The best type of glow sticks are the ones you can buy at a hardware store (also known as chem lights) the military uses these “chem lights” and they are crazy strong and have more liquid in them. They are really big and thick – which has the most liquid. I think you would get better results for that pin. Good luck!
Hi! What a great idea, love your blog!! This pin frustrated me as well, the image is so misleading!!! That’s why I added tulle to my version, which I noticed someone mentioned in a comment above. It’s also fun for kids to look at, but definitely not a hands-on activity for the little ones!
Anyways, love the blog and adding it to my regular reading list!!
You know, I might even retry this with tulle…it could be neat! Let me know if you get it to work!
I tried this pin this weekend… it was a bust… my daughter was very disappointed. We tired it two ways.
1) we added the water 1st and then the glow stick… it was too diluted. š The glow just looked like water and stopped glowing within a minute.
2) I tried the glow stick and adding the glitter… just one big mess.
I will try the tulle and see how it works along with the bigger glow stick. Just checking is everyone breaking the glow stick before they place the goo in the jar?
I love this idea, but Im wondering if baby oil would Work to suspend the diamond dust and not disrupt the glow stick solution from glowing. Has anyone tried using baby oil?
So my mom and I did this we kinda changed the thing alittle. We used smaller jars first of all n we added the glitter about as much as u want. And filled the rest of the jar with mineral oil, we then cut open the glow stick at one end and put one of those attacher things that come with so u can make bracelets and stuff onto the cut end. Then we cut the opposite end and blew through the connector pushing the glow stuff out. Then you put the lid on and shake it lasted for around an hour and looked really cool.
What a fantastic idea!! I’m totally going to try your version this weekend, thanks!
You may have better luck if you used one of those fat chunky glowsticks that we used to hang from our necks on strings, versus the bracelet kind. I’m not saying its going to turn out like the pin, but would give you much more “glow junk” to work with š