Fluorescent, "Glow in the Dark," Blacklight Play Dough
"Blacklight," a.k.a. safe UV light, makes certain colors and materials come alive! --which is another great metaphor for our need for God's light to give life and spirit.
You can buy glo-in-the-dark play-doh, or you can make your own with the recipe below. Blacklights are inexpensive and found online, in big box stores, and in many hardware stores.
Some ideas...
- How do the people who walk in darkness appear in the dark, and then appear when God's (uv) light shines on them?
- How does Creation look without God's light?
- How does the Bible, worship, prayer feel, look, seem to us when it's not illuminated by the presence of God's spirit?
- How does life, the world, others around us appear to those who are not living in God's light?
- What does a person in need look like to God?
- What happens when God's light shines on you? Can it reveal your spots (sins)?
Here's a YouTube video showing how-to make the blacklight play dough. Others there as well.
Here's the recipe for glow in the dark (blacklight) play dough from the person who posted that video. There are other recipes on the website that don't use the cream of tartar. 
I have to wonder if it would simply be EASIER to add "glow in the dark" POWDER to white flour-based play-dough. That way you don't get the painty mess to clean-up. These powders are widely available on the web. You'd undoubtedly have to adjust how much water you added. You can also buy a big tub of white play-doh online which would illuminate in the blacklight. Several possibilities worthy of research and experimenting with
GLOWING PLAYDOUGH:
- 2 cups of plain flour (all purpose)
- 1/2 cup of salt
- 2 tablespoons of cream of tartar
- 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
- Up to 1.5 cups of water
- Non-toxic neon acrylic paints (5 colors; 1 tablespoon of each)
You need to shine blacklight on your work. The play dough will not look anywhere near as cool without ultraviolet light.
