Thursday, March 29, 2012

Fun Uses For Flashlights

Flashlights are an needful part of sleepovers, back yard camping trips and overnight hiking trips. Besides the sure safety uses for a flashlight, hours upon hours of fun can be in case,granted too!

Shadow puppets are something that we are customary with. Chances are that most of you are customary with the traditional bird, and dog shadow puppets - but are you also customary with the more obscure, and impressive shadow puppets which can be created from the beam of a flashlight?

Flashlight

Flashlights can be an productive way of teaching traditional colors to children, by using balloons spread over the front of the flashlight, and using the light to shine through. The balloons can be attached to the front of the flashlight with elastics. Varied colors of balloons can be used on many flashlights; distinct colors can be created by shining two beams of light together simultaneously. For example, shining a flashlight with a beam of red, to the same spot as a flashlight shining blue will generate purple. This lively light show is sure to keep the children creating new combinations and insight the idea of traditional colors and how they quote to generate new colors.

Fun Uses For Flashlights

Of course, we have all used flashlights to tell scary stories around the campfire or while camping out in the backyard to illuminate parts of our faces but what about creating cutouts to generate an even scarier effect? reconsider using cutouts which can be settled on the beam of the flashlight with stars, polka dots, stripes or lightning bolts; one for each child who is telling a story. This will shed a whole new light on storytelling!

Have you thought about a game of limbo in the dark with the use of a lively Led flashlight? The crisp beam of light created with Led flashlight will ensure that the line in drawn. Combined with music, and colored light - this game is sure to be a hit! You will need an open area and someone with a steady hand, or a flat outside for the flashlight to be settled upon. Contestants line up to try and avoid the light, similar to the traditional limbo game used with a broomstick! Don't worry; the beaming flashlight is sure to illuminate anything touching the line! As an alternative to the one line, two lights can be used aimed towards each other to generate an even brighter light!

Hot summer nights are the exquisite time for children to become customary with hide and seek in the dark, a popular alternative to hide and seek, where the someone who is "it" uses a flashlight to find the children playing. Be sure to decide the limits of where the children will hide, the time limit to hide, and the time limit to find everyone. The last one to be found becomes "it" and is the next one to count, and find everyone with their flashlight. Each child or pair of children hiding can also have their own light to seek out their hiding place.

Fun Uses For Flashlights