I used pinky/purple coloured beads – but also used pink lights. There are loads of different colours available. Not sure how well it would work with glowsticks, as they lose their glow quite quickly.

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Hey Michelle,

That’s so helpful, thank you. Would you mind telling us where you got your beads from? So sorry for the 21 questions! Don’t mean to be a pain!

Thank you,

Mervyn & Toni

Hiya

There are different size beads that you can buy – I can’t remember now which size I bought, but they were not as large as a 50p, but not as small as a 5p. You also need to make sure that they soak for a long time and that you have enough water in there. The ones I had needed several litres of water and be left for 24 hrs to swell to maximum, but I didn’t leave it that long.

The bowls are about 6-7″ in diameter. Hope this helps!

Hey. Michelle,

Thanks for your help. I think we found the lights we need. Another question however:

It seems in your pictures like your aqua beads have grown quite large. We can’t get are beads to grow that size and can’t find anywhere that sells “large” beads. Our beads have grown to approximately the size of a 5p coin, maybe a bit smaller. Yours look like they’re about the size of 50p coins. Or have we got it all wrong and the fish bowls in your pictures are actually more glass/tumbler size?

Please help. We don’t want tiny balls! Thanks so much for your help.

Mervyn and Toni

I bought them in The Range if you have one of those near you? They have them in again this year as I saw them recently when I was in there shopping. Or, if you can’t find them you could buy floralytes. I bought some on eBay and they kind of look like tea lights but go in water safely. Hope this helps! X

We love this idea but we cannot find the waterproof lights anywhere! Is it possible you could tell us where you got them from or where you know we can get them from, preferably online as we are in the UK. Thanks! x