Glow In The Dark Bubbles and Sticks

So I followed all the instructions on Pinterest on how to make glow in the dark bubbles and for some reason it didn't work very well. It did have a tint to them but I never did figure out how to make them glow. However we busted out the glow sticks and played with them. I think that the glow sticks turned out to be even more fun then the bubbles would have been.