Parenting Hack #1 glow sticks

And God said, "let there be light." And there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. - Genesis 1:3-4

I like the dollar store for some things. You know, cheap happy birthday/it's a girl balloons, cards, pregnancy/ovulation tests, puzzles, coloring books and glow sticks.
Who wouldn't want glow sticks!? Aren't they cool.
Well they are more than cool. Sure kids think they are cool but as a parent it's beyond cool. It's a sanity saver.
Power outages are not foreign to our area. Our kids have been in and out of "afraid of the dark" stages. Glow sticks can be a great alternative to flashlights(and way cooler!) for kids during evening or nighttime outages. For $1 you could get a glow stick wand or a pack of bracelets/sticks. Depending on your child's age, you would determine if he/she could handle them alone without getting into trouble or it they should be attached high out of reach somewhere in their room.
Both of our kids have been allowed to have one at night. Our kids (age 3 and 4) are reminded that they are not to throw, swing, smash, or break their glow sticks. We first put a couple on the rails on the toddler bed. Then if they left them alone we added a couple more. One night they got to wear them as bracelets to bed. They know that they would have it taken away if they misuse it. So far we haven't needed to take one away.
We have only used them a couple nights- none of which were power outage nights. But it sparked the thought that I should have some stored for a power outage. Our kids would likely be scared and want to be with us during an outage. Generally speaking our kids do not sleep with us in our beds. Occasionally they are allowed on the floor of our room if it's a really rough night (usually that's a sign that they may have ear infections we haven't discovered yet).
I know some parents are co-sleepers. That's fine. Doesn't work for us. We tried it in a king size bed on vacation. They ended up sleeping on the floor. They move all over the place. We also like to keep the bed for mommy and daddy and not let the kids get between us- literally.
So in an effort to keep our bed and room to ourselves this winter, I think glow sticks will be our fun tool to take out for power outages.
What do you think? Will you be adding this to your bag of tools? Do you have other tools you use?