What lights for a lantern parade?

[HarrietSchulenberg]

The annual lantern parade is coming up horribly soon, and I'm desperately looking for lights to go in the willow/paper lanterns. We had battery operated flickering tea lights last year and they were, to put it mildly, crap. They looked lovely in the dark, but you couldn't see them under orange street lights, and much of the parade will be under a fluoro-glow.

We can't use candles due to naked flame/human scenario envisaged by the insurance company.

Has anyone done something similar and found bright, battery lights that are available cheaply over t'internet?

Some glowsticks may be bright enough to work. but most of the battery powered ones are LED and they aren't the brightest unless you go somewhere rather dark. Had the same problem myself a few years ago.

Thanks kellestar. If anyone is interested I found that stick-up LED lights were fantastic, but as they are battery-guzzlers (3xAAA and you need a screwdriver to put them in) we could only afford a couple for the really big lanterns.

Parade was good fun though.

Obviously I meant to say "naked flame/human torch scenario" in the first post. I doubt the insurance company thought that we could set fire to nude people.