Bubble Recipes

Bubble Crafts
Colored Bubble Prints

Recipes for Bigger, Better, Blowing Bubbles:
Abbey, Jacob and I are determined to find the best recipe for at home bubbles. Below are two different ways of making bubbles. Both have similar ingredients and most of us have the ingredients already in our homes! We'd love to hear your thoughts - We're still in the experimenting stages but will report our findings when complete ~ Enjoy !

Recipe #1
1/2 cup of dishwashing liquid (Dawn or Joy your choice!)
2 cups of water
2 teaspoons of sugar
a dab of food coloring (for a colorful batch of BIGGER bubbles)
mix and place in a shallow pan (or refill your old bubble containers).


Recipe #2
1 gallon water
1/2 cup Dawn (or Joy) Dishwashing Liquid
1/4 cup glycerine (obtained from your local pharmacy)


Suggestions:

Rumor has it that homemade bubbles work best when left to sit for a while. We'll be testing that also. I've seen some say it's best to let it sit overnight, while others suggest 30 minutes. Refill your old bubble containers with your new home-made bubbles. Bend pipe cleaners into a circle at the top and use as Bubble Wand.

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Colored Bubble Prints

Anyone with a child in school has surely done this fun project. Here's a reminder for those of you looking to do it at home. Mom's : if you are doing this with young ones, consider doing the straw part yourself. There is always the chance that a child will inhale when given a straw in stead of blowing out. I had my children blow the milk in their cereal bowls to practice before we tried this at home.

Materials Needed for Project:
Liquid Dish Soap
Paper
Drinking Straws
Tempera Paint

What to do:
Mix 1/2 cup water, 3-4 tablespoons of paint and 1 tablespoon dish soap. Pour into pie plate (or any shallow pan). My son Jacob suggested we use an overturned frisbee and it worked better than the pie plate or the shallow pan! That's what you see in the picture above - our Blue Frisbee being used as a pan for bubbles. Try it, It works! Take straw and place one end into the paint/soap mixture. Gently (emphasis on gently) blow to begin making bubbles. The bubbles will begin to grow and overtake the pan. Once they start to flow over the edge you are ready!

Place the paper on top of the bubbles and hold it there until a few bubbles have popped. Check to see if the shape of the bubbles has transferred to the paper. If it looks good, then set it aside to dry or repeat the process with other colors. You can always blow more bubbles as needed.

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