Learn How to Make Soap Bubbles

 

If you need a recipe for bubbles, here are three good ones. Read on and learn how to make giant bubbles, what to use for bubble wands or how to make your own.

You can also just buy an inexpensive bottle of bubble blowing soap at the dollar store or your favorite department store (like Fred Meyer in Oregon).

The best part about learning how to make soap bubbles is you get to make as much as you need. Plus, you can experiment with colors and adjust to your own taste (not that you should be drinking the stuff).

Need help with bubble wands? Visit the Soap Bubbles FAQ page to discover a few helpful tips, including:

• How to make a bubble wand
• How to make and use big bubble wands
• Tips on blowing big bubbles
• . . . and more.

If you want to know how to make giant bubbles, you guessed it, check the Soap Bubbles FAQ page. I have answered that question as well as a few others that always seem to make the list.

Need help with bubble games? Visit the Bubble Games page for ideas, tips and tools.

The right recipe for bubbles is a recipe for fun!

Recipe for Bubbles
(big batch)

Ingredients:

• 11 Cups water
• 4 C liquid dish soap
  (anti-bacterial seems to work best)
• 1 Cup corn syrup

Directions:

1. Into a rinsed 1 gallon milk jug, pour all ingredients.
2. Shake milk jug to mix. A capped container will keep bubbles from climbing out.
3. Pour mixed bubble concoction into an open bowl or other shallow container.
4. Dip wand into bubble soap mixture and blow. Or, wave the wand through the air to create the bubble.

Recipe for Bubbles
(small batch)

For smaller birthday party groups, this recipe will be more than adequate. If you run out, it’s easy to make more!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup dishwashing liquid
• 2 Cups water
• 2 teaspoons sugar

Directions:

1. Combine and mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl
2. Pour bubble mixture into a pan into which various fun and sundry shapes can fit.
3. A couple drops of food coloring may be added to color your bubbles.
4. Dip bubble wands into mixture and blow or wave through the air to create beautiful bubbles and lots of smiling faces.

Bouncing Bubble Solution

If you long for longer lasting bubbles, here is a recipe that will make your day.

Ingredients

• 1 cup distilled water
• 2 tablespoons of Dawn dish soap
• 1 tablespoon of glycerin

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients in mixing bowl or container.
2. Allow solution to sit, undisturbed, for 24 hours.
3. With a small bubble wand, blow a bubble the size of a baseball.
4. Have fun watching your bubble to see how long it lasts and what it will bounce off of before popping.

Do you have the perfect bubbles recipe?

Please join the fun – I would love to hear from you. Tell me about your bubble successes and failures, fun ideas, recipes and recommendations.

If you have an idea that has nothing to do with bubbles, chime in. Use the form immediately below!