July 7, 2011
Make Your Own Bubbles
I’ve been reminded these past few days (since I bought my niece and her friend lots of bubble mixture and a big array of bubble wands) how blowing bubbles is a never-ending and simple pleasure for kids.
I remember last summer, stopping for an hour or so at the Santa Fe Children’s Museum, where we made gigantic bubbles with hula hoop-sized wands, and they had a recipe posted for the bubble mixture. The key, I remember, was glycerin. So I did a little searching, and found that the general make-your-own bubble recipe looks like this:
For a gallon of bubbles (using a recycled, clean milk jug):
- 2½ cups of concentrated dish detergent (I’ve read that Joy and Dawn are the best for bubbles)
- ½ cup glycerin (found at the pharmacy*)
- 12½ cups of water (note: soft water or distilled water is better than hard water)
Stir gently to mix ingredients, and if you can, make the bubbles a day ahead of time – apparently letting the solution sit for a day makes for better bubbles.
*Can be expensive, but is roundly recommended for making the best bubbles
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