Search For the Very Best Bubbles

Like most small children, Pickle is a big fan of bubbles.  She was recently given a large bubble wand which makes lots of bubbles, but uses the liquid very quickly.  When it ran out she asked to make some, so after a bit of recipe searching, we decided to experiment.

We used the recipe from Activity Village (lots of bubble related activities here) as a starting point.

1/2 cup of washing up liquid
5 cups water
2 tablespoons glycerine

We mixed it slowly - well as slowly as a toddler can, then as the instructions suggested, patiently left it overnight.

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Just kidding!  Of course we tried it out straight away!  We did leave some for the next day, and it definitely improved with keeping, but it still worked first time.

We found lots of bubble wands.  slotted spoons and spatulas worked well. We tried a plastic coat hanger, and an old colander that has been demoted to being played with in the garden.  we also made the 'ok' sign with our fingers, and blew through that.  We (well, I!) made some quite big bubbles that way. 

Pickle had great fun measuring, mixing and experimenting with wands and Baby Ben enjoyed the show too.  Blowing bubbles directly into the mixture with a straw was a big hit.  I'm going to keep tweaking the recipe, maybe trying different washing up liquid brands, or perhaps shampoo.  If anyone finds their magic mix, please let me know!  One word of warning - both children needed a good bath as they were covered in sticky mixture by the end!