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Lupine and I spent part of the day playing in the backyard, chasing enormous bubbles through the grass. I wanted to share this playful summer idea with you with a simple bubble wand tutorial. Here goes!
Materials
Pliers/Wire snips
1 dowel or small tree branch, approximately 24" long
3 feet of wire (ours was copper wire recycled from a remodeling job)
1 C unnatural dish soap
4 C water
bucket
The (Magic) Wands
Special touches like glitter, paint, and ribbon streamers are a nice touch. These instructions are for your bare-bones bubble wand, but don't let that limit your creative spark!
Spiral one end of the wire around stick 4-5 times to secure.
Shape remaining wire into a shape that creates one or more closed loops. (You needn't be fussy about how closed the loops are. If the wires overlap and touch it is close enough.) We made stars and dragonflies. Your design should be fairly two-dimensional for ease of use.
Optional step: If you have loads of wire left after completing your design, trim to approximately 5".
Tuck the second wire end safely away so no one gets poked (around the stick or turned on itself it left exposed).
The Bubble Juice
We have tried many recipes and this simple one is the best. (We skip the
glycerin and corn syrup found in other bubble formulas. We have found them to be unnecessary
and some leave sticky marks where the bubbles pop.)
Mix 1 C unnatural dish soap (we used Dawn) with 9 C water. (I wish I could tell you to make this with our delicious LuSa Organics soap,
but alas, those bubble aren't tough enough for backyard mayhem.)
Stir gently to dissolve.
Play!
Edited: If you do make wands, won't you post them to the Clean Flickr pool and then leave a comment here? I'd love to see your creations.
Your specification of “unnatural” dish soap made me laugh. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your fun art craft that can be shared with most any one looking for was to keep children entertained on a hot summer day.:):):)
Thank you Deborah! Enjoy.
~ Rachel
We made these for a photoshoot! There were perfect! I was a little afraid that they would be difficult to blow at such a large scale, but this 2 year old did it on her first try!
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Thanks for the lovely idea!
So sweet! Thanks for sharing. They look wonderful! Feel free to share a link to the tutorial or to my FB page on yours.
Many bubbly blessings,
Rachel
i did put a link to you as the caption of the color photo. We’ll do a blog post soon, too, and link back to you. i’ll add your facebook page. good idea. 😀
thanks again!
i find it very poetic!
How long does this last?
SHelf life