How to Make GIANT Bubbles
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1 gallon
How to Make GIANT Bubbles
Description
The bubble solution is prepared by mixing all dry and liquid ingredients except water, ensuring powders are fully incorporated. Very hot tap water is then gradually stirred in without creating foam to activate the components that strengthen bubbles. This mixture can be used immediately or saved for later use.
For the bubble wands, eye hooks are screwed into one end of each wooden dowel. Cotton rope is cut into long pieces (about 10 feet for adults), threaded with washers, and tied between two dowels to form a large triangular loop that holds a significant amount of bubble solution. The length can be adjusted for children.
To make giant bubbles, the rope is fully submerged in the solution, lifted carefully, and maneuvered to create large bubbles when moved through the air. The combination of the enriched solution and large wand size produces impressively big bubbles for outdoor fun.
Ingredients
Bubble Solution:
- 1 cup Dawn Ultra dish soap
- ¼ cup corn starch
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon guar gum
- 1 teaspoon alcohol
- 1 teaspoon glycerine
- 12 cups water very hot
Bubble Wands:
- 6 wooden dowels found at JoAnns
- 10 yards cotton rope found at JoAnns
- 3 heavy washers
- 6 eye hooks
Instructions
To make the bubble solution:
- In a very large container, mix together all ingredients except the water. Ensure all of the powder is fully incorporated.
- Get tap water flowing as hot as possible and add hot water to soap solution 2 cups at a time. Stir the solution to fully mix but try not to over mix such that you create bubbles.
- You can use it immediately or save for future use.
To make the bubble wands:
- Screw an eye hook into the end of each dowel.
- Cut the rope into three 10 foot pieces. This is a good length for adults. If you're making a wand for a child, you might want to cut 1-2 feet off the length.
- String a washer onto the rope and then thread it through two of the eye hooks. Tie a knot to secure. In other words, when the dowels are held out, you want the rope to make a triangle with the eye hooks in the top two corners and the washer as the bottom corner (see dipping photo above).
To make your giant bubbles:
- Fully submerse rope into solution. Lift straight up and allow the excess solution to drip off back into the container.
- Pull dowels apart from each other such that rope forms a triangle shape. Either let the breeze blow the bubble or walk backward. Close the dowels together to close the bubble. Proceed to pop the bubble! Repeat.
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