How to make soap bubbles at home the easy way
The magic of soap bubbles involves young and old alike: at any age, the desire to make bubbles and observe them flying free in the sky is unstoppable. When your child asks you the fateful question "how to make soap bubbles", you can immediately get to work to satisfy his request. In this article we will explain how to do it, but first we want to leave you an "idea to create a game for babies in 3 minutes.
How to make soap bubbles: recipe and ingredients
Ingrediants
- 1 empty jar to use as a measuring cup (e.g. yogurt jar)
- 1 jar of liquid soap
- 3 jars of water (preferably distilled)
- 2 jars of glycerin (it is an optional ingredient, but using it the result will be spectacular)
- 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar
Method
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, without stirring the mixture too much to avoid foam. At this point pour the liquid into an airtight container and let it rest for two days.
After this time, take the container back, shake it for a few minutes and start making bubbles.
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Choosing the right soap is essential
Not all soaps are created equal, but most of the ones you have around the house should be fine. Keep in mind that some will have a formula that can create bigger and stronger soap bubbles, the secret is to experiment to find the perfect mix.
Once you have chosen the soap, it will be mixed with four parts of water in a jar, cup or container. Let's see which are the best:
- Liquid Dish Soap: We all have it at home and it's a perfect base for resistant bubbles.
- Shower gel or shampoo: they may foam less than dish soap, but they should be fine anyway; give it a try to see if the mixture works.
- Natural detergent: if you want to be calm and avoid any kind of risk for your children, do not make soap bubbles with chemical detergents; choose natural brands to buy directly in herbalist's shops or in specialized shops.
Secret ingredients to improve the blend
We want to reveal some tricks to make the bubbles come out giant and above all last a long time, avoiding bursting after a few seconds. Again the watchword is to experiment until you find the perfect mix. Here are some ideas:
- Add some sugar (glucose syrup and starch will work too). This way the bubbles will be thicker and much more resistant.
- Use food coloring. Get some food coloring of different colors and add it to the mixture in different containers to have soap bubbles of a thousand different colors.
- Free your imagination with various decorative ingredients. Why not try some soap bubbles with glitter, confetti or flower petals? Since they are all very light elements, you can add them to the mixture and surprise your children.
Make your own stick
Now it's time to take care of the stick with the two holes to take part of the liquid and blow it into the air to create the real bubbles. How to make it directly at home? If you buy ready-to-use bubbles, you will notice that usually the stick inside the package is plastic.In reality, even in this case, as in the case of soap, you can use some elements that you already have at home. We give you some ideas.
- Use a plastic pipe cleaner, fold it into a circle and pin the ends together to create the round shape.
- Even a ladle with a thin and flexible handle will be fine: the ideal is the ladle to immerse the eggs in hot water, all you have to do is use the circular part.
- Get a straw, fold it into a circular shape and tape it to leave the circular shape.
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How to make giant soap bubbles
Do you want to amaze everyone with giant soap bubbles? The children will go crazy. But let's see what is needed. For the mixture you will not have to change anything, rather what you can act on is the stick itself. Use a metal hanger and gauze that will prevent the bubbles from popping prematurely.
- Use pliers to open the hanger and straighten it - in particular you will need to untangle the rolled top.
- Fold one end to form a large circle and then close and secure with pliers.
- Cover the circular part with thin gauze and secure it tightly to the circle.
Tips & tricks for perfect soap bubbles
- A garden, a square or on the balcony of the house will be the perfect places to finally start making and bubbles.
- Dip the stick into the soap and water mixture, bring the circular part close to your mouth and blow gently.
- Bubbles will form, start flying and then burst after a short time.
- If you have added food coloring to your mix, be sure to blow the soap bubbles in the open air to prevent them from staining the fabrics and furnishings of the house when they burst.
- A trick to making many but small bubbles is to blow very hard after taking a large amount of liquid.
- For giant bubbles you will need to pour the soap and water solution into a very large bowl, preferably a tray.
- Completely dip the gauze into the liquid and gently lift.
- You can decide to move the stick in the air to form a giant bubble that will detach by itself, floating free upwards.
- If you run with the stick in your hand, the giant bubble will form easily.
Curiosities about soap bubbles
- To make soap bubbles one inside the other, just pierce a soap bubble with a wet straw and blow inside to create a new bubble.
- Playing ball with soap bubbles? You can! The bubble must be large enough and hit with a cotton garment.
- The summer weather is perfect for soap bubbles, free from wind and humidity!
