Time with grandchildren is some of the very best moments of all. They are even more precious when those grandchildren live a distance away. As our daughter Jill and husband, Brad’s visit was nearing an end, we had one last activity we wanted to do with the kids before they head back to up-state New York. Making bubbles. GIANT bubbles. Bubbles they could almost climb into. And it was so much fun! If you are looking for a great activity to do with kids, grand kids, your own kids, neighborhood kids, youth group kids and even big kids, make a batch of bubble solution together and see who can make the biggest one!
Ryan caught on quickly and was making some pretty impressive bubbles in no time.
Shaela needed a little help at first from PopPop
She soon caught on and was making some amazing bubbles all by herself.
And, pretty thrilled about it.
How To Make GIANT Bubbles
For convenience, supplies can be purchased from Amazon through links below.
Supplies to make the bubble solution:
1 Gallon Purified Water
5 cups Unscented and uncolored Dish-washing Soap
1/2 cup Glycerin
Directions:
Pour the water into a bucket. I used a clean plastic container.
Pour the dish-washing soap into the water. Then mix it gently with a wooden spoon.
Pour the glycerin in. Mix gently again. You don’t want ANY bubbles.
NOTE: Humidity has a lot to do with good bubble making so you might want to add a little more or less water to get a good consistency. Since it is so humid here in August, a little thinner was better.
Supplies for making the wand
2 Wooden or Poly Dowels, we cut them 16 to 24-inch
2 Eye screws
3 to 4 1/4 inch nuts (to weigh the line down)
Cotton String (we used kitchen twine)
Directions: The photos will be a help in making the wand
- Drill a small hole in the end of each dowel.
- Screw the Eye Hooks into the holes you just drilled until they are secure.
- Cut a 70-inch piece of cotton string. Cut another piece of string that measures 30-inches. You can make the string as long or short as you like just as long as one string is longer than the other.
- Put the 3 to 4 nuts through the 70 inch string.
- Put the ends of both pieces of string through one of the eye hooks and tie a knot. Do the same thing on the other eye hook. Now you should have a long string and a shorter one that runs from one dowel to the other.
Even our pup lent a paw in the process of measuring the string and making the wand!
Now for the Fun part:
Making Giant Bubbles
- Head outside with your bucket of solution
- Put the end of the dowels in the bucket so the string is submerged in the bubble solution.
- Bring the ends of the dowels up from the bubble solution, together until about chest high.
- Then separate the dowels by pulling them outward so the string makes a triangle that points down. The washers will weigh the center of the bottom string down. see photo below.
- Step backward quickly so that the air goes through the bubble solution between the dowels and makes a bubble.
We had to give it a few tries before getting the hang of making the bubbles but as you can see, even little kids were quickly able to master it.
And the big kids couldn’t resist a try 🙂
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WOWZERS! Can't wait to give the instructions for making the 'wand' to my hubby so I can do this with the grandkids. WHAT FUN!!
Looks like so much fun! Sharing this on my Walking on Sunshine FB page today! Not the recipe, just the link! 🙂
I ADORE those first 4 pics – omgosh – sooooo cute!!!
I have to try that next weekend with my 4 little gkids! I always liked bubbles myself!
Wonderful memories created there!
I have to go back to see where to get the glycerin.
Wow those are some SUPER big bubbles! Your grandkids are so blessed to have such fun grandparents.
That looks awesome! I can't wait to have grand kids so I can do fun stuff with them.
Oh! You did it. I am so anxious to get these sticks and be ready to go when my little ones visit. Your pictures are so much fun and it's great to have your tutorial and perspective too. I'm so glad all of you had such a fabulous vacation together. Thanks LDH.
Julie, using the sticks that come with blinds would work perfectly! You're so creative and resourceful 🙂
Those are some very impressive bubbles. Your grandchildren sure have some wonderful memories to carry home with them.
This looks like so much fun! What great pictures and what great memories.
Those are BIG bubbles. I love to see Raider right in the middle of making the wands – so cute!
Thank you for the wonderful instructions. I am soooo going to do this with my grandkids before summer ends. I'll post some pics on my blog- Diana
How fu! Im sure they enjoyed all those big bubbles!!