Check out our new trick! We came up with our own homemade Bouncing Bubbles Recipe that doesn’t need glycerin or corn syrup and only has 3 ingredients you are bound to have in your kitchen right now! The bubble recipe makes bubbles strong enough that kids can catch them or bounce them up and down on their hand when wearing a winter glove and the bubble solution also makes nice big bubbles that are amazing.
Homemade Bouncing Bubbles Recipe:
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We tried bouncing bubbles last year (Instagram Photo) with a store bought bubble solution and couldn’t get it to work and gave up. This year we figured it out, it wasn’t the glove or even us, it was the bubble solution 🙁 Now with our super strong bubbles it’s easy peasy– and great for hand-eye coordination too– yay!!! 🙂
SUPPLIES:
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- 4 T. Water
- 2 T. Sugar
- 1 T Dawn Concentrated Dish Soap–affiliate
- Winter Gloves (Kid Gloves (affiliate link)
- Bubble Wands
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Super Fun Multihole Bubble Wands Pack of 60 (Blue)Dawn Dish Soap, Ultra Dishwashing Liquid, Original, 14.6 Ounce, (Pack of 3)
C&H Pure Cane Granulated White Sugar, 1 lb (Pack of 2)
Perfect Life Ideas Bubble Maker Kit. Perfect Party Favor for Kids Makes Soap Bubbles – Bubble Games – Includes- Bubble Blower, Tray, Bubble Solution, and One Pair Gloves. 1 Kit
DIRECTIONS:
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1. Mix all the ingredients together, stir until the sugar dissolves, and then have fun blowing bubbles.
To make the bubbles bounce you need to wear soft gloves, blow the bubbles gently, and let them softly bounce on your hand. We had a bit of trouble doing this activity outside because it was windy. So we took the activity inside and found out the bubbles bounced on our carpet and hair too!
Once the wind stopped outside we were able to bounce our bubbles in the backyard. When these bubbles pop the outside of the bubble remains. Little Tiger said they looked like spider webs.
The gloves make it possible to bounce bubbles because the bubble doesn’t come in contact with the oil on our hands which breaks surface tension. Some gloves work and some gloves don’t so if it doesn’t work, try a different glove. Also, if you didn’t use Dawn dish soap and your bubbles aren’t working you may want to try again with Dawn brand dish soap. In no way am I a spokes lady for them, but for some reason in our experience it works the best. (We even keep some in our craft supply closet). Now we hope you have fun bouncing bubbles! Try finding more surfaces bubbles can land or bounce on.
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Whitney @ Work it Mommy says
July 21, 2015 at 3:54 pmThis is awesome! Im pinning for later and will definitely try this with my daughters! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Katie says
July 21, 2015 at 5:00 pmHi Whitney, Thanks so much, I hope you and your little ladies have fun! 🙂
Susen Kuchta says
July 23, 2015 at 2:26 amLast summer we tried so many bubble solutions but not exactly this one – pinning to try!
Katie says
July 23, 2015 at 2:47 pmHi Susen, We tried a ton too, bubbles are so fun! Thanks for the pin 🙂
Claire Ridewood says
July 24, 2015 at 6:24 amOh my goodness, so much fun and such an awesome idea… It is THROWING it down with rain here so we won't be doing it today but it's definatly on the to do list now!
WorkingMomMagic says
July 24, 2015 at 3:50 pmMy kids ask for this stuff all the time.. I am going to try to make them! Awesome idea!!
Emma Owl says
July 24, 2015 at 6:02 pmI LOVE THIS!
Jenny Eaves says
July 26, 2015 at 10:11 amBrilliant! We'll definitely need to try this! 🙂 x
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Mel at Adventures of Mel says
July 28, 2015 at 8:33 pmThese look like so much fun! Definitely need to make these with my youngest; he'd love it. Thank you for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in this week's issue.
Emma @ P is for Preschooler says
July 29, 2015 at 3:22 pmThis is SO awesome – we're going to try it today! (I'm thinking you're going to have some blogging competition from your daughter in a few years – she's a natural!)
Alison Dawn says
August 4, 2015 at 3:14 pmWhat a great post! I love the video tutorial, your daughter is adorable! I can't wait to try this with my kids. Thanks for linking up at the #ThoughfulSpot this week! 🙂
Phyllis says
June 1, 2016 at 1:05 pmYou can have fun with this outside in the winter too, maybe with older ‘kids’ though. Go outside on a really cold day (colder than -5 Celsius) to try this. Don’t catch the bubbles but let them land. They will start to freeze and form beautiful frost patterns.
Katie says
June 16, 2016 at 12:26 amHi Phyllis, Now I can’t wait for winter, that sounds so cool!