How to make bubbles with only 3 Ingredients that can bounce on your hand.
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 š Now with our super strong bubbles it’s easy peasy– and great for hand-eye coordination too– yay!!! š
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SUPPLIES:
- 4 T. Water
- 2 T. Sugar
- 1 T Dawn Dish Soap
- Soft Winter Gloves
- Bubble Wands
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Dawn Ultra Dishwashing Liquid Dish Soap, Original Scent, 2×19.4 fl oz
FUN LITTLE TOYS 10 Pack Giant Bubble Wands Set for Kids, Summer Birthday Party Favors for Kids, Kids Outdoor Toys SetSteve Spangler’s Bubble Gloves, 1 Pair
DIRECTIONS:
You can watch the directions or continue reading below. There are also printable directions available towards the end of this post.
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.
Tips:
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.
- Let bubbles gently land on your hand (with a glove) so the bubble bounces up. The bubbles can’t be hit like a ball because they will pop.
- Add a little more soap if the bubble solution seems to thin and try again.
- Some gloves work and some gloves don’t, so if it doesn’t work, try a different glove.
- If your glove becomes sticky you may need to wash and dry it and try again.
- If your bubbles blow away in the wind wait until the wind stops so you have time to let them gently fall on your glove.
- 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).
- Store the solution in an air tight container to use again.
Now we hope you have fun bouncing bubbles! Try finding more surfaces bubbles can land or bounce on.
Print the Directions:
Homemade Bouncing Bubbles Recipe
Materials
- 4 T. Water
- 2 T. Sugar
- 1 T Dawn Dish Soap
- Soft Winter Gloves
- Bubble Wands
Instructions
- 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.
Notes
- Let bubbles gently land on your hand (with a glove) so the bubble bounces up. The bubbles can’t be hit like a ball because they will pop.
- Add a little more soap if the bubble solution seems to thin and try again.
- Some gloves work and some gloves don’t, so if it doesn’t work, try a different glove.
- If your glove becomes sticky you may need to wash and dry it and try again.
- If your bubbles blow away in the wind wait until the wind stops so you have time to let them gently fall on your glove.
- 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).
- Store the solution in an air tight container to use again.
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This is awesome! Im pinning for later and will definitely try this with my daughters! Thanks for sharing š
Hi Whitney, Thanks so much, I hope you and your little ladies have fun! š
Last summer we tried so many bubble solutions but not exactly this one – pinning to try!
Hi Susen, We tried a ton too, bubbles are so fun! Thanks for the pin š
Oh 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!
My kids ask for this stuff all the time.. I am going to try to make them! Awesome idea!!
I LOVE THIS!
Brilliant! We'll definitely need to try this! š x
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These 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.
This 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!)
What 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! š
You 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.
Hi Phyllis, Now I can’t wait for winter, that sounds so cool!