Bubble love and my secret bubble potion!

Hours of fun!

What is with bubbles that kids (even kids once) just seem to enjoy so much? It is quite addicting and you just seem to want to pop all the bubbles that you see.

Bubbles just seem to be one of the most favorite things my kids love! (I wonder why Maria of the Sound of Music didn't even have that as one of her Favorite Things?)

If I was Maria I'd sing it like this:
Girls in vintage white dresses or frilly cream tutus, Watching my sweet babies popping those tiny endless bubbles, Babies that smell sweeter with mommy's breastmilk, these are a few of my favorite things!

I am not quite good on rhyming, though.  Forgive me. :) But, those gigantic bubbles are really therapeutic, maybe because you get excited when you see giant ones.

Well, back to bubbles! Since one of my favorite things is watching my kids go gaga over bubbles. It has been my week long commitment to find the best bubble potion and to make gigantic bubbles that seem to last a bit and not just pop right away.

It is really a trial and error thing and will depend on the humidity, wind and the way you make your bubble potion. But my 2nd potion seem to last majorly giagantic bubbles that when it flew high it didn't pop right away but kept afloat for more than a minute!  Imagine, seeing a 6 feet high bubble floating in mid-air.  You would actually mistake it as an alien spaceship or something (exaggeration).

Sharing my best bubble potion ingredient:

10 parts mineral water (distilled, not deep well/tap water)
2 part Joy Ultra Dishwashing
1 part sugar

or my actual recipe is 20oz mineral water, 4 oz Joy, 3 Tablespoon Sugar

Stir till sugar dissolves.  You can use it right away but it is a lot better when you let it stand in a covered container for 3-4 hours (or overnight).

Now, for my giant bubble wand,

100 inch #6 yarn
70 inch #6 yarn
4 Washers as weight
2 round hooks
2 (24 inches) stick (I was so excited to make one, I simply used a branch of a Malunggay tree!)

To make it, simply drill/attach the hooks on each end of the sticks/branch.  Add the washers onto the 100inch yarn.  Place in the 2 yarns together onto each stick with the hook tips then knot on the then.

Place your bubble potion on a bucket then dip in your bubble wand.  Start making those giant bubbles by spreading in and out those sticks together.

This is extremely fun!

Just a little reminder to be extra careful when the bubbles pop.  The suds might accidentally go into your child's eyes.  My twins got some onto their eyes and we had to wash it off as it really gets ouchie when those get in their eyes. 

Well, it did hurt their eyes... but once they see those giant bubbles, it made them forget it.

Little one, loving those bubbles!