Kids and adults alike will love this: DIY simple bubble solution

Speaking of blowing bubbles, I’m sure kids absolutely adore it—whether it’s blowing them or chasing them. Nainai loves riding her bicycle in the open space in front of our house while blowing bubbles (I’m really grateful that there’s plenty of space right at our doorstep for kids to run around and play. On the flip side, during holidays or events like Mid-Autumn Festival, neighbor kids gather with friends to play or families have barbecues—it gets really lively. But that’s beside the point).

Bubble solution runs out really quickly. Of course, store-bought bubble solution comes in large bottles and is pretty cheap too (as someone who loves DIY, I had to look up recipes and try making it myself).

*DIY Bubble Solution* Ingredients needed~ (This post is a follow-up to handmade crafts~)

1. 1 bowl of dish soap (any household cleaner works, but the simpler the ingredients, the better)

2. 1 tablespoon of glycerin (if you don’t have glycerin, you can substitute with sugar or glue) ~ don’t use too much though

3. Water (those who are particular can use distilled water)

Mixing steps~

First, dilute the dish soap and glycerin with hot water about 10-12 times, stir well. If you’re not sure about the amount of glycerin (or sugar or glue), you can add a little bit at a time.

Try blowing bubbles as you go—if you add too much, the bubbles will be too heavy and hard to blow.

If you’re too lazy to bother with all this, just go buy it directly (actually, after trying to make it 2-3 times, I got lazy too and just went to buy store-bought ones, because I don’t make a lot at once and they run out quickly)~

**Haha, because this post is mainly about sharing fun bubble transformations, the bubble solution is just a side note~**

*Transformed Bubble Blowing* Ingredients needed~

1. Thick straw (like the kind used for bubble tea)/plastic bottle

2. Rubber band

3. Dusting cloth (or gauze net, fine mesh, etc.)

4. Scissors, craft knife

5. Food coloring (or watercolor)

6. Bubble solution

Making steps & sharing~

1. First, cut a suitable length of straw, cut a piece of dusting cloth that can cover the straw’s opening area, then secure it with a rubber band, dip it in bubble solution and you can start blowing~ (The bubbles blown this way aren’t very big, and I feel like it’s less fun~)

2. So then I switched to using a plastic bottle~ cut off the part near the bottle mouth, cut a suitable length, then cut a piece of dusting cloth that can cover the bottle’s opening area, secure it with a rubber band, dip it in bubble solution and you’re good to go

3. Food coloring (or watercolor) can be added to the bubble solution (maybe because I used food coloring, it affected the bubble consistency, so the bubbles I blew didn’t have much color—I originally wanted to make milkshake-like colored bubbles)!~ So this post is about failed bubble transformations??!!~~ Ugh~~

When you first start blowing, be mindful of whether kids might accidentally suck the bubbles in—if the distance between the bottle’s opening and where the bubbles come out is longer, it’s less likely for them to suck the bubbles in, but you’ll need to blow harder~~ This really requires some lung capacity and technique~~

(This mommy is so mean, hehe)

Guide Nainai to observe what shape the bubbles she blows are

The concentration of the bubble solution varies each time (haha~ because I just pour things in randomly) so the size and density of the bubbles also differ

Nainai: Wow~ why can’t I blow any bubbles?!

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