Bubble Wands and Blowers

I love to craft, cook and create, and find ways to be frugal and make things myself. Today, I am going to show you how to make your own bubbles, wands and blowers at home, for a fraction of the price you pay at the store! And it's fun, I promise. My kids had a blast helping me make the bubbles and wands, and had even more of a blast playing with them!  Okay, let's get started!

ContributingAuthor: Andrea

PIE BIRDS, BUTTONS AND MUDDY PUDDLES

West Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Busy wife to Adam and mom to Jack and Ethan! Lover of food and cooking. Not a lover of the treadmill.​

Homemade Bubbles, Wands and Blowers

You will need:
1 gallon plastic jug (recycled from your gallon of milk or water
2/3 cup of Joy dish soap
2 1/2 Tablespoons of liquid glycerin (found in health and medicine area of Walmart or any other drug store)*
plastic straws
string
plastic bottles (recycled juice or water bottles)
*you can substitute Karo light corn syrup for the liquid glycerin if you can't find it
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Measure your dish soap and glycerin in a measuring cup.  Pour into plastic jugs.

Fill the jug with water. Let the suds at the top subside (I let the water help push some of them out of the jug and into the sink). Cover the jug and shake really well. My boys had fun taking turns shaking.

To make your own bubble wands, cut straws in various lengths and make any shape you like. We did triangles, diamonds and squares.

Insert string into the center of each straw to string the straws together into your shape.

Tie a knot to secure, and cut off any excess string. If your string frays at the ends, you can use a lighter to melt the ends to prevent fraying. Make sure an adult does that step.

To make your own bubble blowers, cut the tops off of recycled juice or water bottles. You might have to poke the center of the bottle with a knife to get an opening, and then use kitchen scissors to even the cut all around. You can make these any length you want. We cut ours pretty short. Again, this step is for adults.

We used a couple smaller water bottles, and one big water bottle. Now we are ready to play! Head outside with your homemade bubbles, wands and blowers.

Pour some of your homemade bubbles into a tray or pan (an old round cake pan works perfectly).

Dip your straws into the solution and blow.

Making homemade bubbles, wands and blowers is so easy and super fun! Now go raid your recycle bins and have a great summer!

Contributing author for Summer Soiré post shared from PieBirds.org Andrea Leland.
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