How to make soap bubbles: recipes

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

One of the most favorite pastimes for any age is soap bubbles. Their recipe has long been known and widely used by parents in order to turn the child's everyday life into a holiday. Today on the shelves of children's stores you can find a huge number of all kinds of jars for inflating rainbow bubbles, but their composition is very doubtful and unsafe for humans. Therefore, parents have to innovate and look for instructions on how to make homemade soap bubbles so as not to harm the he alth of their child.

There are quite a few variations using a wide variety of ingredients to make the right solution. In this case, all instructions and proportions should always be strictly observed in order to make beautiful and durable soap bubbles. The recipe must be from reliable sources. Otherwise, there is a risk that nothing will work out, and the children will be upset.

Basic ingredients for soap solution

So, you will need the following ingredients.

1. Dishwashing liquid. There is no exact brand that could be distinguished asideal for creating a solution for soap bubbles. It is worth trying something that you use every day.
2. Soap. Housekeeping is best.
3. Water. This component should be carefully considered. Tap water is not always good for soap bubbles. It contains too many different s alts. You should first boil it and let it stand for several hours.
4. Glycerin solution. This is the component that is responsible for the strength, color and size of the bubble. Glycerin is sold in pharmacies of the city. One bottle is enough for several times. As a rule, a teaspoon of glycerin is added to one liter of soap bubble solution. But there are exceptions.

Popular recipes

Let's consider the most common options.

Recipe 1

The most popular and does not require special ingredients. All you need is a bar of laundry soap and water. These components can be found in any home. Soap should be ground on a coarse grater or cut into small pieces and dissolved in warm water. To speed up the process, the resulting mixture can be put on low heat and stirred until a homogeneous mass is obtained.

Recipe 2

This is one of the easiest ways to make bubbles at home with kids. This will require: 100 g of dishwashing liquid, 300 ml of water and 50 ml of glycerin. You need to mix all the ingredients. Done, you can start entertaining the kids.

Don't use tap water because it contains too much s alt, itadversely affects the film.

Glycerin is needed to make the bubbles strong.

Recipe 3

You will need a few days to make this solution.

Required: 300 ml of hot boiled water, 150 ml of glycerin, 10 drops of ammonia, 25 g of washing powder. All this must be thoroughly mixed and left alone for 2-3 days. After the time has elapsed, the solution must be filtered and sent to the refrigerator for 10 hours. The bubbles are very large and strong. Just as good as the ones the pros use on holidays.

If you take the matter seriously, you can arrange a real show of soap bubbles with the help of the created liquid. Such a performance will decorate any holiday, even if it is an adult party, it will definitely not be boring.

Recipe 4

This is a variant of creating liquid to blow big bubbles.

For this you will need:

• 1, 6 liters of water;
• 0.5L dishwashing liquid;
• 0, 2 liters of glycerin solution;
• 100g sugar;
• 100 g of gelatin.

Gelatin is diluted in water and left to swell. After it, it is necessary to strain and remove unnecessary liquid. Sugar is added to the gelatin, and the mixture is sent to the fire, heated until dissolved, but boiling should not be allowed. All this is poured into water, then dishwashing detergent and glycerin are added. The solution is mixed in such a way that foam does not occur.

Quality check

To assess whether thethe resulting soapy solution for inflating bubbles, you need to perform some simple steps. Dip the straw into the liquid. After removal, a film should form at the end of the tube. Now you need to blow.

If small bubbles fly out that easily scatter into thousands of small droplets, then it is worth adding a little soapy solution (soap, dishwashing liquid, powder, depending on the recipe) and some glycerin.

Thus, by experimenting, you can achieve the ideal proportions.

Blowing tools

With a solution of course. The main thing is to strictly follow the instructions and observe the proportions. Now it is worth paying attention to the fact that to get an unforgettable experience while blowing soap bubbles, one liquid is not enough.

An appropriate bubble prop is also needed. However, it is not necessary to purchase it in the store. It is enough to show imagination and follow simple instructions.

Creating giant soap bubbles

Here, too, there are several options. Consider them.

Tool 1

You will need: two straws for a cocktail, a long cord (about 1 meter).

Manufacturing method: the lace is threaded into the tubes. Its ends are tied. Between the tubes you need to leave about 40-50 cm. A kind of loop on sticks should come out.

To get a giant soap bubble, you need to lower this loop with tubes into the prepared solution. At this point, the sticks should be at their maximumclose to each other. After that, the tool is removed. You need to start spreading the tubes in different directions so that a film forms in the loop. After that, you should guide the structure through the air, creating a huge soap bubble that will shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow. The main thing is to be able to let him fly free in time.

Tool 2

You will need: electric cable, cotton cloth.

Manufacturing method: a circle with a diameter of 20-30 cm is made from the cable. Its ends are fixed with an elastic band or fishing line. The fabric is cut into strips. Then you need to wrap the cable with these segments. As a result, the solution will be absorbed into them, and it will last for a long time.

Soapy liquid is poured into a basin of the appropriate size, the resulting hoop is placed in it. The fabric is soaked in the solution. Next - a matter of technology: you need to hold this instrument through the air and enjoy what happened. And whatever you want can come out: a few large bubbles and one giant one, and even a whole tunnel with which you can wrap yourself and put a child in it.

Tool 3

You will need: cocktail tube, wire.

Manufacturing method: the wire is attached to the tube, creating a ring. After that, it can be given the desired shape, for example, hearts or stars. In any case, there will be unusual soap bubbles. You can use any recipe for the solution.

Tool 4

This is the most budgetary and uncomplicated props. Thanks to him, not huge, but rather large soap bubbles are obtained. Pricesuch an invention is zero.

You will need two hands.

Blowing method: palms are dipped in soapy water. Thumbs and forefingers form a ring through which bubbles will fly out.

What other tools can be used to blow bubbles?

The easiest way to blow is to use a regular juice straw. There may be many. You can take 7 or 10 tubes and fasten them with tape. You will get a wonderful device for blowing a large number of bubbles at the same time.

It's good to have a plastic carpet beater at home. It can be used in its original form, or you can remove all connections and leave only the outer rim.

For blowing large bubbles, a regular funnel will do. If in the process it is necessary to draw more air into the lungs, then you need to close the hole with your finger so that what happened does not disappear completely.

You can use a plastic bottle, after cutting off the bottom of it.

Of course, a special machine for soap bubbles is also suitable, which will blow them without human help and ingenious devices. But such mechanical "blowers" are expensive. At the same time, children are always interested not only in catching rainbow balloons, but also in taking an active part in their creation.

What's interesting?

Having figured out how to make homemade soap bubbles, we can look at various entertainment options.

1. "Matryoshka". Needed to playplate with a flat bottom. Soap bubbles will be blown in it. The liquid recipe can be taken as simple as possible. Using a straw for a cocktail, the first bubble of the maximum size is blown out. It should lie on a plate in the form of a hemisphere. After that, the straw must be carefully turned so that the end remains inside the bubble, but detaches from the wall. The next ball is blown. You can make as many bubbles as you like. You will get a kind of rainbow "matryoshka".
2. "Bubble Cocktail". Soapy liquid is poured into a mug or jar. The tube is lowered into the solution. The child begins to blow air into the straw. The liquid boils, foam is created that crawls out of the edges of the mug. Usually such soap bubbles for children are new.



3. Bubble on the palm. Dip your child's hand in soapy water. Let the baby blow a bubble that he can hold. You can also catch bubbles with soapy hands and they won't burst.
4. Very interesting activity - blowing soap "domes" on the glass. To do this, cool the soap solution by placing it in the refrigerator. The glass must be wetted with water. Now it can be blown into many "domes" of various sizes using a straw.
5. You can make flowers out of soap. You will need: food foil, soapy liquid, cork, tube for juice, plate. Circle the cork on the foil, and draw 6 petals around it. Cut out. Now you need to put the cork on a plate, and put the so-called flower on top. All thisshould be smeared with liquid for soap bubbles. A photo of a flower will be unusual if everything is done according to the instructions. From contact with liquid, the petals will fall off, but as soon as you bring a soap bubble to them, the flower will "come to life" and begin to "bloom", rising towards the growing ball.

Painting with rainbow balls

How to make homemade soap bubbles, of course. After their manufacture, you can engage not only in blowing, but also combine this process with the development of imagination and creative abilities in children. You can draw amazing abstract pictures with soap bubbles, and then add details to them and turn them into real masterpieces.

This will require not an ordinary soap solution, but a colored one, which is also very easy to make. To do this, add a few drops of watercolor paint to the already prepared bubble liquid. After that, you can proceed directly to drawing. Here the juice tube comes to the rescue again. It is necessary to blow through it so that bubbles form on the surface of the soapy liquid. When the foam goes over the edge, carefully send it to a sheet of paper. It is necessary to do this action with the number of colors that you want to see in the future picture.

You can make a foam hat and attach paper to the bubbles.

In both cases, the drawing process ends with the fact that the sheet must dry. Then you can draw what happened to a certain image, or you can leave an abstract picture. It is easy to use for greeting cards andholiday gift wrapping.

A bubble machine will do here too. If you add such a colored solution to it, bring a sheet of paper and hold it for a while, you will also get interesting patterns. The only thing worth considering is that such creativity is best done outdoors. Otherwise, furniture or floors may be damaged. In any case, it will be very interesting for children to watch how colorful bubbles leave beautiful prints on paper.

Unusual options

Not so long ago, non-bursting soap bubbles appeared on sale. They are completely safe for people and animals. They contain either gelatin or medical glue. Such bubbles do not burst in the hands, they can be used to build pyramids.

If the solution is based on medical glue, then the bubbles stick to the hands, but do not stick together, after them a film remains on the surface, like from PVA glue, but it is very easy to remove. After the game, there are no traces left anywhere, although the soap bubble show will turn out to be excellent, because hundreds of small transparent balls fly out at once, which turn out to be everywhere.

Interesting soap bubbles are also obtained on a gelatin basis. Photos with them will turn out amazing, because you can "build" various pyramids. In the case of glycerin solutions, such structures will not work. At the same time, in order for the soap bubble not to burst, you need to wait a few seconds.

But if you suddenly want to please the child with non-bursting bubbles in the very near future, thenordinary woolen mittens or gloves. The effect of them will surprise children very much. The bubble does not burst when touched with wool, but begins to bounce from the hand, like a rubber ball from a wall. Not only a child, but also adults will be addicted to playing with bouncing soap bubbles.

Unbursting soap bubbles in winter

This phenomenon can be observed in winter with severe frost. When soap bubbles are blown at temperatures below zero, tiny crystals form on their surface and grow rapidly.

But in the cold you can get different soap bubbles, photos of which will surprise friends and acquaintances. It all depends on the composition of the liquid used. For example, to get matte, you need to take shampoo as a basis. But the bubbles from the "Fairy" will not "survive" in the snow, because they will have a more fragile structure. The blowing process itself is also important. The straw is lowered to the bottom of the glass so that the solution also covers its outer side. After that, the tube is slowly removed, a little foam is captured. When blowing, the straw must be twisted with smooth movements to prevent the accumulation of excess liquid, which can damage the fragile structure.

During the blowing process, foam should accumulate inside the bubble, which will prevent premature bursting. The "foamy" side of the ball is placed on the snow surface. At temperatures below 15 degrees, 10 seconds after the start of blowing, a frozen crystal ball of unprecedented beauty is obtained.

In general, let soapbubbles are recommended in any weather and at any age, because this exciting process uplifts the mood and improves well-being.