Make yourself a giant bubble wand and blow enormous bubbles in your garden. We have included two recipes for bubble mixture – the first is made from easily acquired ingredients. The ingredients for the second may be slightly more of a challenge to get hold of, but makes more stable big bubbles. The original green Fairy liquid seems to make the best bubble mix.
Make the bubble wand
- Put a small screw eye into the end of each of your two sticks
- Thread your string through both of the screw eyes – you can also add a washer to the string for a weight and tie the string in a knot
Bubble Mix – Simple Recipe
12 cups of water
1 cup washing up liquid
1 cup corn flour
2 tbsp baking powder
- Put all the ingredients into a bucket or washing up bowl
- Stir gently and let stand for an hour
- Use for your giant bubbles
Bubble Mix – Advanced Recipe
1L room temperature water
1.5g (¼ heaped tsp) guar gum powder
2 tsp glycerine
50ml washing up liquid
2g (½ heaped tsp) baking powder
- Measure the water into a large container.
- Measure the guar into a cup and mix with the glycerine until you can put it easily.
- Pour the guar and glycerine into the water, if there is anything left in your cup, use a little of the water to get the last of it into the water mixture.
- Stir for 30 seconds.
- Add the washing up liquid and stir gently – you don’t want to make it foam up.
- Add the baking powder and stir
Take It Further
If you enjoyed this, check out some of our other fun STEM activities, like making an alka seltzer rocket or attempting the egg drop challenge.
