What You‘ll Need

• 10 cups of water
• 1 cup dish soap
• 1 teaspoon of glycerin (optional; found at pharmacies)
• A wide, flat pan
• Chenille sticks
• Plastic drinking straws

What You'll Do

• Mix the water, soap, and glycerin together in the pan.
• To make bubble wands, shape large and small circles from chenille sticks, and twist on a handle. The straws can be used to make little bubbles.
• Dip the wands in the soapy mix, then blow!

To Play

There's a lot to notice, do, and discover when it comes to bubbles. Here are some ideas.

• Test different ways of blowing on the soap film—gently or forcefully, fast or slow.
• See how the bubbles pick up the colors around them.
• Notice the shadows made by bubbles. Look at the colors in the shadows.
• Try attaching a number of bubbles together on one wand.
• Pass a bubble back and forth between teammates.
• Experiment with making a very big bubble.
• Use a straw to make very tiny bubbles.
• Observe what happens when a bubble pops.
• See how the wind affects where the bubbles go.
• Compare what happens to big bubbles and small bubbles in the wind.
• Discover which surfaces bubbles will attach to without popping, and notice how the bubbles look when they attach.