Painting with Bubbles!

We decided to paint with bubbles! It was fun and messy. It’s been raining all week, as per usual, here in the south, so we’ve been stuck indoors just waiting on a chance to try out some paint bubbles. I finally decided to cover the dining room table and try it out in the house! It worked! Although, if you have a chance to do it outside, it’d probably be best. My sink is squeaky bubbly clean though now!

I used ramekins to hold the bubble solution. Mix a squirt of paint in each one and stir it up. You can always add more solution if you find it’s not “bubbly” enough.

Supplies:

• Tempera Paint
• Bubbles

Directions:

• Mix some paint with bubble solution in a small container.
• Carefully dip the bubble blower into the solution.
• Get close to the paper and blow until the bubble pops on the paper.
• Have fun & get creative with your masterpiece!

Notes:

• We practiced a little bit on the paper to get a feel for them. The bubbles are messy and drippy, but I think it adds to the painting. Why I let my kids talk me into using black, I’ll never know. You’ll see why in the photos.

• Since the paint weighs down the bubble solution, you can’t just blow bubbles and let them float down and pop on the canvas. We had to get pretty close to the surface and gently blow our bubbles.

• The boys really got into it. They made such funky designs!

• Our almost splatter-proof surface. It all comes out in the wash though and the memories are worth it!

• I turned my back on the 5 year old for a minute and he went crazy with the black bubble paint! He LOVES bubbles and the fact that he could paint with them made him really happy. That made me happy! Of course his painting took FOREVER to dry, since there was so much solution on it. He loves it though!

• As you can see, the bubbles pop everywhere! A couple wet wipes later and we were good to go.

Such a fun summer craft! I hope you try it out with your kiddos!

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