Homemade Bubble Blower Here is another idea for bubbles. You will need styrofoam cups, rubber bands, straws that do not bend, and a piece of cotton cloth. Fill the cup 1/4 of the way with solution. Poke a hole near the top with the straw and insert. Cover the top with a square of cloth (I use an old piece of flannel or cut up towel) secured with the rubber band. Then have the children blow into the straw and watch the bubbles come out the top. If it works right, the bubbles will be in one long continous piece...really cool. String Bubble Blower Personally, when I make the HUGE bubbles, all I use is a piece of cotton string, about 24 inches long, then I tie the two ends together, dip the string (and my hands) into the mix. Carefully open, and hold open so that you can see the film of soap, pull backwards, and tadah!! I have made bubbles over 6 feet in length. It is very easy this way. I hope I have given you some info you haven't heard of! Hula Hoop Blower For lots of bubble fun...get a baby pool and fill it with bubble solution. Place a box or a crate in the middle that kids can stand on...get a hula hoop and place it over the box/crate and into the bubble mixture, then have a child stand on the box/crate. An adult can pull up the hula hoop and it makes a bubble as big as the kids and they are actually INSIDE the bubble! Kids love it! Take pictures! More Bubble Blowing Tools Fill a small wading pool with bubble solution. (combine 1 part liquid dish soap w/12 parts water and a few drops of glycerin or Karo syrup.) Use different bubble-blowing tools: plastic rings from soda six-packs, for instance, or wands made from pipe cleaners, you can also use tin cans with both ends removed - just be careful of sharp edges.. And what do you have if a child stands inside a hula hoop in the pool and you pull the hoop up around him? A human bubble! Large bubble wand an old cotton T-shirt or cloth a wooden dowel or pipe of some sort (PVC is probably okay but not too thick 1 inch thick) two large steel washers (or flat rings) 1. Cut the T-shirt along the bottom twice so that you have two strips of cotton fabric about 1 1/2 inch thick that are circular. 2. Cut both pieces so that you now have two long strips of fabric. 3. Knot the two strip together so that you now have one very long strip of fabric. 4. Thread the washer through the dowel. 5. Thread the fabric through the washer (the one that is threaded through the dowel) The dowel, washer and fabric should all be connected. 6. Tie the fabric to one end of the dowel. 7. Thread the other washer through the fabric and knot the two ends of fabric together so that you now have one circular piece of fabric and the washer is hanging at the bottom of the fabric. Now, the washer that is threaded through the dowel should be able to pass along the dowel from where the fabric was tied to it all the way down to the end of the dowel. The other washer should be hanging at the very tip of the fabric since this washer is what helps to keep the fabric steady. To make the bubbles: Slide the washer along the dowel to the end where the fabric was tied. (Be sure to let some of the fabric droop on the top part.) Tip the fabric into your bubble solution. Carefully take it out and begin to slide the washer along the dowel. You should be able at this point to see the soap film. Gently move the dowel so that the film begins to move and fill with air. When you see a bubble begin to form, slide the washer back to where you started to close the bubble up. I know this may sound hard but it really isn't and the bubbles that you get are huge. I'm not teaching now since school is out but my 2 year old had a blast watching us make the bubbles. Just a note: I say cotton fabric because I was told this would only work with 100% cotton. I'm not sure because I only use the 100% cotton fabric. Pipe Cleaner Bubble Wand They can bend into any shape and size and they work very well. You could also use string and straws. Use a large piece of string and thread on 2 straws. Tie the string at the ends. The straws become the handles. The children hold onto the straws, gently insert the string, pull up, and big bubbles are made. Flyswatter Bubble Wand Purchased a dozen or more of the cheap models at a dollar store. They make dozens of bubbles fly out all over the place. The kids are currently in to dipping the flyswatters in the soap mixture and then turning around in circles with the swatters held straight out. Hand Bubble Wand Put your hands in the bubble solution and place your pointer fingers and thumbs together (making a circle). Then you can pull your hands out and blow through your circle. You don't need a bubble wand! Bubble wand ideas -Berry baskets make tiny bubbles -Pipe cleaners shaped into circles Straws Take a piece of yarn and string on 2 straws. Cut string and tie. Take the straws and make a square shape by bending straws then dip into bubble mixture. Spin around and let the breeze blow the bubbles.