Bubble Painting with Homemade Super Bubbles

We finally had a glimpse of Spring today with some perfect weather! As a kickoff to Autism Awareness Month people around the world are blowing bubbles, because this is special to our hearts it inspired today’s project. Bubbles are a favorite in our house and can provide not only afternoons of fun but also lots of laughs! We have been experimenting with some different bubble recipes and used one of our favorites today. Did you know that adding either cornstarch or corn syrup to your bubbles can make them super strength?? It’s pretty awesome and makes them more difficult to pop; for a toddler, being able to catch a bubble on your hand is a lot of fun. Here is the recipe that we used:

6 cups of warm water
1 cup of corn syrup
2 cups dish soap

Mix all ingredients together gently so that you do not create a lot of bubbles and let it sit for about an hour.

Today we used corn syrup because I was out of cornstarch, which I prefer because I find it easier to mix. You can get the cornstarch recipe here. For other variations you can make glow in the dark bubbles or some made with glycerin and gelatin (a little more involved).

You can stop here and just blow some pretty awesome bubbles or you can divide your bubble solution into separate containers and add some food coloring. We use food coloring just about every day in my house!

We chose some some nice spring colors to make our Easter artwork with. The art itself is just resist art, one of the easiest kinds to do with young children as it usually turns out pretty cute no matter how your child goes about painting it. Ours however did not turn out quite how we wanted them to… To do your resist painting, you will need a sturdy piece of paper and some painters tape. Then with the tape make whatever design you would like on the paper.

We chose to make an easter egg and a cross. Mack likes to be involved in the entire process so was determined to really ‘help’ make the egg 🙂 I used scrapbook paper which was probably not the best choice as the tape did not hold up all that well, some of it started to peel off when it became wet. We usually use canvas paper that is sold in a pad which works really well. Next you blow bubbles as you normally would but try to land them on your paper, when its breezy out this is much easier said than done! As you can see our industrial strength bubbles did not pop right away when they landed on the paper. We had quite a few very long lasting bubbles which was a nice little bonus.

We had more bubble drippings than actual popped bubbles on the paper (which create a much nicer effect) but it still came out cute and was a fun activity for the day! It definitely turned some regular bubble blowing into a nice art project and took up a decent chunk of our afternoon. And we got to promote Autism Awareness!

And here are our finished products! Ready to be displayed for the Easter season 🙂

For more outdoor activities to do with your kids check out my Outdoor Fun board on Pinterest.

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