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It's easy to give children a holidayPhoto: Getty ImagesOne of the most fun, romantic, simple, and exciting ideas is soap bubbles. Moreover, this fun will entice children and adults, in winter and summer, at home, in the yard and outside the city, and one child, and a large, uneven-aged company. What is especially nice is that you can buy a bubble with a solution for soap bubbles cheaply, and you can make home soap bubbles yourself even easier. And quickly and in any volume. Making soap bubbles at home is easy! The main components of the solution are water, soap, glycerin or sugar. But it is important to observe some recommendations that will allow to prepare such a solution for soap bubbles that the balls will be blown easily, large and will not burst in the next few seconds.
7 useful tips on making soap bubbles with your own hands:
– it is better to use for preparing the solutionnot tap water, but boiled water, and even better - distilled water. Tap water contains a lot of salts, and the fewer impurities in the components of the solution, the better the quality of the soap film; - for a greater density of the solution, and therefore greater strength of the future balls, use glycerin or sugar. Liquid glycerin can be bought at the pharmacy for 13 rubles; - when making homemade soap bubbles, do not overdo it with glycerin / sugar, otherwise the solution will be dense, and the bubbles will be difficult to blow; - less dense solution blows less stable bubbles, but they are easy to blow, which is ideal for kids; - if possible, keep the finished solution for 12-24 hours, and only then start! Some experts advise keeping the solution in the refrigerator for better quality bubbles. During this time, the foam will settle - it is not needed in the solution; - wind and dust are enemies of soap bubbles; - high humidity is an assistant.
Soap bubbles are easy to do with your own handsPhoto: Getty Images
From laundry soap
You will need:10 cups of water, 1 cup of grated laundry soap, 2 teaspoons of glycerin (or a solution of sugar in warm water, you can add gelatin). Grate the soap, pour it into hot boiled water and stir until completely dissolved. If dissolution is difficult, heat the mixture, stirring continuously. Do not bring to a boil! Instead of laundry soap, you can use soap with olive or almond oil, but not any perfumed toilet soap - they contain unnecessary additives in this case.
From liquid soap
You will need:100 ml liquid soap, 20 ml distilled water, 10 drops glycerin. Mix the soap and water, wait until the foam settles (this will take about 2 hours), then add glycerin. Let the solution sit, preferably in a cool place.
From dishwashing liquid
You will need:1/2 cup dishwashing liquid (not dishwasher safe!), 2 cups water, 2 teaspoons sugar. Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Done! You can use 1-2 tablespoons of glycerin instead of sugar. And if you put the solution in the refrigerator for a day, the bubbles will be magnificent!
From baby shampoo
You will need:200 ml of baby shampoo, 400 ml of distilled (boiled) water. 3 tablespoons of glycerin or 6 teaspoons of sugar. The mixture is infused for 24 hours, after which glycerin (or sugar) should be added.
From sugar syrup - for experiments
You will need:1 part concentrated sugar syrup (proportion: 1 part water 5 parts sugar: for example, 50 g sugar - 10 ml water), 2 parts grated soap, 4 parts glycerin, 8 parts distilled water. With this solution you can, for example, build various figures from soap bubbles, blowing them onto a smooth table surface.
For a children's holiday
You will need:50 ml glycerin, 100 ml dishwashing liquid, 4 teaspoons sugar, 300 ml water. You can "blow" giant soap bubbles from these ingredients. The solution can be prepared in a basin, and "blow" them using a gymnastic hoop or a specially twisted wire frame. You don't even have to blow, you just have to swing the frame or slowly pull a large, strong bubble out of the basin using the same frame or hoop.
From washing powder
You will need:3 cups of hot water2 tablespoons of powder20 drops of ammoniaThe solution should be infused for 3-4 days, then it needs to be filtered. This, of course, will take time, but knowledgeable people assure that the bubbles from such a solution are large and beautiful, like in the show.
Large (from 1 meter in diameter) bubbles
Recipe No. 10.8 l distilled water, 0.2 ldishwashing liquid, 0.1 l glycerin, 50 g sugar, 50 g gelatin. Soak the gelatin in water and leave to swell. Then strain and drain excess water. Melt the gelatin with sugar, without bringing to a boil. Pour the resulting liquid into 8 parts distilled water, add the remaining ingredients and stir without foaming. This solution produces especially large and strong bubbles and is non-toxic. Recipe No. 20, 8 l distilled water, 0.2 l thick dishwashing liquid, 0.1 l pure gel lubricant, 0.1 l glycerin. Mix the gel, glycerin and dishwashing liquid. Add hot distilled water and stir thoroughly without creating foam. This solution produces particularly “tenacious” bubbles that do not burst even when in contact with water. Note! – If you suddenly want your soap bubbles to have the aroma of strawberries, pine needles or chocolate, take the appropriate bath foam (mix in a 3:1 ratio – 3 parts foam and 1 part water). – Multi-colored bubbles can be obtained by dissolving food coloring in the soap solution. To have bubbles of different colors swirling above you at the same time, divide the foam into different bottles and add your own color to each.
Soap bubbles will easily bring you back to childhood! Photo: Getty Images
Quality control
Check the quality of the soap bubble solutionyou can do it this way: blow a bubble, dip your finger into the foam, and then touch the bubble with it. If it bursts, you need to add more soap and a few drops of glycerin or sugar syrup, if not, the solution is correct.
What and how to inflate the bubble?
The classic option is a straw.The following will also work: - a cocktail straw split at the end - a ballpoint pen body - a noodle - paper rolled into a funnel - a carpet beater - a dough cutter - a funnel - a plastic bottle with the bottom cut off (blow into the neck) - for huge bubbles - your own palms. You can also make a wire frame with your own hands and decorate it if you are preparing for a holiday. You can buy a special bubble gun in the store. This is interesting: a soap bubble inflated at a temperature of -15 °C will freeze upon contact with a surface. At a temperature of -25 °C, it will freeze in the air. A convenient way to store things: !
