So, I saw this thing on Pinterest the other day, and it was a craft idea using colored bubbles. I did it today and it worked! Now, I just have to finish it and I can give it as a gift.
The idea was to take bubbles and put food coloring in the bubble soap. Then, you blow the bubbles onto a piece of paper and make art with the bubble pop circles.
This was a really simple concept that the source recommended for kindergarteners. I tried it, and ended up modifying it a little. However, I would recommend this for such young children only if you are prepared to clean up a HUGE MESS. I don't really know what that person was thinking. I mean, I'm a senior in high school, and look how much I got on me! I had it all over my hands too.
So, I started out with some food coloring and bubble soap. I poured the bubble soap into several containers, then added a different dye to each container. You have to mix it around a little bit to get the color even. Then, I took the canvas and blew bubbles onto it. However, it wasn't that simple. I had to try really hard to get the bubbles on the canvas due to wind and such. I recommend doing this in a studio or at a time when you have a lot of patience and very little wind.
After about an hour, I came back to check it, but the "paint" designs created by the bubbles had almost completely disappeared. So, I came up with a new plan, thanks to the advice of my boyfriend's mother.
I hunted down some Crayola "washable" colored bubbles, which you can find at any toy store or whatever. They have really dark, vibrant colors. I used them, and it got rather messy, but they turned out really great. I'm planning to paint quotes on these in black, then attach a ribbon to them to hand them. It was a really fun craft and rather easy, just be ready to get messy if you do this. Here's a picture of the finished project (minus the words). I think it would have been better if the pink had showed up more and if I had had more colors of bubbles. It's also best to wait a couple of minutes between colors to prevent crazy color mixing.
Love,
Elizabeth W.
The idea was to take bubbles and put food coloring in the bubble soap. Then, you blow the bubbles onto a piece of paper and make art with the bubble pop circles.
This was a really simple concept that the source recommended for kindergarteners. I tried it, and ended up modifying it a little. However, I would recommend this for such young children only if you are prepared to clean up a HUGE MESS. I don't really know what that person was thinking. I mean, I'm a senior in high school, and look how much I got on me! I had it all over my hands too.
After about an hour, I came back to check it, but the "paint" designs created by the bubbles had almost completely disappeared. So, I came up with a new plan, thanks to the advice of my boyfriend's mother.
I hunted down some Crayola "washable" colored bubbles, which you can find at any toy store or whatever. They have really dark, vibrant colors. I used them, and it got rather messy, but they turned out really great. I'm planning to paint quotes on these in black, then attach a ribbon to them to hand them. It was a really fun craft and rather easy, just be ready to get messy if you do this. Here's a picture of the finished project (minus the words). I think it would have been better if the pink had showed up more and if I had had more colors of bubbles. It's also best to wait a couple of minutes between colors to prevent crazy color mixing.
Love,
Elizabeth W.
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