National Bubble Week: Bubble Blowing Tips and Techniques

Blowing bubbles is an activity that has been in existence for over several decades. Children could often be seen blowing bubbles at the park, or during the summer holidays. Now, there is a week dedicated to the celebration of bubble blowing. Nothing caps off a celebration better than by blowing the ultimate bubble. Here is a list of 10 tips and techniques for blowing that ultimate bubble.

1. beeboo™. Created by Extreme Bubbles, Inc., this big bubble solution and big bubble wand make it easy and fun to make big, huge, giant, monster, and colorful bubbles! With this, the ultimate bubble is just within your grasp! beeboo™ Big Bubble Mix has even been included as a Guinness™ World Record Bubble.

2. Use a tarantula! Ray Macaraeg, from California, blew 119 soap bubbles in 30 seconds, in Paris, France, while having a live tarantula in his mouth!

3. Bubble wand, dishwashing liquid, glycerine, and water. With these 4 main ingredients, Alan McKay of Wellington, New Zealand, set a record, having created a 105-foot-long bubble on August 9, 1996.

4. Touching a bubble with anything that is dry will immediately pop the bubble. Please be sure that the bubble wand and anything that the bubble may touch is wet.

5. The best weather to blow bubbles are overcast, cool, and humid. These are ideal weather conditions for blowing bubbles. On hot, dry or windy days, try to find a shady spot out of the wind for blowing bubbles.

6. After blowing a really big bubble, use a quick twist of the wrist to seal it and send it floating off the wand or bubble tool.

7. Frozen bubble. Wait until the fan in your freezer has stopped moving before attempting this skill. Grab a plate and wet it. Then, blow a bubble on the plate. Open the freezer door and place the plate as far back in the freezer as possible, away from the door. After two minutes, open the door slowly, noticing that any draft will immediately destroy the bubble on the plate.

8. Less air pressure. Blowing too hard will form many small bubbles instead of one big bubble.

9. Throwing bubbles. Move the wand slowly, in a fluid motion. Utilizing different bubble wands and tools work better for throwing instead of blowing.

10. Night bubbles. Look for a cool, calm, dark night. Blow a really large bubble. Since your lung air is warmer than the cool, night air, the bubble should rise. When it has gained enough altitude, shine a flashlight into it and it should reflect unusual rings of color!

Sources:

1. http://www.bubbleblowers.com/facts.html.
2. http://www.lecciagroup.com/bubbles/#BetterBubbles.
3. http://www.zurqui.co.cr/crinfocus/bubble/skil.html.