Tips for Making Better Soap Bubbles

The bubble season is upon us! Here are some handy tips to make the best and biggest soap bubbles you possibly can.

When making soap bubbles, the most effective kind of soap to use is dish washing soap. You should mix your bubble solution with about half a cup of dish washing soap for every five cups of water. If you're making a smaller batch, use one tablespoon of dish washing soap to half a cup of water.

More soap will cause bigger bubbles to form. If there is more soap than water, you will create giant bubbles. So, for the biggest bubbles of all, your bubble solution will be almost entirely soap, with just enough water to make it easy to work with.

Make your bubbles last longer by adding sugar or gelatin to your bubble solution. The reason your bubbles pop is because the water in them evaporates. You can slow down that evaporation by changing the mixture just a little bit.

Use one part sugar or gelatin, one part dish washing soap, and six parts water. The sugar or gelatin will slow down the evaporation making your bubbles seem to last nearly forever. As long as they are floating they won't pop. Of course, if they land on the ground or run into an object or a person they will pop; but as long as they're drifting, they'll last on and on.

When mixing your bubble solution, stir it very gently. If you stir bubble mix too fast, it will foam up and make it harder to work with. If you have the opportunity to make your bubble mixture ahead of time, try to arrange to have it sit for a day or two before using it. This will make your bubbles last longer as well.

Another way to make your bubbles last longer is to refrigerate your bubble mixture. Colder fluids evaporate slower. So, bubble mixture that's colder will create bubbles that last longer. Try storing your bubble solution in your refrigerator.

One of the easiest ways to make your bubbles last longer is to blow them outside after a rainy day. Because bubbles pop as moisture evaporates, the leftover humidity in the air on a rainy day will slow down that evaporation and make your bubbles last longer.

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