Water bottle bubble fun

Did you know you can blow bubbles with just a simple single serving water bottle? Oh yes, loads of water bottle bubble fun with items you probably have at home already! Bubbles are one of our favorite preschool activities for summer (or any age really). We played with 3 different variations using just water bottles and a dish soap/water solution. Sometimes preschoolers have a hard time blowing bubbles with traditional bubble wands. The wands can get slippery and difficult for little hands to hold and blow. Try using a water bottle to make bubbles and you can explore all kinds of sizes and bubble fun.

 

Making water bottle bubbles

You don’t need much to make bubbles. However, for preschoolers, sometimes trying to blow a bubble is the hardest part. So instead, we used water bottles and let the air pressure from the air inside the bottle do all the work. We also used water bottles as a blower which works well too. Check out all 3 water bottle bubble ideas below.

Bottle Bubble Blowing Method 1

Dip the mouth opening of a standard plastic water bottle into the bubble solution. remove and squeeze bottle gently. The air from inside the water bottle will push through the top and soap creating a bubble. You can then blow the formed bubble off the top of the bottle. If you squeeze quickly enough, sometimes the bubbles will detach and float away.

Bottle Bubble blowing Method 2

Cut off the bottom of the water bottle, making sure the cut is clean and even. Dip cut end of bottle in bubble solution. Blow through the mouth of the bottle to create bubbles at the end of the bottle. This method of bubble blowing does not allow for bubbles to float/fly away, they usually pop off the end of the bottle.

Bottle Bubble blowing Method 3

Cut a small hole at the bottom edge of the water bottle, this will become a mouthpiece for blowing bubbles. Dip the bottle mouth into the bubble solution and then blow through the hole you created.

We only tried these bubble blowing methods with a single serving sized water bottle. However, they should work with larger bottles such as 1 liter soda bottles, creating even bigger bubbles!

Making bubble solution:

Add about 1/4 water to 1 table spoon dish soap in a small container. Make sure the container has a flat bottom and is bigger in diameter than the water bottle you will be using. Mix together. Do not over mix, this could cause bubbles in the solution which makes it more difficult to use for blowing bubbles.

For more fun, decorate your water bottle bubble blower, personalizing it for your very own.

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