Bubble Prints

Hi, I'm Lee Woodruff, and this is Rashid, and we're at the craft table with Family Fun. Looking for a fun project that even young children can do? Making soap bubble prints is a great way for them to experiment with household materials, as well as different colors.

Here's what you'll need: soap bubbles, tempera paint, some pie tins, drinking straws, and some white or light colored paper. First, mix a cup of soap bubbles and a half a cup of tempera pain in an aluminum pie tin. Then, take a straw, submerge one end into the solution and gently blow on the other end. Remind your child to take breaths between blowing the bubbles. The bubbles should rise up into a nice big mound like this. Now for the fun part. Take a piece of paper and gently touch it to the bubbles. Repeat this process on the same paper until you like what you see. We did it! For an added twist, try using several different colors of paint on the same paper. Once the paint dries you have a fabulous painting or some nifty note cards. A great way to display this project is to frame the bubble painting along with a photo of your child blowing the bubbles.