How To Make Bubbles

Things to try,

Sugar

gelatin

bubble formula below to work fairly well.

• 2/3 cup Joy dishwashing soap
• 1 gallon water
• 2 to 3 tablespoons of glycerine (available at the pharmacy or chemical supply house.)

New formula:

• 1 cup Ultra Ivory Blue
• 12 cups water
• 3/4 Tablespoon glycerine

Gently stir the ingredients together and leave the solution in an open container overnight. We believe that this gives the alcohol on the dishwashing soap a chance to evaporate some. In any case, the solution seems to get better with age. If you substitute some other soap for Dawn, you will have to experiment with the rest of the formula... but that's the fun of science!

For long-life bubble solution I've tried the following with some success:

• 1/3 cup commercial bubble solution (I like Wonder Bubbles by ChemToy)
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup glycerine

To make extra giant bubbles look at this site, they are suppose to be a good supplier of extra large bubble solution

http://www.crickethilltoys.com/

this site has the guinness world record for largest bubble, with their solution

http://www.beeboobubbles.com/

the bubble solutions seem to work better when they are aged for 1 to 3 days before you use them, it may be the alcohol evaporates from the soap and makes the bubbles last longer. 

some people think distilled water works better, anything that keeps impurities out seems to make better bubbles.

Non-Ultra Dawn Original Scent seems to be recommended a lot.

water 10 to 15 parts

dish washing soap 1 or 1 to 4 parts

glycerine .1 parts or .1 to 1

Other science experiments:

You can float a paper clip on the surface of a glass of water. Before you try this you should know that it helps if the paper clip is a little greasy so the water doesn't stick to it (rub it on your nose or forehead.) Place the paper clip on a fork and lower it slowly into the water. The paper clip is supported by the surface-tension skin of the water.