Whisking Up Bubbles!

Today we tried a simple water play activity involving soap flakes and lots and lots of bubbles! When mixed together it makes a rich, thick, silky play substance that feels wonderful and moves a bit like slime.

You will need:

• A large plastic tub or container
• Soap Flakes (available from the supermarket laundry section)
• Powder/Tempera paint
• Water
• An assortment of whisks, spoons, cups, and containers

First pour a generous amount of soap flakes into the tub (a child of 2 or over should be able to do most of this activity themselves)...

...Add water...

...Then start whisking to start the bubbles!...

...Add in the powder paint, and whisk some more! The colours swirled in the bubbles look beautiful...

Add more water if desired (adding the water with the hose was VERY fun for Bean) and keep whisking until the mixture gets thicker with an egg white consitency...

...And now enjoy! Its a perfect substance for pouring, mixing, and funnelling, and can be the catalyst for some imaginative play as well (Bean decided that she was a wicked witch mixing a magic potion).

And of course if you're playing with this outdoors it makes lovely "Bubbly muddy puddles!", a very happy discovery for Bean :-)

Happy Playing!