When I was a little girl my mom would entertain me and my sister by filling a kiddie pool with a bubble juice concoction during the summer. She used a hula hoop to make bubbles so large, my sister and I could fit inside them.
I married into a large family and now have 15 nieces and nephews, and they are a fantastic excuse to indulge in the things I loved as a child.
On the third of July, The Mister and I threw an early anniversary party in the theme of our Hawaiian elopement. I wanted to go back to Hawaii this year. Instead, we had a good ol’ Los Angeles backyard BBQ with grilled pineapple and not-so tiny bubbles to make me feel like we were sort of in Hawaii…
Making backyard bubbles is fun, simple and you will giggle so much your face will hurt.
Making backyard bubbles is fun, simple and you will giggle so much your face will hurt.
You will need:
Dawn dish detergent
Glycerin (available at drugstores)
Tap Water
Drinking straws
Kitchen twine
Bucket
Scissors
Fill your bucket with tap water first. Add a hearty tablespoon of Dawn to each half gallon water, and Glycerin “to taste.” Glycerin molecules holds more water than Dawn, and make the bubbles very rainbow-y. Take two drinking straws and thread the kitchen twine through them. Tie a knot, and cut the excess twine. Presto, bubble “wand.” Dip the wand into the bucket o’ bubble juice and pull up! Note, if you fill the bucket with Dawn FIRST you will have regular dish-washing suds. When making backyard bubbles, fill your bucket with water first, then add the Dawn.
Dawn dish detergent
Glycerin (available at drugstores)
Tap Water
Drinking straws
Kitchen twine
Bucket
Scissors
Fill your bucket with tap water first. Add a hearty tablespoon of Dawn to each half gallon water, and Glycerin “to taste.” Glycerin molecules holds more water than Dawn, and make the bubbles very rainbow-y. Take two drinking straws and thread the kitchen twine through them. Tie a knot, and cut the excess twine. Presto, bubble “wand.” Dip the wand into the bucket o’ bubble juice and pull up! Note, if you fill the bucket with Dawn FIRST you will have regular dish-washing suds. When making backyard bubbles, fill your bucket with water first, then add the Dawn.
Soapy hands work well as bubble wands too! 
Fill water bottles and other containers with the left over bubble juice for your next party!
Next time we do this, I may seek out a kiddie pool, just to see if my 6’1 body can still fit inside a hula hoop bubble…
Who are you? You are adorable! Love the recipe. I didn’t know that about glycerin.
Thanks Sara!
I too remember those big bubbles and how much fun they were. Are those your little nieces, they are adorable.
Roxanne
They are! They live near us in LA, and our house explodes with laughter when they are around! Love them
that looks fantastic, I’ll have to try
love it!