You may have to try several times to make a really big bubble. Blow gently on the other end to form a bubble. You can use wider tubes s uch as coffee cans to make still bigger bubbles. Look closely at the bubbles you make. If you have a wand at home that is left over from a bottle of bubbles you bought at the store, you can use it with this bubble solution.
Bubbles are bits of air or gas trapped inside of a liquid ball.
The surface of a bubble is very thin. Bubbles are particularly fragile when a dry object touches them. That is because soap film tends to stick to the object, which puts a strain on the bubble. So if you want your bubbles to last longer, keep everything wet, even the sides of the straw. Return to the listing of articles of December 16, 1997.