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DIY 3 Ingredient Bubbles

My niece just got home from college  and brought with her some princess bubbles for my 3 year old.  Within 11 minutes of my 3 year old opening said bubbles, they were gone.  The tears were huge and the lip was very pouty, and with the weather being up over 65 today, it was hard to see that little girl of mine so sad.  She very much wanted to get in the car and go to the bubble store to get more bubbles.  So I told her we could make our OWN bubbles and fill her pretty princess jar back up. The best part? This “recipe” takes 3 ingredients and MAYBE 3 minutes of time.

diy bubble ingredients

DIY 3 Ingredient Bubbles

1 cup water

2 TBSP Glycerin (I get Wilton brand at local craft stores- it’s inexpensive)

4 TBSP Dawn dish soap

bubbles

 

Mix ingredients together, pour into container or dip bubble wand in and voila! Super simple, super cheap BUBBLES!   Bonus? Great for kids to do on their own.

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About Brett

I'm a 40 something lifestyle blogger living in Connecticut with my husband and our 3 kids, plus our two rescue pups. We love to hike, travel, play games, watch movies, and just be outside together! Having 3 active kids makes for a hectic schedule and I try to share content, recipes and other things that can help to make today's busy family life simpler, easier, or just plain more fun!

I started working full time at a local middle school in fall 2021 and some of my students are insistent that I am mean.

Comments

  1. Nicole Becker says

    Thanks so much for this recipe!! You just don’t even know how many HUGE bottles of bubbles I have bought this summer already!! I am so doing this from now on.

  4. lisa says

    I loved bubbles when I was a kid. When my kids were young they did too. I still smile when I see kids blowing bubbles.

  6. Kristina L says

    We do this DIY bubbles too, but we add a drop of food coloring in ours and they put on play clothes and bubble away on the lawn in the back yard 🙂

  7. carla bonesteel says

    We just used this recipe at my mother-in-law’s house, trying to entertain 6 kids…but we did it in a 5 gallon bucket and used a homemade bubble wand, that made bubbles bigger than the kids! It was awesome!

  9. chelesa sims says

    She looks excited. I love using dawn and joy to make bubbles .They always make some of the best bubbles.It saves
    so much money and the added plus is a little sanity for you because the kids are busy LOL LOL

  11. Robin Wilson says

    THANK YOU! I cannot keep bubbles in the house when my little great-niece visits! The only thing I need to get is the glycerine and thanks for telling me where to get it. I had no idea. I am sure I better get 2 bottles!

  12. Karen Glatt says

    I never thought about making bubbles. My niece and nephew love to blow bubbles in the summer. I will make this recipe because we are always running out of bubbles!

  13. Susan Johnson says

    Thanks for the recipe! I had no idea glycerine was an ingredient for making bubbles. What does the glycerine do? I definitely could use this recipe, as bubbles can get quite expensive, and let’s face it, the dollar store junk just doesn’t cut it. My nephew is only 22 months old, and loves bubbles, but is also quite aggressive in wanting to blow them himself and, well, basically the grass gets watered, and there are no more bubbles in about 30 seconds. Thanks for the hint, so that no more bubble fun ends in tears!

  14. June M. says

    I do this with my nephews because they always tend to spill them and so we go through a lot of bubbles

  15. Susan White says

    Bubbles are always a summertime favorite at my house. Thanks for showing me how to do them cheap!

  21. Daisy says

    Thanks for sharing. This is great because we’ve been going through bubbles like no tomorrow!

  29. Lindsey M says

    This is a cool recipe. We used to just use dish soap and water as kids. Thanks for sharing.

  30. margaret (peg)m says

    SWEET tip…thank you for $$ saving info, that can add up when you have children. kudos!

  31. md kennedy says

    I, too, had no idea about the glycerine – so that is the trick and that is why the bubbles in the bath just aren’t the same.

  32. Kamaya says

    This is indeed very simple. No more trips to the dollar tree to buy bubbles! You can make this by the gallons for under $5.00

    • Brett says

      Nichol- I get mine at Joanne Fabrics or Michael’s in the Wilton area. It’s like $2/bottle.

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