Are you looking for craft ideas to keep your little ones busy and happy? In summer you can arrange fun games for children. Painting with bubbles is a favorite activity for many children.
All you need are some liquid watercolors, straws and soap. The children will love blowing colorful bubbles and displaying their painted color crafts. Here are some creative ideas.
Bubble fish craft for kids
Bubblefish art can be so fun! With a little soap, paint and a lot of hot air you can make these cute cards. Children can give them to their loved ones.
Bubble Fish Art Accessories:
- non-toxic acrylic paint
- Dishwashing liquid
- Water
- Straws
- Cardboard that is cut into folded cards
Instructions for making soap bubbles:
- First, make the bubble solution, which is very easy. You'll need 2 tablespoons of paint, 2 tablespoons of regular dish soap, and about a cup of water so you can blow bubbles into it.
- Of course, we use blue paint to make an ocean for the bubble fish to swim in. But you can use different colors depending on what exactly you want to represent.
Color monsters paint with soap bubbles
These bubble color monsters are fun for kids! Because all children love the cute monsters. You can display the cards or give them as cute gifts.
Bubble Monster Accessories:
- Acrylic paint
- detergent solution
- Water
- Canvas or cardstock
- Straws
- Goggle-eyed
Instructions for crafting:
- Place about 2 tablespoons of paint in a small plastic cup and add 2 tablespoons of dish soap to each color. Add 1/2 cup water to each color and mix completely.
- Gently blow on the paint to create bubbles. This step is not suitable for small children as the paint mixture may accidentally get into their mouths.
- Carefully place the cardboard on top of the soap bubbles. Be careful not to move the air bubbles too much.
- Another method is to lightly dip the straw into the bubbles and then blow through the straw onto the canvas. Or dip the straw into the paint mixture and let it drip onto the canvas. This is easy and also suitable for small children.
- Wait untilthe crafting completeOnce it's dried, you can decorate it!
Making soap bubble trees
Here's another cute craft idea for your kids! These bubble trees are so pretty! Of course you can help a little if the little ones find it difficult to create the shapes.
What you need:
- Liquid watercolors
- Aquarellpapier
- Straws
- bowls
- Dishwashing liquid
- black marker
Instructions for crafting:
- Add liquid watercolor to your bowl and a squirt or two of dish soap.
- Using your straw, lightly swirl the watercolors and soap and make bubbles. Younger children should be supervised and/or not allowed to do this part.
- Once you have made the colored bubbles, carefully place the paper over the bubbles and then remove it. This way you get the bubbles transferred to the paper.
- You can make concentric circles with the soap bubbles that resemble a tree.
- Finally you can draw the branches. Fill in and color the tree with the black marker.
Soap bubble art with recycled bottles
Lots of kids can get involved here and have a great time blowing bubblesMake crafts. The idea is particularly suitable for birthday parties. So the little ones will enjoy fun games.
Materials required:
- Empty plastic bottles
- wire mesh bag
- Strong adhesive tape
- Scissors
- Bubble solution
- liquid watercolors
- Aquarellpapier
- Disposable bowls
- a cloth
Bubble Art Instructions:
- CraftYour recycled bottle blower.
- Lay the cloth outside. Glue large pieces of watercolor paper together and place them on the cloth.
- Give each child a bowl and add bubble solution. Add liquid watercolors to the bowl (one color per bowl) in a ratio of about 1:3. So 3 parts bubble solution, 1 part watercolors.
- Now the kids can make their colorful bubble art. Dip your bubble blower into the bubble water and then gently blow them onto the watercolor paper. It is better to blow slowly and deeply so that the painted bubbles stick to the paper.
Draw funny cards with soap bubbles
As fun as thank you and birthday cards are to make, they're the perfect opportunity to try out bubble painting. You can use different colors and the children can use their imagination!
What you need:
- Colors
- Water
- Becher
- Straws
- Dishwashing detergent
Crafting instructions:
- Mix the paint, water, and dish soap together.
- Unlike other types of bubble painting, you don't have to blow into the paint to create bubbles. Blowing bubbles into the paint can ruin the paint. Dip the straw into the paint mixture and then gently blow a bubble onto the paper. The little ones will definitely have fun experimenting with colors and shapes. Here's how to keep your little ones busy in the summer by making colorful and cute bubble paintings!
