more beautiful bubbles
Friday, December 11th, 2009
With the weather heating up in Melbourne, we try to find activities that are fun but not too strenuous and can be enjoyed in the shade. You can’t go past bubbles!
Donna used some metal coat hangers to make dippers in different sizes, and as it is difficult to make perfect circles, naturally we ended up with odd shapes.
We popped the dippers and bubble mix outside in the shade …
… and off the children went!
Some children wondered if the bubbles would be different shapes if the dipper was not round and were interested to see how they blew out in an odd shape, but became round.
We soon had bubbles flying in all directions around the playground. We were impressed by the number of children who commented “We’re blowing the bubbles up with air from our lungs” as well as “When the bubble pops the air comes out”!
They soon discovered that chasing and catching the bubbles was as much fun as blowing them.
It wasn’t long before the children were challenging each other to catch the best bubbles.
WHOA! … I think we have a winner!
