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Blow a Bubble Card<br />
If your young kids and grandkids<br />
like blowing bubbles, they’ll love this<br />
activity. When the colored bubbles<br />
dry on construction paper, they will<br />
become the eye-catching background<br />
for a one-of-a-kind work of art.<br />
Here's the stuff you’ll need:<br />
— Pie pan or wide-mouth cup<br />
— Liquid poster paint<br />
— Liquid dishwashing detergent and<br />
water or commercial bubble-blowing<br />
solution<br />
— Markers or crayons<br />
— White or light-colored construction<br />
paper or cardstock<br />
— Drinking straws<br />
— Paper to cover work table<br />
Now, here’s the fun: Cover your<br />
work surface with newspaper or butcher<br />
paper. In the pie pan or cup, stir<br />
together one cup water, two to three<br />
tablespoons of paint and one tablespoon<br />
of detergent. Or, add paint to the<br />
bubble-blowing solution.<br />
Place a straw in the mixture and<br />
blow into the straw to create colored<br />
bubbles billowing over the edge of the<br />
container. Remove the straw.<br />
Fold a piece of construction paper<br />
in half to form a card, or use the front<br />
of the card on top of the bubbles and<br />
hold it in place until several colored<br />
bubbles have popped and transferred<br />
their shapes onto the paper. Continue<br />
the process with different colors,<br />
if you wish. Set aside to dry. (If the<br />
bubble prints are not as dark as you'd<br />
like, add more paint to the mixture and<br />
blow again.)<br />
Use markers to add drawings to the<br />
dried bubble prints, such as a jet flying<br />
through the bubble “clouds” for a<br />
“Bon Voyage” card. Write a message<br />
inside the card and sign it. Tuck into<br />
an envelope for a unique greeting or<br />
summer thank-you note to a friend or<br />
relative.<br />
Note: Remind children to be careful<br />
not to suck on the straw when blowing<br />
the bubble solution. If you clip two<br />
holes about halfway down the straw,<br />
Five-year-old Joshua Adams creates<br />
a bubble-art greeting card.<br />
children will be less able to suck in the<br />
bubbles.<br />
***<br />
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© 2022 Donna Erickson<br />
Distributed by King Features Synd.
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