Monday, December 16, 2013

Frozen Bubbles

It was recently brought to my attention that a major part of my childhood was missing. Like any other child, I enjoyed blowing bubbles and chasing them around to try and pop them, but apparently I was missing half a years worth of fun! Not only can they be used for summer play time, but during the winter you can blow a frozen bubbles.  There were no set instructions, but the idea is pretty simple. You go outside and and blow a bubble, and as long as it is below freezing after a couple of seconds the bubble will crystallize. The example pictures all looked stunning and I figured there wasn't any way to really mess it up. Not to mention, it seems appropriate to make the best out of the cold weather.
It was about eighteen degrees, well bellow freezing. I dug out some of bubbles that were packed away with the other summer toys and bundled up in my hat and gloves. I blew the bubble and caught it on the wand so I could watch it freeze. At first it didn't look like it was changing, but I think it was because I was using a wand that made big bubbles. The bubble started  freezing and it looked magnificent. Depending on how long you waited before popping it, would pop in different ways. If it wasn't entirely frozen, it would move, almost like melted plastic, like this:
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If you left it in the cold for it to become completely frozen it would shatter (my dog went crazy when they shattered). I would highly suggest this for you to do with little kids, especially if they enjoy being outside but get bored with just making snowmen and sledding by the end of winter.
It is pretty self explanatory, but if you want to look at the instructions that I followed you can find them here.

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