![]() Next tie the ends of each string to the hooks again. You only need one washer but if you make a huge wand, you might consider two washers or even three. Now that you have two dowels with hooks on the end, and one short string and one long string, take the short string and tie each end onto the hooks on your dowels.įor the long string, feed a washer on the string. If Dad was the one in charge of the bubble wand I might have cut the string longer to get even bigger bubbles. This size was manageable for my 6 year old and 7 year old to handle. If you cut the string too long, your children might not be able to hold it taut. ![]() The wood dowels will be in each hand and the shorter string will be pulled taut. This does not have to be perfect, you want the second string to be roughly double the size of the first string. The second string is shorter- I cut ours at 37 inches. The first string is going to be longer- I cut ours at about 80 inches. The length is completely up to you- you want it manageable for children but big enough to make large bubbles. You can see above mine are already hooked in the top. You do not have to use these hooks but the wand will work a bit better with them. To get started you want to drill a small hole in the end of your dowels or sticks to fit that screw eye in. My big girl painted the sticks whilst I was making the bubble solution with my baby girl. Painting is a good idea if you make these for each child to keep them straight. You can also wrap washi tape or duct tape around the handles if you like. I went ahead and painted my wooden dowels just to make them more fun but that is completely optional. If you purchase everything you are probably looking at a $3 investment. * Bubble solution (homemade recipe below) * Washers (1-3 depending on the size of your wand) – roughly the size of a quarter * Screw eyes (optional)- these are about $.75 at a home improvement store Find this at craft stores or the Dollar section of Target. * String (I used baker’s twine) – try to find something like athicker string, not ribbon or yarn. (Home improvement stores will do that for you for free) You could just hunt for sticks that are the right size too but this dowel was only $1 at Home Depot. ![]() * Wooden Dowels (purchase this at the craft stores or home improvement store) – ours is a 3/8″ poplar dowel that was 48 inches long and I just cut it in half. Here are the crazy simple directions- this will take a few dollars and about 10 minutes time: ![]() So I do suggest making these yourself if you can- it will be cheaper and most likely work better anyway. Both of the brands we bought were complete junk and wound up getting tossed out. My 6 year old absolutely loves bubbles so several months ago I saw premade bubble wands at the craft stores and purchased them for about $4 or so as a birthday gift. The person manning the booth was sweet enough to walk me through the process of making these bubble wands and I can assure you it is so easy and so cheap! So I have always just grabbed the bubble wands from the Dollar Store and called it a day.īut we recently went to an outdoor festival and spotted a booth with a bucket and giant bubbles. □ I have seen tutorials for giant bubbles in the past that just seemed too hard to bother with or required buying wading pools and hoola hoops and other things I simply don’t want to buy and have cluttering up the house. You see my brain simply can’t handle complicated when it comes to homemade projects. But to be honest when it comes to DIY or crafts if something seems overwhelmingly complicated or expensive- my eyes roll back into my head and my brain hits the mute button. This giant bubble wand is something I have oohed and aahed over many times in the past. ![]()
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