COOLEST Bubble Recipes & Games for Your Kid's Next Birthday Party

Ready, steady, blow... You can add bubble games to every birthday party - regardless of the theme you choose - and it'll always be a blast (I mean burst!). Bubble-making is one of the coolest activities (even for grownups) and it's probably also one of the cheapest to put together. Bubble games set the scene for great photo opportunities. Just imagine the birthday child surrounded by a ring of guests, all holding bubble bottles and wands and blowing a cloud of bubbles, or each guest blowing a humungous bubble, or even a child inside a huge bubble. It's the ultimate thank you card! To prepare for the bubble games, you'll need some tips on brewing the very best bubble mixtures. A mixture of plain old dishwashing liquid and water just doesn't do the trick, but a few drops of Glycerin can make the difference between tiny, ordinary bubbles to humungous, colorful bubbles. Bubble Recipes Joy and Dawn (made in the USA) are considered the best detergents to use in the bubble solution. Ivory and Palmolive are also OK. But climatic conditions vary and take a big effect, so you'll need to do a bit of experimenting with your bubble recipe a few days prior to the party. The secret ingredient for sturdy, colorful bubbles is Glycerine (available at most pharmacies). Glycerine is a bit expensive, so you can try also experimenting with Karo Syrup (available at the grocery store). Soft water is good for bubbles. Any water containing high levels of iron is bad for bubbles. To get the best mixture, try using distilled water. But first try it with the tap water at your house (and you may be one of those lucky people who have a built in bubble water faucet