Glorious frozen winter bubbles... tutorial included

Since we were basically housebound today I decided to recreate something we tried during our time in Alaska.

Okay, I admit it, it was something I tried while the boys were at school... but by the time they got home from school it was too cold and the bubbles froze before they even had a chance to form 

(35F BELOW zero has a tendency to do that!)

Since it was only a mere 15F BELOW zero today... in Indiana (yes we broke plenty of records)

I decided it was time to recreate our experiment!

The wind was blowing to hard so all bubble blowing occurred within the garage... 

with the 4 wheeler acting as our landing platform.

The "recipe" I used to make the bubble solution is a scaled down version of the one I used when I was a pre-school teacher long before the internet.  In my experience this solution makes for a strong bubble which can be blown to large proportions during the warmer seasons and allows for bubble blowing when it is quite chilly out.

1 1/2 cups water

1/4 + 1 Tbsp dish soap

(i used 1/4 Dawn Ultra plus a heaping Tbsp of Mrs Meyers.. its what I had on hand)

plus enough corn syrup to bring the level to just over the 2 cup line.

mix the above mixture.

use a large straw 

(i used a glass see-through smoothie straw from strawsome)

or a bubble wand 

(what i used in Alaska)

to blow the bubbles.

This worked for me and I hope it works for you!  

Enjoy!!

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