How to Make Bubble Art

Are you looking for a fun and creative way to get some art done this summer? Then bubble painting is a great art activity that your little ones will love. This simple art project usesfood coloring and bubble solution to create some bubble art projects that kids will love. So here you go our simple guide on how to make bubble art.

Summer Fun Art Activity for Kids

Summer makes art projects at home with the kids so much easier. Just take your art outside and get creative. You can lay down some drop cloth to protect your patio or lawn. However, this bubble art is just water and dish soap with a little food colouring so you are good to go.

It is simple to set up and you can create so many different patterns and colours that your young children and older kids will all have loads of fun.

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How to Make Bubble Print Pictures

1. Put about 1/2 cup of washing-up liquid (dish soap) into the bowl and add a few tablespoons of water to make a strong bubble solution to use.
2. Mix together to form a layer of bubbles.
3. Add a few drops of food coloring (or liquid watercolors) to the bubbles.
4. Then using the plastic straw or bubble wand to blow. Make sure children don’t suck up the mixture.
5. When the bubbles are near the surface gently place the paper on the top of the bubbles to capture the imprint of bubbles popping.

Fun Process Art Activity for Summer

This is such a great process art activity, you can see by the look on my youngests face how much fun she had creating the simple prints with the larger bubbles and smaller bubbles onto the paper.

There’s no reason you can’t just leave it like that. However, you can always tune these fun art creations into something more. With watercolour paper or even card stock used to create the prints then you could create some beautiful cards and gift cards or even bookmarks for a summer reading challenge.

Using food coloring like this produces a very weak bubble print but the fun is making the bubbles and trying to capture the prints before the bubbles disappear. If you would like to make a stronger bubble imprint then washable tempera paint is great to make a more vibrant bubble paint solution.

More Fun Ideas for Summer with Kids

Why not check out these other summer fun activities for you and the kids to do this year

• Make some delicious Rainbow Fruit Ice Lollies with the kids
• Set up and let your little ones play with these 10 Fun Summer Sensory Bins
• Get Creative with the kids and make some Summer Beach Crafts
• How about creating your own lanterns for the garden with our How to Make Tin Can Lanterns Guide for Kids

Don’t forget to save or bookmark this activity to do time and time again with your kids this summer.