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Node
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From: Nov. 11 2005
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posted August 28, 2009 10:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message
As a firm believer in joy as a healing tool- thought I would post a recipe for bubble solution.

Some things make us feel good, or nice, or happy. Joy is another level.

Blowing bubbles gives me joy..

bubble liquid is
3 C H2O
1 C Liq dish det
1/3 C Corn syrup

Channeling inner craftiness? Make a wand too.

Clothes line works if it has an inner wire.
To make the wand, take a piece of wire about 36 inches long. This will make the wand and the handle. Twist a tiny hook into one end of the wire. At the hook end of the wire, bend it with needle-nose pliers to make a circle about 5 to 8 inches in diameter. Hook the small loop over the straight wire and crimp it with pliers to hold it in place. At the other end of the wire, bend a smaller circle and crimp it to make an oval-shaped handle. The oval-shaped handle helps to hold the wand when it gets wet and slippery. From this basic circle form, you can make all kinds of cute shapes like a star, a butterfly, a heart.



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Azalaksh
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posted August 29, 2009 12:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Azalaksh     Edit/Delete Message
The Bubblesphere:
http://www.bubbles.org/

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Azalaksh
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posted August 29, 2009 12:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Azalaksh     Edit/Delete Message

Colored bubbles!! (Zubbles)

After 15 expensive years (ahem, $3 million), Tim Kehoe has invented the first colored bubble. Or bubbles. Better yet, Zubbles.

A lot of people “said that you just can’t color a bubble,” said Kehoe, “which is discouraging when that is exactly what you are trying to do.”

The use of bubbles for entertainment purposes was first recorded about 400 years ago. Today, bubbles are arguably the world’s most popular toy, with more than 200 million bottles of bubble solution sold annually.

The simple chemistry of bubbles — two layers of soap sandwiching a layer of water about a millionth of an inch thick — has foiled virtually every attempt to modify them. Bubbles that last a little longer or can be blown a little bigger have since been created, but adding color, what some toy manufactures have called the “holy grail” of toys, has remained frustratingly elusive.

“I thought a washable bubble was a great idea,” said Kehoe. “But the kids (of a large focus group) were covered head to toe in red dye. It looked like a scene from Braveheart.”

Eventually Kehoe and his colleagues found the three different classes of dyes that produce intense, vibrant and uniform colors. Originally, it took three days to produce what would eventually become Zubbles, but now it takes about 30 minutes.

Once a bubble pops, the dye fades in 15 minutes on virtually every material imaginable: concrete, leather, nylon, cotton and paint. Even easily stained material like silk remain unstained 15 minutes after a Zubble touches them.

Zubbles are currently available in Presto Pink and Blazing Blue for $14.99. Stay tuned for even more colors!

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LEXX
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posted August 30, 2009 01:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LEXX     Edit/Delete Message
Bubbles bubbles bubbles!

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MsCandeh
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posted August 30, 2009 08:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MsCandeh     Edit/Delete Message
oohh bubbles!!!!!!!!!!

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Node
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posted August 30, 2009 09:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message
on the Zubbles Zala

A moniker I probably wont resist in future

They are beeeutiful. A bit pricey, but hey they are best in the solids show?

I really like the black ones. Reminds me of nacre on Tahitian Black Pearls.

I also find it interesting that the original bubbles were lacking in color?

ZubZub

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posted August 30, 2009 09:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message
And...full disclosure here-
I was quite fond of our set of rubber band propeller boats, they were plastic and much cuter than these bathtub crusers.-->

I do currently own a couple of these guys

One of these days I might grow up...not

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teasel
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From: Ohio
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posted September 01, 2009 09:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for teasel     Edit/Delete Message
I have some bubbles around here... they're for the dogs, but they don't get as much out of them as I do.

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