I am loving our weekly Paint and Play challenge with Growing A Jeweled Rose.  If this is your first time joining us,  the focus for our series is all about the process, having fun and getting kids excited to create art with fun and unique mediums!  Our challenge this week was to create and play with Bubbles.  Crystal create super fun glowing bubbles, while my kids created Soap Free Bubble Prints.  Read on to find out what our secret ingredient is!   

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Bubbles are always a hit!  My kids love blowing long squiggly Bubble Snakes (which are amazing!), making bubbles with their hands and creating Bubble Prints.  I can’t count the number of times someone has commented  that their little one inhaled or accidentally drank the bubble solution.  We have all unfortunately tasted bubbles at one time or another, and can attest to the fact that it is no fun.  In hopes to avoid any further mishaps, especially with the little ones, we are playing with bubbles in a whole new way.

My kids came up with a simple solution, that is perfect for even the youngest of bubble blower.  Are you curious yet?  Let me give you a hint…It is something that you find in the refrigerator section of the grocery store.

Have you guessed what we are using to make our Soap Free Bubble Prints with yet?

 Soap Free Bubble Recipe:

• Shallow Containers ~ we used shallow mason jars
• Food Coloring
• Straws
• White Paper
• Trays ~ to contain the drips
• Milk ~ yep you read right…plain old milk!

Kids love blowing frothy, noisy bubbles in their milk.

I find it to be too much at our dinner table, but at the art table I am all for it!  

I love that this simple recipe only uses milk and food coloring.  No icky soap taste, just good old fashioned fun!  Totally a win, especially if you have toddlers.

All you need to do is add a little food coloring to the milk and blow bubbles until your hearts content.  I love the cotton candy color that the milk gives the bubbles.

Milk bubbles are heavier than soap bubbles, so be prepared for drips and splashes of colorful milk.  A simple tray works perfect for containing all the milky spills.

Once there is a huge pile of bubbles, quickly lay your paper on top of the bubbles.  We found it worked best to use a light hand and gently press the paper into the bubbles.  The milk bubbles will pop right on your paper leaving behind unique designs.

Our prints were not as crisp as the prints made with soap, but the process is just as fun!  Plus it is safe for little ones.  No more drinking yucky soap!  If your child accidentally takes a sip of the colorful milk, no harm done.  Love that!

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Make sure to stop by Growing A Jeweled Rose to check out their Glowing Bubbles!  Doesn’t that just look like a blast.  GAJR has lots of cool Glow-In-The-Dark posts that are on my kids must do list.

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Don’t miss out on any of our Paint and Play series:

Balloon Painting 5 Ways and Super Creative Balloon Painting

Homemade Spin Art Machine and A Spin on Spin Art

Tire Swing Pendulum Painting and Glowing Pendulum Painting 

Painting with Candy and Painting with Candy

Glowing Ice Painting and Summer SCENTsory Ice Paints

Marble Maze Painting and  Ice Marble Painting Activity

Touch Painting and Touch Painting

Make sure you stop back in next week for more Paint and Play!

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If you love process art like us, then check out my Painting Without Brushes Pinterest board.  It is packed full of fun ideas