Bubbles Challenge Part 2

I thought I'd tackle some bubble painting with Eden for this weeks Play Time Challenge, but unfortunately it did not go as well as planned. To do bubble painting, you need a container, powdered paint/s, detergent, straws and paper. You mix 1/4 cup of detergent in with some powdered paint to get the colour you want, then get your child to blow into the paint mix with a straw to form lots of little bubbles (which stay in the container and don't pop). You'll need to make the colour extremely bright in the mix because once the bubbles pop on the paper, they're much paler. Once the bubbles are overflowing the container, take your paper and carefully roll it around on top of the bubbles, but don't press down. The result should look like coloured bubbles have burst on your paper.
I don't have any powdered paint, and I don't plan on getting any (pretty expensive stuff), so I used normal non-toxic poster paint. I poured a fair wallop of if in to make the colour vibrant but that meant that the detergent was too diluted and the bubbles didn't, well, bubble properly. They certainly didn't overflow the container. So I had to grab some much smaller bits of paper to dip into the containers instead. The whole thing was a bit of a debacle, but Eden didn't seem to notice. She was to preoccupied with blowing bubbles into the paint mix to notice that our activity wasn't going as planned. Suits me! Will definitely try this again and adjust the detergent to paint ratio and see how we go.
A note: if you're going to try this, maybe get your toddler to practice blowing through the straw first, the last thing you want is for them to accidently inhale the paint mix. They could blow bubbles into a cup of water, blow pom poms or cotton wool balls around, blow on your face, etc. 

Bubbles Challenge

Ava loved this! I found it difficult to think of a bubbles activity as per this week's Play Time Challenge. 

It's very basic, because she's not even six months old yet; I lay her on a playmat and blew bubbles to her left and right and above her, and she tracked them visually, flicking her head from side to side to try to see them all. She was even swatting at the ones that got close enough. A few times, the bubbles weren't coming out when I blew, and she started grumbling at me, as if to hurry me up! Will definitely be doing this again.

PLAY TIME ~ OCT. 10th-16th

This week, play with BUBBLES.

At some point this week, try a game or activity with your little one that you've never played before, which involves bubbles.
For a baby, this may be blowing bubbles on their tummy. For a toddler, you may do bubble paintings, or bubble experiments, or teach them how to blow bubbles in a cup of water.
Please post your game in the comments attached to this post, so we can inspire other parents with our ideas!