Drawing with soap bubbles: children's experiment and art therapy

Mixing fun, science and creativity! Drawing with soap bubbles is not only a colorful experiment for children, but also an effective art therapy technique for stress relief in adults. In this guide you will learn:

✔ 3 recipes for colored bubbles (from simple to super resistant).
✔ How to turn the process into an educational game for the kids.
✔ Art therapy exercises with soap bubbles.
✔ How to preserve bubbly masterpieces for a long time.

🧼 Step 1: Prepare the magic bubbles.

🔹 Basic recipe (for toddlers)

• 1 cup of water
• 2 tbsp. of liquid soap (preferably baby soap)
• 1 tbsp. glycerin (sold at the pharmacy)
• Food coloring or gouache

Safeif the baby accidentally licks it.

🔹 Super resistant bubbles.

• Add 1 tsp sugar and ½ tsp corn syrup.
• Use acrylic paints instead of food coloring - the prints will be brighter!

🔹 Aromatherapy option

• Drop 2-3 drops of essential oil (lavender is calming, orange is invigorating).

🎨 Step 2: Drawing techniques

1. Classic prints

1. Pour the solution into flat containers (such as muffin molds).
2. Add a different color to each one.
3. Blow bubbles through the tube until bubbles form "hats".
4. Put the paper on top - to make circular patterns.

2. Air painting

• Blow bubbles over a piece of paper - when they burst, there's abstract spatter.

3. three-dimensional "bubble" paintings

• Mix the solution with PVA glue (1:1).
• Blow bubbles onto the canvas - once dry, they will retain their hemispherical shape.

🧠 Why it's good for you?

For the kids:

• Develops the respiratory system (speech therapy exercise).
• Teaches colors and mixing shades.
• Coordination training (you have to blow accurately!).

For adults (art therapy):

• Relieves anxiety - Watching the bubbles burst is meditative.
• Emotional outburst - you can blow hard/soft to convey a mood.
• Freedom of creativity - It is impossible to control the pattern, which teaches you to accept non-ideality.

🌈 Ideas for games and therapy

1. "Guess the emotion."

• Invite your child to blow bubbles angry, happy, sad - discuss how the patterns change.

2. "Splash Fears."

• Write on paper what is disturbing, then cover it with bubble paint - symbolic "letting go".

3. Collaborative mural

• Stretch out a roll of wallpaper - let the whole family leave prints. It's a great bonding experience!

💡 How do you preserve masterpieces?

1. Consolidation: spray hairspray or a special fixative.
2. Formalization: cut out patterns and make cards/bookmarks.
3. Digital archive: scan abstracts - use as a backdrop for digital creativity.

⚠️ Important nuances

✔ Work outside or cover your desk with oilcloth.
✔ Put old clothes on the kids - the paint might not come off.
✔ If the bubbles don't inflate - add more soap/glycerin.

Bubble paintings - is an explosion of joy for children and an unexpectedly profound practice for adults. Try it today - even an ordinary gloomy day will be brightened up!

Share your masterpieces in the comments - the most unusual works will be published on our site!

What's next? In the next master class. "Scotch tape graphics: geometric abstractions" - stay tuned! 🎨