FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 16 March 1911, Page 502

FAMILY FUN

Tricks with Soap and Bubbles.— your solution ready, and your clay pipe, also a wire ring with a handle to it; you can make this yourself with a pair of pliers and a piece of thick wire. The ring must be just large enough to slip over the bowl of the pipe. Take the ring in the left hand and the bowl in the right, holding the bowl downward. Blow the bubble through the ring, which hold just under the bowl, and the bubble will hang from the ring. Now dip your pipe in the solution again, and blow a second bubble into the first, also through the ring, and you will have a double bubble. The third bubble is blown through the pipe in the usual way, holding the bowl downward and resting it on a flat surface. Now blow through the, stem and raise the pipe, and you will have a hat with a broad, flat brim like a Quaker's. Here, also, is a fourth novelty in bubble-blowing. Take a ring as described before, and cover it with a piece of felt or flannel, and you will be able to play ball with your bubble, using the covered ring as a bat. Mix a few drops of glycerine with-your soapy water, and your bubbles will lie* the most lovely colors when blown, and also stronger. . •