Bubble Art Fun and not so fun

Sugarwings came to spend three days with me, just the two of us. My husband and son were both out of town and her mommy was working.  So, we were on our own and decided to plan lots of activities, wear lots of princess dresses, do some baking, and go to a movie.  It was a weekend plan jam packed full of things we love.  She is here a lot, but it's rare that just the two of us are on our own for such a stretch and we decided to make the most of it. 

Plus, I'd been feeling awful from an infection that set in after gum surgery and I was hoping to have enough things planned ahead of time, so I'd get some downtime to rest (during movies, mostly).  To start our 3 day weekend, we saw Monsters University in 3 D, then grabbed some supplies and went to play outside.

On Pinterest, I'd seen some bubble ideas.

You add dish soap to a half cup of water, blow bubbles with a straw, then drizzle food coloring over the top, and place paper into the bubbles.

The effect was so cool, I made enough pages to do a journal.  Won't they make good backgrounds?

After a sparkling lemonade break, we decided to use up the colorful bubble mixture we'd made.

We cut the end off a water bottle, and covered it with a sock.  Then dipped it into our sudsy, food colored waters, which by then had all been dumped together, mixed and played with till they were all the color of the bottom of a creek.

So, we squirted the little bits of food coloring that were actually left over after the painting, onto the end of the sock, and got some really colorful bubble snakes.

And even a bubble heart!!!!

That flew away in the wind.

And splatted up against the side of the house.  Too bad it didn't leave a heart shaped mark.

The food coloring all came out of the princess dress when I washed it that night, so there is hope for the siding of the house.  At least, I figure the sun will fade it over time. 

Bright green bubbles were taking over our courtyard.

More floated over to land in the flower beds. I'm hoping the dish soap helped with the aphids on my mini roses.

At this point, I figured maybe we should move away from the house before our home started to look like something that the Cat in the Hat made when he had Thing 1 and Thing 2 try to clean up while Mother was away.

We were laughing and running and blowing, while covered in soapy, colorful fluff.  Then, it turned ugly.  Sugarwings, inhaled instead of blowing and that hit her pretty hard, she choked, got sick,  and soon I was covered in barf instead of foam.  (you're welcome, about me not having photos of that part of the adventure)

She was pretty upset and so was I, it really scared us. She was fine, but shaken.  Not as shaken as me, it was terrifying to see her choke like that, and we spent a lot of time, cuddling with me patting her on the back.

Day 2 of our adventure wasn't quite as exciting.  She woke up with an earache and wasn't up for doing much. 

We wanted a toned down activity that was still fun, so picked up Mr. Fin and Clover and took them to see Monsters University with us again.  The rest of the day was laid back, and mostly consisted of movies, luckily there was a Cinderella double header on TV.   Even though my grand fairy wasn't up to her usual self, she was healthy enough to insist upon wearing her Cinderella gown while watching the shows.

I was kind of ready for a down day myself, I'd been feeling pretty rough all week after the post gum surgery infection.  But when she woke up on our third day together, asking about Bubble Art, I knew she was feeling better, over the earache and the choking scare. 

We were both ready for more fun.

Game on!

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Comments

[jeanie]

Hi, Karla -- I'm sorry about the gum surgery -- bummer. But at least you know how to have fun! And how IS that house looking today? All colorful? I'm glad our sweet girl is feeling better. The bubble thing was pretty scary sounding.

Take care. Loved your papers! I may remember that one, but I won't inhale.

[Linda P.]

Oh, bless little Sugarwings' heart! I can see how she would momentarily get confused and forget she was supposed to blow INTO the straw. I am so sorry for that scare for both of you, but so glad she was OK and after a couple of days was interested in playing with the bubbles again.

I do like the special effects it left on the paper! I might have to try doing that sometime, all the while chanting, "Don't breathe in! Don't breathe iiiiinnnn!!!"

Your use of words makes me smile. You got right to the point by saying you got "covered in barf," plus I enjoyed your description of the colored water finally becoming "the color of the bottom of a creek." : )

I hope you are over your dental work woes!

[lynn legge]

karla you are such a wonderful gramma and i am sure sugarwings will be fine.. things happen.. specially with little ones.. sorry to hear you both were feeling blue .. hope you feel better soon.. i know sugarwings will have many happy memories of all the crafting and laughter you two share when together :)

[Karla Nathan]

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