Living in a bubble...

This was another fun activity taken form the Play at home mom blog.
A giant bubble! A dream come true for a kid! any kid, Any age!
It is easy and cheap to do.
Get 2 otr 3 of the painter's plastic "dropcloth". They have them at Home Depot, got mine at the Dollar Tree for a buck a piece and used two.
1) I laid one on top of the other and went around with duct tap to tape them together.
2) Cut a hole for my fan and ran tape all around that openign so that the plastic will not tear further.
3) Did the same for the opening "door."

4) I had a few large bag clips around to "close" the door so that the bubble would get bigger.


TIPS: I had an extension cord so that I could bring the bubble in a shadded, grassy (read safe and padded) area.
Whenever there was a small tear I just 'patched it' with a small pc of duct tape.

This activity could be done inside in a carpeted area. There are many variations do it and the bubble can be tucked away and reused many times. You could have tea time in there, or bring Thomas and his friends, whatever really! You can bring balls, we even had potty time in there :)

Explain to your child what is happening, when the fan is turned on, the air is filling the bubble and making it bigger . But if there is a hole (open the "door") the air comes out and the bubbles get smaller. Repeat the experiment several time. they might be into it!