How to Make Ginormous Bubbles with Bubble Dad Chris Catanese

0:00 there are all kinds of fun things you can do with bubbles my name is Chris Catanese aka Bubble dead I am a bubble performer today with fatherly I'm gonna be teaching you all how to make bubble wands that will allow you to make bubbles that are like two three feet in length all you need is some cotton twine two straws one very sharp pencil pair of scissors and just a handful of plastic

0:31 beads the first thing you need to do is poke holes in your straw with a very sharp pencil if you go in about a half inch down and then push all the way up so you can see the tip of the pencil just about at the top of the straw that is perfect the next step is to cut your cotton twine you need a length that is approximately one big arm length right there once you've cut your string you

0:59 want to put your beads on it an odd number is important because it's gonna fall to the middle and you want it to be symmetrical next you're going to take the two ends and you're going to push them up through one of the straws and you can tie a very simple knot and the great thing about using the pencil is that it creates a rough surface on the inside where the plastic broke and that's gonna catch on that knot and not

1:23 let it back out okay now when you have the string like this in your triangle shape you're going to pinch this end of the triangle this you will also push through the other straw and it pops out and do the same thing make a knot as close to the end as you can and there you have it what you see me dipping the bubble wand into is not store-bought solution all it is is water and dawn

1:55 ultra dish soap I use a percentage that's about eight to one eight parts water to one part soap but in order to close off right at the end there and make the bubble it needs to have a stronger polymer that binds the water molecules to the soap molecules I use guar gum which is a common food thickener you find it in almost all commercial grade ice-cream and you add that to your soap before you add the

2:20 water and it strengthens it lets you ill have Bowl bubbles like that another fun thing you can do at home with any plastic bottle cut the end off put an old sock on the open end tape it and the bubbles will actually come through the holes in the fabric I always say that adults love bubbles more than kids if an adult sees a 3 4 5 foot bubble 10 20

2:53 foot bubble they fall in love with it if a kid sees a 10 20 foot bubble they just want to pop it but that is what kids do they pop bubbles and that is why I do it it is super fun for everybody and it's something that everybody can pretty much do at home [Music]

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