How to Make Bubble Wands Out of Pipe Cleaners

Blowing bubbles is a soothing warm weather activity.

Shape a square bubble wand and ask your child what shape they think the bubbles will be. Bubbles are spherical because that is the shape with the least surface area for the volume. Pipe cleaners make great bubble wands. They are easier to grip and shape than plain wire. The fibers hold more bubble solution, so your kids can blow larger bubbles. Let your children make any shape bubble wand they choose.

Instructions

Square Bubble Wand

1. Bend a pipe cleaner at a right angle 1 1/2-inch from the end.

2. Make a second right angle 1 inch away from the first, and a third 1 inch further along the pipe cleaner so that the first end bends around and forms a square on the end of the pipe cleaner.

3. Twist the first end around the pipe cleaner's "handle."

Round Bubble Wand

1. Wrap the end of a a pipe cleaner around a round object such as an olive bottle. Overlap the end 1/2 inch.

2. Fold the other end of the pipe cleaner out at a right angle to make the handle.

3. Twist the pipe cleaner together where the end crosses the handle.