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Making a photo look like a bubble is a great way to give your image its own unique look. Make a photo look like a bubble with help from an experienced photography professional in this free video clip.
Making bubble blurs in Photoshop only requires the careful use of a few specific tools. Find out how to make bubble blurs in Photoshop with help from a well-versed web, graphic and illustrative designer in this free video clip.
Besides getting to swing from various platforms and dressing your sack boy up in costumes, part of the excitement of playing "Little Big Planet" is that you get to eventually create your own levels. Levels are designed based on the items that you collect throughout the game. Bubbles -- prize or score bubbles -- are one type of item that can accumulate so that you end up with enough to get a bonus, as well as fill up your collection to start a new level.
Bubbles have remained a classic children's toy throughout many generations. Watching a soapy water solution transform magically into lightweight, delicate bubbles ignites children's curiosity and fascination with the world. There are two types of bubble toys that you can easily create at home. A bubble blower enables your child to create foamy masses of bubbles that she can use as bubble beards and wigs. You also may use common household items such as a Styrofoam plate to make a bubble wand for forming bubbles that float midair.
Bubble molding uses a type of craft mold with a cluster of round cavities shaped like soap bubbles. You can make your own bubble molding resin and add a pearlescent dye to the resin. When the resin dries or "cures," the plastic bubbles will have a bright colored sheen similar to that of light reflecting on soap bubbles.
Toilet systems are not designed to create bubbles. If your toilet control system is making bubbles when it fills up or flushes, you have a problem. Sometimes the problems are minor issues that do not indicate damage, but sometimes bubbles are a symptom of venting trouble or aging components. Pay attention to when and how your toilet bubbles to locate the source of the trouble and find a solution. When in doubt, always call a plumber for help.
A healthy and happy male betta fish will build a bubble nest when it is ready to mate. Bubble nests will appear as clusters of bubbles around the surface of the tank. When the male and female betta fish breed, the eggs are picked up by the male betta and placed into the the bubble nest. Building bubble nests is an instinctual behavior for most betta fish; many male betta fish will build a bubble nest regardless of whether or not a female betta fish is also in the aquarium.
Wearing bubble shorts offers a great way to stay cool and stylish. You can make a pair of shorts to lounge at home or to wear for an evening out. Some bubble shorts have an elastic waistband and they have elastic fitted to each leg to create the bubbly effect. Others have a drawstring closure. The fabric is gathered or pleated, which hides the center slit to create the look of a skirt. Your shorts are versatile, offering comfort and style.
Making a bubble costume can be somewhat challenging, but exciting. Consider the materials needed to use as bubbles on the costume: balloons or clear, hard plastic balls. Once the materials have been chosen, the bubbles will be affixed to the costume, which can be a leotard or a jacket. With just a bit of planning and preparation, the time it should take to create a bubble costume could range from 5 to 10 minutes. Using plastic bubbles and a hot glue gun may take a bit more time since the costume has to dry before it can be worn.
Bubble wands have entertained children for many generations. Originally made from twisted wires, the bubble blower fit into a small bottle of bubbles. Vintage bubble blowers had simple shapes and little embellishment. You can make vintage blowers in a variety of sizes using wire and a few basic tools. Create a vintage wire bubble blower to present to a child, along with a container of bubble solution for hours of fun in the sun.
Microsoft Excel is a program that allows the user to create a spreadsheet or graph of pertinent information. Within the program, bubbles are available for insertion within the created document to add explanations, special points or other information. The insertion of the bubble is done using the insert tab. Several bubble designs are available to accommodate specific needs. The size of the bubble is easily adjusted to create the desired look. Create a bubble in the desired location following several simple steps.
Bubble panels can be used as stress relievers or art pieces. These panels can be built in whatever size fits your design requirements and can be modified with lights to create ambiance for specific situations.
Shake things up on the next holiday by presenting your friends with handmade bubble shaker cards. Although premade plastic bubbles are available, they are not necessary to make this technique. Enclosing tiny trinkets behind a sheet of clear plastic adds sparkle to your cards and smiles to the faces of your recipients.
Nothing is as inviting on a humid day as a crystal clear swimming pool sparkling in the backyard. A pool is a fantastic home addition, but also can be a source of concern when not functioning properly. Air in the pool lines or pulled in through the filter can create bubbles as the pool's pump starts up, producing angst for the owner. Methodical troubleshooting, however, can lead to the source of the malfunction.
The bubble skirt or bubble dress was first seen in the early 1950s in the fashion collections of designers such as Christian Dior and Cristobal Balenciaga. The design has been on the fashion runways on regular intervals ever since, and has been in and out of style several times. The variation of a double or two-tiered bubble skirt is less common. However if you can't find one in the stores, you can make one yourself.
A common activity for school-age children is playing with bubbles. Bubble solutions, with small bubble wands, are constantly used in birthday goody bags and other gift giving occasions. In fact, bubble blowing is a strategic way of introducing the concept of spherical shapes in geometry to young children. However, parents and caregivers do not need to purchase bubble wands. A simple wire hanger can be bent into a unique shape for creating a large bubble wand.
A bubble planner operates under the concept that the human brain is more receptive to images than words. Tasks and goals are written in bubbles in a top-down or circular orientation to help the brain understand, manage and prioritize every endeavor to be accomplished. Make a bubble planner to fit your own needs by using categories relevant to yourself in your daily, weekly and monthly life.
Constructing water bubble-like artwork provides a creative centerpiece for any table. Encourage a pre-teen or beginning art student to take up the craft-making challenge. Employ a paper-mache technique to coat cardboard and foam materials. Design a water bubble blower stick to sit on the table as a base for your design. Foam balls will then "levitate" above the blower with the help of craft wire. Display your centerpiece on an art, coffee or bedside table.
Whether you want to upgrade your fish bowl into a wall mountable fish tank or want to practice your sealing skills, make a bubble wall mountable fish tank. A bubble fish tank hanging on the wall provides a nice accent to the décor of the room. Do not place the fish tank in direct sunlight or near a door, window or vent. Those areas change the temperature of the fish tank and are dangerous for fish.
Blowing bubbles is a pastime enjoyed by children and adults alike. People love to watch the transparent orbs drifting about on a breeze. Using a wire hanger, you can take bubble blowing to a new, exciting level that is sure to please a crowd. Blow into the homemade wand to make floating bubbles the size of beach balls. Alternatively, while holding a hanger bubble wand, your child can run across the yard creating a huge bubble tube behind her. The creative possibilities are exciting.
A bubble ring is a kind of vortex, a collection of whirling fluid or air. Scientists study vortices like bubble rings and smoke rings in a field of physics they call fluid dynamics, because it helps them to improve the design of things like cars and airplanes. Humpback whales create bubble rings when they forage for food, but other water mammals, including dolphins and beluga whales, create sea rings during play. People can make bubble rings too.
Children of all ages are intrigued by bubbles. They love to take bubble baths and enjoy blowing bubbles with their cartoon-themed wands. As a game, they like to see how big or how far bubbles can get before they pop into the thin air. Pique your children's interest by engaging them in a quick home experiment about temperature and bubbles. With the use of household products and appliances, you can teach them how to make permanent bubbles by freezing them.
Bubbles have gone from a childhood spring and summertime activity to something adults frequently use when celebrating a new wedding couple. Whatever your requirement for the soapy stuff, personalize your bubble containers with custom labels. Use Windows Paint, a graphics program included in the Accessories folder of each Windows operating system, to design labels to go over the generic ones on most bubble containers. Start your own bubble business, or just personalize a few containers for a special event with Windows Paint.
Bubble skirts are a hot trend in fashion. These full skirts flare out and finish with a poofy hem that looks like it bubbles out, as opposed to a traditional smooth hem. Making a custom bubble skirt by hand is easy enough for beginner sewers to do. A handmade bubble skirt is sure to be a go-to item in any fashionista's wardrobe.
The bubble skirt style was created by Pierre Cardin in the 50s and features a tucked hem that creates a bubblelike bottom shape. A design reappearing in fashion over the years, the bubble skirt is a cute fashion item you can recreate for your doll. This project requires little time and minimal sewing skills.
Double bubble curtain, also called bubble wrap insulation or bubble foil, is a type of insulation consisting of two large sheets of bubble wrap sandwiched inside two layers of metal film. Bubble curtain is easy to cut with a utility knife or scissors and works well as an inexpensive gap-filler around windows and doors. You can purchase commercial double bubble curtain or make your own with bubble wrap and metal film.
Bubbles are often associated with summer outdoor fun but activities with bubbles can easily be used in educational lessons for pre-kindergarten children. One project lets children experiment with bubble wand making, while another activity teaches math and measuring skills. Create artwork from bubbles and learn about the refracted or separated light on rainbows with bubbles.
A bubble lamp shade is a trendy piece that looks like a series of bubbles floating around a pendant light. This type of lamp makes a casual and modern alternative to a chandelier. You can easily make this type of lamp shade using vellum sheets and circle dye cutters, as well as a basic pendant lamp kit. Making this light yourself at home is a cheap alternative to purchasing a ready-made bubble lamp at a home goods store.
When browsing different websites, you may notice social media buttons and icons that are designed to let visitors share the address of the page with their networks. For example, the "Tweet" button is shaped like a bubble, and when you click on it, you're prompted to share the website with your followers. As a website designer, you can build your own Twitter bubble and implement it in your HTML code.
Facebook doesn't give the option to type bubble text directly into the status update section, so you must use a third-party online application to create bubble words. The free bubble text generator allows you to copy and paste the created bubble words as your Facebook status. Alternatively, you could paste the generated bubble text to almost any other social networking website, such as Twitter, Google+ and MySpace.
If you’re forever blowing bubbles, let it show in your digital images using Adobe Photoshop. You don’t need any of the real soapy stuff to give your pictures a bubble-like image; instead, you can rely on Photoshop’s instant bubble-creation tool. Position bubbles around the edges of your pictures to give it a fringelike border or texture, or scatter bubbles throughout for an underwater look.
A veil is an important accessory for a bride. They complete the look of the gown and can reveal the bride's personality. For example, a bubble veil, also called a fountain veil, is gathered at the crown to give added volume at the top before cascading down around the bride's face and shoulders. These veils are feminine and can make you feel like a princess on your wedding day. Making your own bubble veil will ensure that it's exactly what you want, and is the perfect accessory to your gown.
Air bubble vortexes are bubbles in the core of a liquid vortex. They form a ring shape. This ring of air spins through the water. The faster the bubble ring spins, the more developed the vortex becomes. The physics behind air bubble vortex rings is part of the theory of fluid dynamics. You can see it demonstrated in an experiment at home in just a few simple steps.
The problem with painting realistic bubbles is creating an object that doesn’t look like a flying circle. Bubbles are distinctly clear in the center and have a blurry appearance at the outer edge. Though referred to as circular, the exact shape of a bubble varies from perfectly round to oval. Painting realistic bubbles means resisting the urge to create perfection and willingly blurring or destroying a portion of the painting. This technique works best with watercolor, but can be performed on any wet paint.
You can create a bubble image in Illustrator by adding a gradient fill, highlight shape and translucency to a circle shape. These items simulate the illumination provided by a typical light source to an actual bubble. A key part of this project involves creating an object that you can see behind the bubble. To make your bubble image more effective, insert images of objects related to the bubble. For example, insert an image of a child blowing bubbles.
A standard part of elementary school curricula, spelling helps expand the vocabularies of young students. Teachers assess the spelling skills of their pupils in a variety of ways, including written tests. These tests take a range of formats including bubble tests. A bubble test allows students to select correct answers from multiple options. Bubble tests also make it easier for teachers to check answers quickly, with the added benefit of being compatible with automated machines, which scan and grade tests electronically.
A tiered bubble skirt is like a tiered skirt, but it has poufs of fabric instead of just flat fabric. Bubble skirts can be short or long, and adding tiers adds a layer of complexity. You can still make one, but it requires knowing a few sewing skills and being aware of all the layers of fabric involved in sewing the poufs together. This same method can be adapted to make a single bubble skirt, if making both is a little intimidating. You could also make smaller versions -- maybe for children -- out of cheap material for practice.
A bubble jet is a type of water accessory that uses bubbles to aerate water. Making bubbles aerate through the water requires the displacement of air. This requires using an air pump to produce the bubbles. Bubbles may be used for visual stimulation or to circulate water inside of an aquarium.
Transform a regular diaper shirt into a frilly and feminine romper by adding tiers of tulle or lace along the entire length of the baby fashion essential. The layers of tulle or lace are folded in half to create the bubble effect. An extra layer of the bubble tulle is added around the leg openings to make a short pettiskirt to the romper and the arms of the diaper shirt are replaced with frilly ribbon straps.
Bubble wands are devices capable of making large floating bubbles once dipped in a soapy solution. The joy that bubble wands bring has attracted enthusiasts who mix bubble-making solutions and wand materials to make the biggest bubbles possible. Bubble wand artists are commonly seen at fairs and festivals delighting onlookers with giant bubble-making techniques and tricks. Making your own bubble wand using two sticks is an affordable and easy craft project.
Making children's clothing is a great way to give your offspring a stylish and unique wardrobe at an affordable price. The bubble skirt with its floaty and feminine hem is a cute piece and also fashionable. The most simple way to make a bubble skirt is to use a regular skirt pattern and insert elastic into the hem to create the bubble effect.
From keeping packages safe to protecting precious antiques, bubble wrap is a common household item. However, it can also be used to create a suit, covering the body in plastic bubbles from head to toe. This is a comical and unusual outfit for themed parties or gatherings during Halloween. A bubble suit is also simple and inexpensive to create.
The chemistry behind even the most simplistic of experiments can baffle most, such as the bubbling as a result of salt being added to soda. Soda itself is already "bubbly" due to its carbonation, but add a dash of salt and it bubbles even more violently than on its own. This bubbling effect has to do with the salt's alkaline nature and the release of carbon dioxide when it reacts with the soda.
Bubbles that form in paint are known as "blisters." The blisters are created by gas that expands under the surface of the paint, due to any number of causes. To help figure out the cause of the blisters, look at where they are forming. Is just one layer of paint blistering, or is the paint blistering from the surface of the wall? Then re-examine the conditions under which you painted the walls and the conditions of the room. Temperature, weather, humidity and the surface are all factors that require consideration to determine the cause.
To use Illustrator to make an image look like a bubble, use the program's tools to create the characteristic qualities of a bubble: roundness, translucency, and a watery interior, for example. Use the Bloat tool to create roundness, and use Illustrator's Opacity control to create translucency. The program's swatches for filling shapes let you produce the water quality. You can use the skills learned from this project to apply related effects to images. For example, you can make cars and other objects look like clouds.
Altering clothing is a great way to breathe new life into an old wardrobe. The bubble hem is used on tops or dresses to give a full, floaty appearance to the garment. A bubble hem can be applied to a top or a dress by inserting a piece of flat elastic into the hem casing at the bottom of the item. This process can be undertaken in less than an hour with a few basic sewing materials.
If you've ever read a comic book or graphic novel, you've seen thought bubbles, along with their more prominently featured siblings, speech balloons. A speech balloon shows a stretch of dialog inside an elliptical shape with a curved tail that points at the speaker. A thought bubble serves the same purpose for dialog that a character thinks instead of speaking aloud. Its text appears in a loose cloud-like shape with a tail made of circles. Adobe Illustrator CS5's drawing tools make quick work of the simple geometric shapes that comprise a thought bubble.
Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs all have the option of inserting shapes into your documents, including bubble text boxes, which look like speech balloons found in comic strips. The bubble text boxes are referred to as "callouts" in each of the programs. Using bubble text boxes in your documents emphasizes important information by making it stand out from the normal text. The method for adding the boxes is similar in each program, with some slight differences in the PowerPoint program.
Arrows are a familiar sight on websites, smartphone applications and other electronics, pointing users where to go, but their straight-angle, pointed shapes may disrupt the flow of your design. By placing the arrow inside an orb, sphere or bubble, you make it instantly obvious that viewers should click it to make a move. Take advantage of the image-editing software Photoshop's newest feature of bubble-like 3D shaping to create a bubble arrow, where you'll have complete customization control over the arrow and bubble's color, plus size, shape and arrow-pointing direction.
Bubble skirts are gathered at the top and bubble out at the bottom due to the front of the skirt being longer than the lining underneath. While most bubble skirts are made of cotton, other fabrics can be used. Light fabrics are recommended, however, because this helps the characteristic bubble shape drape correctly. For a bubble skirt made of polyester, a lightweight polyester should be selected, such as the type used to make night gowns and house dresses. Most polyester has the same print on both sides. You can use two panels of the same fabric for this skirt, or…
Fonts refer to the complete set of characters, such as letters, numbers and symbols, for use in digital or standard typography. Courier, Times New Roman, San Serif and Century are all typical fonts used in everyday situations. If you would like to create your own bubble font, use examples of other similar fonts to help you form a basic structure in each character. The key to a good font family lies in the consistency in style.
In comic books, a speech bubble represents character dialogue or the sounds emanating from an object. When used as a prop, a speech bubble adds a humorous, silly effect to a photograph. The subject of a photograph writes a message on the speech bubble and places the bubble near her mouth. Although a cardboard speech bubble is easier to create, an erasable speech bubble allows you to recycle your speech bubble to include a variety of messages.
Bubbles may be an entertaining outdoor activity, but the solution that comes with the sets often runs out too quickly for many people. Keep the bubble blowers from the set even after the solution has dissipated. Make your own bubble solution and keep it on hand the next time you find yourself in need of an outdoor activity.
When the dishwasher or any other plumbing fixture in your house drains waste water down the pipes, bubbles should not come out of any other plumbing fixture's drain. The presence of bubbles in your toilet's drain may be due to one of several potential problems in your house's plumbing.
Bubble wrap clothing can be a big hit at a costume party, a Halloween party or any other event where you want to gain some attention for what you are wearing. You can make a suit from bubble wrap quickly and you don't need experience in making clothes to pull it off. You can use your own clothing as a pattern. Use loose fitting clothing for your pattern. Bubble wrap does not breathe or give like clothing fabric. You will need some more room in a bubble wrap suit than you would in a regular pair of pants and jacket.
Papier-mache is an inexpensive way to create props, light-weight models, and even fake bubble bums. Although the method is appropriate for nearly all skill levels, papier-mache requires a bit of advanced preparation and can be time-consuming. Start the project at least two days before you need the gluttonous gluteas. This will allow ample time for the glue solution and paint to dry.
Young children enjoy making art and making bubbles. Bubble art combines two activities that children love to do. Bubbles demonstrate the simple value of how a gas will expand in all directions. Use this easy recipe and use items you already have in your home to entertain kids and teach them basic science to create bubble art.
Sit back and enjoy a bubble bath made with a homemade natural bubble bar. Simply crumble a portion of the bubble bar in the bath water to achieve a relaxing bubble bath. The recipe requires two ingredients that are available at natural food stores: sodium laurel sulfoacetate and liquid glycerin. The mixture is placed in a mold to press the bubble bars into usable cake form. Use a mint, chocolate or soap mold to form the shapes. Set aside 15 minutes to make these all natural bubble bars.
"Little Big Planet" is a puzzle-platforming game for the PlayStation 3. In addition to exploring strange themed worlds filled with physics puzzles, you can create your own levels to share with your friends and the general public. Score bubbles, which are collected in order to earn points, are affected by the game's gravity and normally must rest on a flat surface. However, if your level includes an aerial section, you may wish to suspend them in mid-air.
Bubbles are ephemeral, typically popping within moments of their creation. Under normal circumstances, your best chance of preserving a bubble is to capture it in a photograph. However, if you expose the bubble to temperatures below the freezing point of water -- or 32 degrees Fahrenheit -- you can keep a bubble intact for a much longer time. As the bubble freezes, you will even be able to watch ice crystals form quickly across the orb's surface.
Entertaining children doesn't have to be expensive. Bubbles will delight young children and adults alike for hours. Making your own bubble solution is inexpensive and can be done with little to no effort. Chances are, all the necessary tools are sitting right in your kitchen. Make as much or as little as you want with great results.
Illustrator is a vector graphics application sold by the Adobe corporation. It is used by graphics artists to create vector graphics for many different projects, such as ads, signs and websites. One of the most important aspects of their work is making sure that the lettering stands out for the viewer. There are many ways to do this, but one of the most effective is to use bubble letters.
Bubble bars give you the same relaxing feeling as a bubble bath, but provide thicker foam and a more intense smell than liquid bubble bath. Bubble bars comes in solid form and dissolve under running water. LUSH has a line of bubble bars that range in smell from spice to fruit and sweet fragrances. Make your own bubble bars just like the ones sold by LUSH at home, using your own molding trays and favorite essential oil flavors.
Add a bubble skirt to any infant-size romper for an adorable bubble romper fashion essential. Make the skirt from the same fabric as the romper or let the skirt stand out by using a fabric in a different color, pattern or texture. Sew the bubble skirt directly onto the waist of the romper or make the skirt removable by adding an elastic waistband and sliding it over the top of the romper.
Bubble tiers are layers of folded fabric that are attached to clothing like ruffle tiers. Add layers of bubble tiers to a shirt, skirt or dress for a unique fashion essential for a child or adult. Use a sheer fabric, such as organza or tulle, for tiers of light and poufed bubble ruffles, or use a heavier satin or velvet fabric for bubble tiers with just a little bit of volume.
Make a dress with a bubble skirt extra poufy by adding an inner layer of tulle fabric to the skirt. You can add the tulle layer to a new skirt by sewing it in before finishing the dress, or you can modify an old bubble dress by opening the stitches that hold the bubble skirt in place. Add a single layer of tulle to add a little bit of puffiness, or make the dress as puffy as possible with as many layers of tulle as you can fit into the bubble skirt.
A bubble cloner is utilized in a method of growing plants known as hydroponics. Hydroponics enables you to take root cuttings of plants to grow new plants quickly, basically multiplying the amount of plants you have. In this method of plant growing, the roots are submerged in water instead of soil. Making a homemade bubble cloner is a relatively simple and inexpensive task that can raise your gardening skills to new levels.
Bubble ball wreaths have become a staple of modern holiday decor. They can be expensive to purchase, though, leaving little money left in a holiday decorating budget for much else. The do-it-yourself version of these wreaths take very little time and will leave plenty of cash for other decorating projects.
A bubble skirt traditionally sits above the knee, poofs out at the bottom and tapers down from a drawn in waist. The waist is often elasticated, but you can also create a draw string bubble skirt that will accommodate a wider range of sizes. Use bright and colorful fabrics to make you bubble skirt really eye-catching.
Bubble decorations can attract customers or create a playful atmosphere at children's parties or weddings. Depending on the level of sophistication required, you can make subtle bubble decorations to give out as party favors or make bubbles the focus of an event. Some common bubble decorations include balloon-like inflatable bubbles, embellished bubble liquid bottles and bubble-blowing machines.
Bubble beads are small glass beads that are flat on one side and otherwise spherical. Images placed underneath the glass bead are slightly magnified showing the image as if looking through a fish eye lens. You can use bubble beads to make jewelry such as rings and charms for bracelets or necklaces.
Bubble letters can be used to decorate your child's room with his name or emphasize certain words in handwritten correspondence. The letters have rounded edges and thick lines that make them fun to decorate. Make cut-out bubble letters more eye-catching by adding color, texture and patterns with construction paper, wallpaper and felt. Use glitter and paints for bubble letters that you include in notes.
The task of making a bubble that doesn't pop may seem impossible but it can be done. A frozen bubble is a bubble that will not pop under cold conditions. You can make a frozen bubble by either using dry ice or by going out in the cold weather. Using dry ice will allow the bubble to maintain its round form and become stiff, so it won't pop.
A bubble stone, also called an air stone, is an aeration device used in fish tanks. The bubble stone adds air to the water while also helping the air circulate through the aquarium. Commercial stones are made of wood, plastic or pumice stone. You can create a homemade bubble stone in just a few minutes with supplies available at the grocery and pet store for only a few dollars.
When you are creating comics for posting online or for printing, you have to learn the conventions generally used in comics. One involves placing the words spoken by the characters inside speech bubbles. These bubbles signal the reader that these words are being spoken by a particular character, instead of some other character or the narrator. If you are using Adobe Illustrator to create comics, it's easy to make these speech bubbles.
Bubble wrap is most commonly used as a packing supply, but for the 11th Annual Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day in 2011 the Sealed Air Corporation proposed several football-themed uses before the upcoming Super Bowl. It doesn't have to be Super Bowl Sunday to make a bubble wrap football. A football made from bubble wrap makes an unusual table centerpiece for a football party. Or take advantage of the cushioning, give it to your children, and let them play ball in the house for once.
A Bubble stitch, more commonly known as a popcorn or puff stitch, is a way of creating large, puffy bumps in your crochet work. Bumpy stitches provide an interesting textural and visual effect, but they can be quite hard to get right -- especially when using thicker yarn. A full bubble stitch is made with five double crochet stitches. Though there is no "official" half bubble stitch, you can modify the full bubble stitch to make smaller, or half, bubbles by using fewer or shorter stitches.
Sheetrock is another name for drywall. It is a type of gypsum board that is attached directly to the studs on the wall. The drywall can then be painted to the desired color. Sheetrock comes in four-by-eight foot sections, in thicknesses ranging from 1/4-inch to 3/4-inch. After it is installed, it is necessary to add joint compound over the seams. This compound can be formed into various designs and made to look bubbly. These designs are most often done on the ceilings of houses.
Transform a onesie and a little bit of fabric into an adorable dress for a baby or young toddler. You can use a lightweight cotton fabric to make a puffy bubble skirt or use a heavier, velvet-type fabric for a skirt with just a little bit of bubbly flair. Choose a fabric that coordinates with the onesie for a cute and simple dress or add a brightly patterned bubble skirt to match a flamboyant little personality.
Nothing cures homesickness for a child away at summer camp, than a care package of treats sent from home. Care packages typically contain a variety of goodies; including candy, magazines and comic books, small toys, photos, clothing and letters from the family. However, no care package would be complete without a batch of homemade cookies. Receiving a package of cookies can brighten your child's camp experience, but if the cookies arrive all crumbled and broken, it makes for a lousy summer. Send cookies properly, to ensure they arrive fresh, delicious and intact.
If you are a frequent user of social networking websites such as MySpace, you may have seen some wall posts and comments constructed from letters with circles around them. This type of lettering is called "bubble lettering," and people construct them using web-based tools. There are several free websites online that generate bubble letters based on text that you enter, and you can use one of these websites to create bubble text of your own and send it to your friends online.
Bubbles entertain children across many age groups and are portable and cheap. Consider taking along bubbles on road trips or when you are facing a long afternoon stuck at home without playmates. You can find recipes everywhere for your own bubble solution, saving even more money. You can use all kinds of household items to make wands, especially if you keep an eye out for objects with holes and are made of durable materials.
What kid doesn't like bubbles? Your kids will love you for teaching them this craft and activity. You can use regular household objects to make a fun bubble pipe and watch the kids blow bubbles for hours. Here's how to get those pipes bubbling.
Anger is one of the toughest emotions to control. It can build up inside you for months or boil over in a matter of seconds. While many people take at least a few days to deal with situations that make them angry, there are some situations that require people to take control of their anger immediately. Certain situations, like workplace issues and volatile relationship disputes, are better handled when the angry person takes control of his anger in 30 seconds or less. Many anger management strategies only take 30 seconds to execute.
Making a child's bubble toy out of a recycled water bottle is a great way to reuse household items and teach the kids a new craft project. You might already have all the items for this project around the house, except for a long spoon straw, but that takes only a quick trip to any mini-mart that has an Icee machine. You'll have fun making this, and it'll keep the kids busy during summer vacation.
When making a bubble solution, let kids help stir the mixture and get involved in the fun process. Create the perfect bubble solution for kids with tips from a day care owner in this free video on parenting and child care.
Bubbles and children are a natural combination. You can improve the two by creating your own bubble mixture and helping your children make their own bubble wands out of recycled materials. The bubble solution requires ingredients you likely already have around your house, and bubble wands can be made with a wide variety of objects, making this a family project that is not only economical but environmentally friendly and fun.
Let's face it, kids love swords. A sword looks cool on the swashbuckling movie hero, and so it can only look cooler on your child. However, we all know that handing your child a real sword is probably a very bad idea. Even some toy swords have sharp points on the ends, and inevitably, someone ends up getting hurt. Don't worry, though, you can make a reasonably safe toy sword for your child, much like the "boffers" that re-enactors use, just by assembling a few items you have around your home. Make several, and let your kids take turns whacking…
This article concerns the foam type of bubble bath (suds on top of the water), not the fizz type (bubbles throughout the water). The gush of faucet water falling straight down may be insufficient to produce enough foam, leading to use of more product per bath. Drawbacks to that are increased cost and greater exposure to irritation. The technique given here maximizes foam without jets, hoses or excessive use of product.
Blowing bubbles is a favorite summer activity, and no matter how many times they try it out, kids never seem to get bored chasing bubbles. Most store-bought bubble solutions are essentially dish soap, so they're very easy to re-create at home. Bubble wands are also easy to construct, and testing out different materials to see which make the best bubbles is a fun way to get kids to think creatively.
Homemade bubbles are easy and fun for kids of all ages.
Blowing bubbles can entertain kids endlessly. With this solution and a couple of big bubble wands, a group of kids can entertain themselves for hours.
