I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

What can be more fun than Webelos Scouts and "SUPER BUBBLES"?!!
Besides the necessary hot air, it is important to have the right mixture of bubble soap.

The "magic" formula is 20 parts distilled water (not tap water, it won't do as well), 4 parts Dawn or Joy liquid soap (don't get the fancy soap, just the plain dish soap), and the real secret ingrediant, 1 part glycerine.

It makes small sturdy bubbles or longer more fragile ones.

You can even make double bubbles! We tried adjusting the formula and it seemed that adding a little more glycerine helped. I've been told that instead of glycerine, you can use white Karo syrup, it is just a little messier when the bubble pops.

Building Bridges

This past Wednesday was my chance again to herd cats. It was Webelos night and tonights activity was to see if the Webelos could build a bridge using mini-marshmellows and toothpicks.

As you can see they got into it with great enthusiasm, especially when I told them that they did't have to use all of the marshmellows in construction. They found other uses for the marshmellows besides the obvious eating.

The completed project was able to span two stacks of books, and took only about 30 minutes to complete.

The final step was to share with the Cubs what they had learned about bridge building, including the part about being able to eat the building materials.