Giant bubble stuff

 My stepmother has been making brilliant giant bubbles with all the kids and introduced s to them last year. They are so fun for all ages! And seemed surprisingly easy. So I thought we could try them at home…

She buys a powder from the internet and it works amazing. But I am not sure I can import that powder to Denmark easily. And I had some xanthan gum from vintage gf baking, and thought we could try some experiments…

We experimented with a few things, in the end this recipe is the best so far so I’m sticking with it. If the xanthan gum supplies run out perhaps I’ll start experimenting again (or buy the powder from the internet!). The powder is definitely better, but this works pretty good.

For one bubble wand:
2 lengths of dowel - approximately 1 cm thick and 40cm long
2 eyelet screws
Cotton string

Washer (or 5 kr piece)

For the bubble mixture:
1 tsp xanthan gum
2 tbsp glycerin
3 cups warm water
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 tsp baking powder

To make the bubble mixture, first mix the xanthan gum and glycerin in a tub until smooth. Add the warm water gradually, beating. It’ll thicken. Add the washing up liquid. Mix in baking powder. Leave for at least 24 hours before use - longer if possible.

To make the wand, take two equal length pieces of dowel and drill holes in the ends big enough to put the eyelet screws in. Put in the eyelet screws. Tie the string so there is one shorter piece and one longer piece that has the washer on it, so it makes an approximately equilateral triangle when you hold it up. We tried a few different strings and some were very tangly - you want quite a thick one - we ended up using old strings from hoodie hoods.