Bubble painting

[BUnderTheBonnet]

Hi,
I tried bubble painting with my DD yesterday. You're supposed to mix paint and washing up liquid, then use a straw to blow into the paint so it bubbles up, then press a piece of paper over the bubbles to get a print.

It didn't work. I didn't get bubbles bug enough to come over the lip of the bowl. I used washing up liquid and paint in equal quantities. Is that right? Was my washing up liquid too cheap? (It was very cheap).

Thanks!

bug = big. I was bugged by it though...

probably cheap liquid,fairy is probably the best as you will get huge bubbles..i loved doing this with my children,and dont use equal amounts a smaller amount of paint wont make the bubble too heavy..good luck..

Cheers. [ashamed of cheap-skate self emoticon]

Was I using the right type of paint? I was using acrylics.

I usually use readymix paint, and put the whole lot in a narrow ish pot - say an oly plastic tumbler if you haven't got a paint pot. You also need to add water to it, to make the whole lot thinner, amd more likely to bubble

Thanks - some experimentation is in order then...