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Try this experiment! Have you ever made a frozen bubble?

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December 17, 2022

Try the winter experiment
Have you ever made a frozen bubble?

Have you ever tried making a frozen soap bubble before? You can only do it when it's cold!

Recently, our colleagues in Germany had temperatures low enough that they were able to create frozen soap bubbles. Now, it may just finally be our time to shine as cold air approaches across the northern tier this coming week.

Temperatures must be below 23 F, with hardly any precipitation and light winds. With ordinary soap bubbles, mixing detergent with water does the trick. But in order for them to freeze, they have to be stronger.

Work of art created in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany.Work of art recently created in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany. - © Sylvia Urbach

The following recipe works best:

  • 100 ml water
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 30 ml washing detergent (preferably without perfumes and other additives)
  • 30 ml corn syrup (you can omit if need be)

For the above recipe, you first add the sugar to warm water and dissolve it. Then add dish soap and corn syrup. The mixture should then cool down in the fridge or outside for a while.

Using a straw, dip one end into your solution, blow carefully through the other onto a flat, sheltered surface outdoors, and watch the magic happen!

So keep an eye on the TemperatureRadar for when it gets cold enough to produce these frozen beauties. It makes for an especially fun, family activity, just don't forget to send in your pictures to be in the running for our photo contest!

Weather & Radar USA editorial team
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