This simple craft creates hours of play opportunities because you can make your own bubble shooter bubble wand with very little effort and it is an easy bubble activity for kids of all ages. This easy DIY bubble wand only needs 2 supplies that you likely have on hand: rubber bands and drinking straws. Just add bubble solution and you are blowing bubbles!
Let’s Make a Bubble Shooter Wand
This DIY bubble shooter was born out of desperation. At one time we had many bubble wands, but I couldn’t find any of them. Inspired by the addictive bubble shooter game, we decided we needed to create the arcade experience.
This Do It Yourself Bubble Shooter is so easy to make that home or on the playground in the classroom and the kids had so much fun exploring the way their new bubble wands worked.
Best Bubble Shooter Craft
Bubble Shooter Defined
A brilliant mechanism combining bubbles and the act of shooting.
-Kids Activities Blog
What we came up with is half bubble shooter and half bubble wand. No matter what you call it, blowing bubbles is fun and creates that addictive gameplay! {Giggle}
Oh, and if you don’t feel like making a bubble shooter today, check below where we have our favorite bubble shooter products listed.
How To Make a Bubble Shooter
DIY Bubble wands are a fun activity to do, and you can even make homemade bubbles to go with it. It’s so much fun. The best part is, making a bubble blower is easy!
Making your own bubble wand is so easy, even your kids can help!
This post contains affiliate links.
Supplies Needed
Instructions for Constructing A DIY Bubble Shooter
Step 1 – Attach the Straws Together
Take a bunch of straws (kids can choose the suitable color combination they want) and attach them together by wrapping them with a rubber band.
If you don’t have rubber bands within easy reach, don’t worry. Just use some masking tape, sticky tape or even pipe cleaners to join the straws together.
Step 2 – Optional Cut Straws to Different Length
You can also cut the straws to a shorter length; this may be very useful if you don’t have many straws but have many children to entertain.
Step 3 – Make Homemade Bubble Solution
Step 4 – Play with Your Bubble Shooter
Let’s blow bubbles with your DIY Bubble Shooter and shoot bubbles in different directions in the backyard. Kids can play with the aim of the bubble shooter and vary the pressure of their breath to see how the results change in their real life bubble game.
It is lots of fun!
Blowing Bubbles with DIY Bubble Shooter Wand
This play is really satisfying for children as they make lots of bubbles with each breath.
The action needed for creating bubbles with the bubble shooter is always exhaling and never inhaling. This will keep bubble solution out of kids’ mouths. <–But just in case, always use a non-toxic bubble solution that is taste-safe.
It is amazing how quickly they learn the proper coordination to get just the right amount of bubble solution into the shooter wand.
Bubble Stick
Just make sure for littler children, they blow, and don’t suck in. It may seem obvious to us, but smaller children may not understand the concept. And no one wants a mouth of warm water and soap bubbles.
Littler kids may need a little help, but overall this is great for kids of all ages, from younger children to older kids. Whether it is a sunny day or an overcast day.
What Should I Do If the Bubble Solution Falls Off the Bubble Shooter?
Generally, this is an issue of the bubble solution not being thick enough. A bubble shooter does better with a more “sticky” bubble solution to allow it to not slide or sputter off the end of the straws. If you made your own homemade bubble solution, add more of the thickening agent. Common bubble solution thickening agents are glycerine and corn starch.
Tools
- (optional) scissors
- bubble solution
Instructions
- Take a bunch of straws and attach them together by wrapping them with a rubber band. If you don’t have rubber bands within easy reach, don’t worry. Just use some masking tape or sticky tape to join the straws together.
- You can also cut the straws to a shorter length; this may be very useful if you don’t have many straws but have many children to entertain.
- Mix up a batch of bubble solution.
- Let’s blow bubbles with your DIY Bubble Shooter Wand! It is lots of fun!
Bubble Shooter Classic Arcade Game
This activity was inspired by the fun bubble shooter game where you pop bubbles to climb to a high score.
Psst…you can play the free online games here.
But I needed to get the kids OFFLINE and have their next bubble experience to be with IRL (in real life) bubbles.
Favorite Bubble Shooters for Kids
- This 5 pack of Wind Up Bubble Gun Blasters include LED lights and is a bubble blower that you can use inside or outside.
- This 2 Bubble Gun pack comes with bubble solution and plays music. Great fun for boys and girls. I like that the bubble solution fits into the bubble shooter.
- This is more of a bubble machine than a bubble shooter, but it is pretty awesome. It is the Bubble blower machine for kids with adjustable speeds and a large bubble solution tank.
- This Jurassic Dinosaur Light Up Bubble gun is delightfully dinosaur! It comes with bubble solution that fits into the bubble shooter.
- This Shooting Game is a skill game with challenging levels using colorful balls using laser aim. It doesn’t use bubbles, but reminds me of a version of bubble shooter online game.
More Bubble Fun from Kids Activities Blog
Bubbles, bubbles, and more bubbles! Kids and adults alike love to blow bubbles. Still wanting more bubbles? Check out these great bubble activities from some of the other bubbly, but oh so quirky…
Did your kids love making these simple bubble shooters? What are their favorite ways to blow bubbles?