How to Make Giant Bubbles

I had more fun making this video than any I can remember in the recent past. Making giant bubbles may turn into an ongoing hobby. Some of my younger cousins have certainly enjoyed it as well! The bubbles seen in this video all used the three part bubble mix that I show being made.

24 oz Dishwashing Liquid
1 tbsp J-Lube (The most important part for giant bubbles)
3 US gal Water

After filming all the shots used in this video I started experimenting with baking powder and found that 3 tbsp added to the above mix improves the longevity and durability of the bubbles significantly. The ones in the video may have been large, but I have since been able to make them much larger! As I mention at the end of the video, the size increases greatly as you learn.

The fishing poles come in four sections, but I removed the last section because it was too flimsy to support the heavy wet rope. The tri string loop is attached to the end of the third section of each pole. As shown in the video, I use carabiners as an easy way of taking loops on and off, though a loop could just as easily be taped directly to the pole.

Thank you for being one of the proud few who read video descriptions! If you would really like to help me out I would love it if you would share this video on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever else the kids are using these days. Thanks for watching! #NightHawkInLight

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[YairKoren]

I used your video to create giant bubbles many times in the last few months. I'd like to thank you! It became one of my hobbies because of you :-). I'm from Israel and i did few bubble show in the street of Europe and Tel Aviv to raise money to buy equipment for the children in Gaza during the war. So THX again!   

[Nighthawkinlight]

Just wait, I filmed some at night under artificial lights. The colors are jaw dropping. Soon as I have the footage in order I'll have a new video up.

[platypuspenguin]

Never before has my life been as complete until i saw this... i love

[eventhorizon]

If I never watched this I would have never heard of TKOR. Thank you 8yrs later and thank you for continuing to sharing useful content. You are held dear.

[GreekGadgetGuru]

You just refined what a big bubble is! Very original!

[OldSchoolSkermatt]

I've used this advice and blown many people's minds. Thanks for doing what you do!

[marlenebean]

Honestly I can't think of anything more pure than making giant bubbles with my nephews.

[Nighthawkinlight]

Sure. If the links in the video description cannot answer your questions then ask them here so that my answers can also be of help to everyone else.

[professortinajenkins]

We just tried the recipe & built our own fishing rod bubble wands! I am hooked! I'm pretty sure I'm going to be known as the bubble lady at our local beach from now on. 

[Nighthawkinlight]

Guar gum bubble recipes are rumored to work better in less humid conditions. Maybe start with some of them. Links to all the info you need are in the video description.

[emilschneider]

My nephews are going to LOVE this. I am going to do this with them when we go on holiday this christmas! Thanks for the tutorial!

[goal]

Thank you! So much fun for the kids. Taking them to the beach next week. People everywhere love them and I always send them to your video

[eatingamandarin]

Best bubble mix recipe on YouTube !!!
Many thanks for the video upload and recipe.

[somesaykosm]

The fact that you started with the good stuff has made me subscribe. Thank you for not starting with a six-minute intro.

[Iamrocky]

This is the nicest comment section I've seen in awhile :D

[Nighthawkinlight]

Yes, it was fairly hot weather when I filmed this video. It still works, just not quite as well as in cold damp weather. If it's really hot and you just can't get bubbles big enough to make you happy, just wait to do it after the sun goes down and it will work great. Or early in the morning.

[ScrappyOrganics]

i share this on your INSTRUCTABLES page but noticed that there have no comments in 10 months...so i am posting this comment here in the hopes that you see it... you, and your willingness to share this, have inspired me, but more importantly, my daughter! and that means everything to me!
 i wanted to share a story about my 7yr old daughter, myself and our dear friend, peter, who after a day of blowing bubbles and watching mayah innocently destroy them, screamed out "STOP!!!! (he is in his 80's) please, there is a whole world in there. and you're killing them all!" he showed her how to get right up under them and gently blow on them to see how long she could keep them floating...it was an exercise in slowing down, and it worked! so a few weeks later, she and i were camping, deep in the woods but with plenty of little clearings for the sunlight to peak through the trees. this time, she was the bubble blower and it was i who stood under them and blew gently to try and keep them from crashing down...right at that moment i noticed something quite extraordinary that i had overlooked most of my life. it was right then that peter's voice flooded my memory, "there is a whole world in there!" and indeed there was! our reflected planet was being seen, for the first time, by my eyes, in every single bubble that was blown from that point on!
after seeing your video and showing it to my little girl, we were both brought back to a beautiful summer we shared with our friend peter! so thank you!

[Sunshine]

This worked so well and a huge hit for kids and adults! Used the baking soda. Made some large adult ones with broom sticks and small ones for the kids with 2 foot dowels and 7 feet rope. Had some rope burn pulling the nylon from 125 feet of rope. Made hours of fun camping. Adult sticks bubbles popped quickly when it became a hot 30 degrees Celsius outside. Used up all 6 gallons of mixture in a day.

[waffler]

Got the J-lube in the mail today and tried your exact recipe with the 3 tbsp of baking powder. It works like a charm and it makes a ton. That J-lube is worth the $20 and the amount you use is literally only 50 cents worth. After the initial cost of the lube it only costs about $3 every session which consists of $2.50 for the dawn. 10 cents for the amount of baking powder and about 50 cents worth of J-lube (probably even less that that) This recipe is well worth it, just by the J-lube.

[SpiritualStuntman]

Fantastic video!! Ordered my J Lube for a bubble weekend 🙏🏼