Painting with Bubbles

Tired of plain painting? Want some fun ways to paint beautiful pictures with your kids? Here is one fun way to paint while learning things like surface tension, circles, etc.

Supplies:
cup half-filled with water
paint
liquid detergent (hand soap or dish soap) a few drops will do
straw
paper

Mix the paint, liquid detergent and water in the cup. Using the straw, blow bubbles in the water (if child is doing this, make sure they are able to blow and not be tempted to drink the paint). If you aren't making many bubbles, add more soap.

When your cup is overflowing with bubbles (not running over the side of it), take straw out of cup and pop bubbles with the paper by placing the paper onto of the cup and move up and down. You should have circle shapes in paint on your paper. If not, add more paint and try again.

This is a fun way for kids to paint cool looking pictures. Do this with several different colors to make some colorful art.