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Let‛s Get Crafty: Bubble POP! Painting

One of the best parts of summer is being able to blow bubbles! You can take all that soapy goodness outside, blow the biggest bubbles you can, and just watch the swirly iridescent colors float on the breeze. Of course, there’s also the fun of trying to pop as many bubbles as you can before they get away. This activity combines all the fun of blowing bubbles with a neat, artistic twist.

You’ll need: bubble mix, bubble wands, food coloring, and paper.

St ep 1: pour about 1 tablespoon of bubble mix into a shallow bowl. You’ll need one of these for each color.

St ep 2: add a few drops of food coloring to each bowl and mix.

St ep 3: dip your wand into this colorful concoction, coating the blower well.

St ep 4: remove the wand from the mix and blow a bubble towards the paper.

Animal Fact!

Chinchilla the unforgiving altitudes of 9,800 to 16,000 feet, chinchillas hole up in rock crevices or dig burrows at the base of rocks. They are selective on what they eat, choosing plants with high fiber and low lignin (complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants), Did you know that the ancient Incan Empire hunted chinchillas for their meat and fur, and kept them as pets? Also, chinchillas are related to guinea pigs and porcupines.

The chinchilla is smaller than a house cat, with large, dark eyes and velvety rounded ears and plush, grayish hair. According to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, chinchillas are wildly social, living in family groups which can form vast colonies called herds of over 100 chinchillas.

There are two chinchilla species: the long-tailed and the short-tailed chinchillas. Both have suffered excessive hunting and trapping. Living in the harsh Andes Mountains of South America, chinchillas have had millions of years of evolution to grow their fur in response to the elements.

As the bubbles hit the paper they will pop and leave a colorful shape. Be sure to clean your wand between colors or use a separate wand for each one.

REMEMBER, food coloring is a dye and will stain clothes, surfaces, and skin! Be sure to protect yourself with gloves and an apron and do this on the grass or other surface you don’t mind getting a little colorful. Try using gel colors for a greater variety of hues.

Question: What did the penguin say to the polar bear?

Answer: It‛s ICE to meet you!

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