Expert: Marilyn - 7/25/2004

Question
I am looking for good quality bubbles that I can use and resell. I own a kids play gym and we have bubble time. All the bubbles I have found are not very good! I am also looking for a blower you can blow into like a tube and have lots of bubbles come out like Gymboree play gym blower. Thanks!!!!

Answer
Hi,

Probably the favorite retail bubble solution is Mr Bubbles, but it's not as easy to find as it used to be. Most of the professional bubble blowers mix their own solutions -- these tend to be cheaper and you can adjust them to best work in your particular situation or climate. There are a lot of recipes on my site, BubbleBlowers.com, on this page: http://bubbleblowers.com/homemade.html

I'm not familiar with the Gymboree blower, but if you want a lot of bubbles, the best thing I've found is the Fisher Price item that looks like a leaf blower. I got mine from ebay.com and it is easy to use and very prolific. There is one for sale on ebay now, just so you know what they look like:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11742&item=5911529290&rd=...
If you want to watch for them, use this search string in the search box on ebay:   
         bubbl* +fisher*

Good luck in your search!

Marilyn
http://BubbleBlowers.com