1. Place some bubble solution into a saucer. Have a glass of water nearby. 2. Place the end of a drinking straw into the solution, and blow a big bubble. 3. Now brag to your friends that you can stick your straw into the bubble without popping it! Magician’s secret: While you are talking, dip your straw in the water, without letting your friends see! 4. Carefully poke your wet straw into the center of the bubble. It won’t pop! 5. Now ask for a friend to try the magic. Blow another big bubble, but give your friend a dry straw. The bubble will break immediately! Behind the magic: The straw must be wet. Dry objects pop bubbles!

1. Cut off both ends of a quart-size milk carton. This will be your bubble wand. 2. Ask your friends what shape your bubble will be. They will probably guess “square!” 3. Dip one end of the carton into the bubble solution, and gently blow into the other end. Watch your friends’ surprise when they see a round bubble! Behind the magic: All bubbles are round, regardless of the shape of the bubble maker. They try to pull themselves into the shape that has the smallest surface area, which is a sphere.

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