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This is a fantastic printing technique using bubbles and coloured inks.
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This is quite messy so it's a good idea to ask before starting it. Find a washing up bowl and squeeze a generous amount of washing up liquid into it. Add in some cold water, roll up your sleeve and swish the water around to create plenty of bubbles. |
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Now you'll need some different coloured inks - or food colouring. |
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Dribble a few different colours onto the surface of the bubbles. Here Neil is using red and green. You need to work quite quickly so that the bubbles don't disappear! |
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Then take a piece of paper and press it gently onto the surface of the bubbles. |
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Remove the paper after a few seconds. You'll be left with a beautiful pattern like this. |
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To do another print using different colours you'll need to mix up another batch of bubbles and use different inks or colourings. |
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You can mix all kinds of colours, and you'll always get a very different pattern. |
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These bubble prints have many uses. You could use them as picture backgrounds... |
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...for silhouettes... |
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..or even for greeting cards, picture frames, and wrapping paper. Try it yourself! |