Love Potion Bubble Foam

We’re taking bubble foam and rebranding it as “love potion” this Valentine’s Day season! This love potion bubble foam is absolute joy and so, so easy to set up.

Love potion bubble foam is a hit!

Every time I make bubble foam, I laugh to myself thinking about the very first time I made it. I had a vague memory of it, whipped up a batch on a whim, LOVED IT, and texted Susie (Busy Toddler) and raved about it.

As she responded with hearts and glitter and joy and shared that her kids loved it, I remembered that I learned about it from her. Ha!

She had posted it online, I mentally bookmarked it to try, and I absolutely fell in love with it on the very first try. This, of course, is no surprise because Susie gives us nothing but gold. I always joke with her I need a bracelet that says WWSD.

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Two containers filled with love potion bubble foam, one with pink foam and one with purple foam.

Even if you’ve made bubble foam before, love potion bubble foam hits differently

And with kids, we don’t have to reinvent the wheel!

Even if your kids have made bubble foam 11 billion times, when you call it “love potion,” it’s suddenly completely new and they act as if they’ve never seen anything like it before. (Why do kids do this? Because they’re the BEST.)

You probably have the supplies to make this right now, so let’s get into it.

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Kristian sits behind a blender and holds a bottle of tearless baby shampoo and a glass mason jar of water.

Materials

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Soap – I’ve used dish soap before, but tearless baby shampoo is the best because you don’t have to worry if it gets in their eyes
Water
Blender
Coloring – ex: liquid watercolors or food coloring
Shallow container
Props – bowls, spoons, ladles, silicone cupcake liners, pom poms, etc.

Kristian pours pink liquid watercolors into the blender.

How to make love potion bubble foam

Add the water, soap, and a splash of coloring into a blender. You could measure it out (it’s about two parts water to one part soap), but I just eyeball it. You can’t mess it up. If it’s too thin, just blend it again with more soap!

Once it’s thick and foamy, pour it into a shallow container.

We love adding props into the foam to extend the play. For example, bowls can scoop up foam, spoons can mix the colors, ladles can serve the potions, pom-poms can be sprinkles, and so forth.

Kristian pours the love potion bubble foam into a shallow container.

What are kids learning from love potion bubble foam?

When kids are creating and playing with love potions, they’re:

Observing changes in states of matter
Measuring materials
Comparing before and after
Mixing colors and inventing new ones
Filling and emptying containers
Listening to the sounds of the water, blender, and props
Sharing materials
Working cooperatively
Engaged in pretend play
Using language to describe what they’re doing
Activating fine motor muscles and skills

A blender is full to the top of pink foam.

What age is love potion bubble foam recommended for?

Any age that won’t try to eat the love potion. The ingredients are not edible, so make sure your child won’t try to sneak a taste.

As for the age limit? None exists! My sincerest wish is that kids in preschool and beyond could engage in this type of meaningful, hands-on learning as a regular part of their education.

We know preschoolers go crazy for this stuff, but so do third-graders, fifth-graders, and beyond!