Difficulty: Easy Although not a generally encouraged practice at the dinner table, what kid—given a drink and a straw—won’t try blowing bubbles? Now take that passion for exploratory science and turn it into a fascinating art technique. With a drinking straw, food color, dish soap, and paper bubble-blowing will create intriguing and unique patterns. HINT: to prevent a younger child from sucking in the bubble mixture, cut a small notch near the top of the straw. You will need: • Plastic cups, • water, • food color or liquid water-color paint, • dish soap, • drinking straws, • heavy paper Directions: 1. Put a small amount of water in the bottom of a wide rimmed cup or small bowl. Add food color or liquid watercolor paint and several drops of dish soap. 2. Blow through a straw