So last week I was obsessed with hitting the curbsides of Madison looking for treasures dumped by students moving from apartment to apartment. My new obsession: colored bubbles!
It's not that I'm Lawrence Welk or anything, but I've always loved bubbles. I love when kids chase them and lose their minds giggling. I was very said that the bubble lawn mower had not been invented when I was a toddler.
So you can imagine my excitement when I heard about this St. Paul inventor who created something called Zubbles. Unlike ordinary transparent bubbles, these hold their color! And when they land on something they stain it..but only for 15 minutes and then the color fades away.
The inventor spent ten years and 3 million dollars on research for this project, which is probably why these bubbles are not cheap, they're $14.95 for four ounces.
I e-mailed the company and asked them for free samples..I'm hoping to get some in time for the Roots Festival Saturday so we can play with them!
More info about zubbles here.
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So last week I was obsessed with hitting the curbsides of Madison looking for treasures dumped by students moving from apartment to apartment. My new obsession: colored bubbles!
It's not that I'm Lawrence Welk or anything, but I've always loved bubbles. I love when kids chase them and lose their minds giggling. I was very said that the bubble lawn mower had not been invented when I was a toddler.
So you can imagine my excitement when I heard about this St. Paul inventor who created something called Zubbles. Unlike ordinary transparent bubbles, these hold their color! And when they land on something they stain it..but only for 15 minutes and then the color fades away.
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I e-mailed the company and asked them for free samples..I'm hoping to get some in time for the Roots Festival Saturday so we can play with them!
More info about zubbles 
