Editing Soap bubble (section)

=== Use in play ===

Soap bubbles have been used as entertainment for at least 400 years, as evidenced by 17th-century Flemish paintings showing children blowing bubbles with clay pipes. The London-based firm [[Pears (soap)|A. & F. Pears]] created a famous advertising campaign for its soaps in 1886 using a painting by John  Everett Millais of a child playing with bubbles. The Chicago company Chemtoy began selling bubble solution in the 1940s, and bubble solution has been popular with children ever since. According to one industry estimate, retailers sell around 200 million bottles annually. [[Dishwashing liquid]] with water and additional ingredients such as [[Glycerol|glycerin]] and [[sugar]] is used as a popular alternative to a ready made bubble solution.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blow-the-biggest-bubbles/ | title=Blow the Biggest Bubbles | website=[[Scientific American]] }}</ref>

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File:Bhutan, "Prayer Bubbles" - Flickr - babasteve.jpg|Blowing bubbles through a small wand
File:Girl Blowing Bubbles.jpg|A woman creating bubbles with a long soap bubble wand
File:Adriaen Hanneman Two Boys Blowing Bubbles.JPG|[[Adriaen Hanneman]], ''Two Boys Blowing Bubbles'' ({{circa|1630}})
File:Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin 022.jpg|[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]], ''[[Soap Bubbles (painting)|Soap Bubbles]]'' ({{circa|1734}})
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