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🫧 Bubble Chase
Blow low, pop with one finger, then run.
Ages
1–4
Duration
15 min
Cost
$2
👶 Kid challenge
Easy
🧑 Parent energy
Light · no prep
⚠️ Safety first
Stay with them outside. Bubble mix is not for drinking, and the ground gets slippery.
You know your child best — supervise the whole time and skip anything that isn't right for them. See our Terms.
Why this is good for your child
- ✓Tracking
- ✓Running
What you need
Bubble mixWand
Nice to have — not needed today ($2)
Everything we put in your daily three is free and already in the kitchen. This one needs bubble mix if you want to try it.
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How to do it
- 1Blow bubbles low and slow at first.
- 2Let them pop with one finger before they chase.
- 3Count how many you make in one breath.
How it actually goes
The honest version — including what "going well" looks like at this age.
- ⏱ 30-second set-up
- Thirty seconds: put bubble mix, wand on the step or the grass, and sit down next to it before you call them over.
- 🧑 What you do
- Show it once, slowly, without talking over yourself. Then hand it over and stop helping unless they ask.
- 👶 What they do
- Climb, carry, balance and wobble — and try it again faster.
- ✅ What success looks like
- At 1–2 they'll tip it out and put nothing back. That's the work — emptying comes long before filling.
- 🧺 How to put it away
- Everything back into one basket or tray, carried back to its spot by them. Naming the spot out loud is what makes it stick.
- 📈 When they outgrow it
- Older? Add a timer, or let them design the next round.