Note: I COLLECT bubble blowers. I do not sell them.

Bubble blowers are among the oldest and most popular of children's toys. Even when families had no money for toys, they could find a wire to twist into a circle and some soap for blowing bubbles.

This site is devoted to bubble blowers -- big and small, expensive and free, cute and ugly, old and new -- and to related bubble items.

Among the oldest are wooden pipes and the vintage bubble sets that were popular in the 40s and 50s. Their brightly decorated boxes usually contained a bar of soap, a dish for the soapy water, and a bubble pipe or two.

Battery-operated and mechanical bubble blowers, often made of tin, were hot items in the 50s and 60s. Among the first television characters immortalized as bubble blowers were characters from the Howdy Doody Show.

Cartoon and movie characters, ride-on, and push/pull items have been joined by Barbies and Disney.

There are also ones focused on science. And in recent years, rice has been replaced by bubbles at weddings.

You can get bubble blowers for free with kids' fast food meals or as advertising or you can spend a small fortune on them (for example, a tin, battery-operated Popeye bubble blower recently sold on eBay for $1,724).

You can buy bubble solutions or make them from some of the bubble recipes on this site.

Check out some fascinating bubble facts, read about Christmas and Bubbles, find fun and helpful bubble books, and see how bubbles are used in art and advertising. There's also info on having a Bubble Party.

If you can't find what you are looking for, try the alphabetical list, site map, or the search engine (top right).

If you are looking for fantastic bubble feats, check out the World Bubble Records. You may also find answers to your questions in the Bubble FAQ, information about Bubble Companies, or through the Bubble Links.

And be sure you don't miss the women and men who are human bubble blowers, bubble blowing music, and the many bubble blowers that have been donated to the museum.

Additions and changes to this site are easy:

-- Informative (playful to scientific) bubble pages can be added to the links page free; just let me know where you are.

-- Retailers, inventors, creators, etc., can get a direct link from their items to their sales page by sending a sample. See the Additions page for details.

-- Owners of unique items who would like their item added to the database can contact me about sending pictures and details.

-- Corrections, suggestions, and comments for the site are welcomed. Please let me know.

If you enjoy the site or have questions, please e-mail me. I'd love to hear from you. I do get a lot of email, however, so please be patient if it takes a few days to answer.
Bubblin' Marilyn