You can add bubble games to every birthday party - regardless of theme you choose - and it'll always be a blast (I mean burst!).

Bubble-making is one of coolest activities (even for grownups) and it's probably also one of cheapest to put together.

Bubble games set scene for great photo opportunities. Just imagine birthday child surrounded by a ring of guests, all holding bubble bottles and wands and blowing a cloud of bubbles, or each guest blowing a humungous bubble, or even a child inside a huge bubble. It's ultimate thank you card!

To prepare for bubble games, you'll need some tips on brewing very best bubble mixtures. A mixture of plain old dishwashing liquid and water just doesn't do trick, but a few drops of Glycerin can make difference between tiny, ordinary bubbles to humungous, colorful bubbles.

Bubble Recipes

Joy and Dawn (made in USA) are considered best detergents to use in bubble solution. Ivory and Palmolive are also OK.

But climatic conditions vary and take a big effect, so you'll need to do a bit of experimenting with your bubble recipe a few days prior to party.

The secret ingredient for sturdy, colorful bubbles is Glycerine (available at most pharmacies). Glycerine is a bit expensive, so you can try also experimenting with Karo Syrup (available at grocery store).

Soft water is good for bubbles. Any water containing high levels of iron is bad for bubbles. To get best mixture, try using distilled water. But first try it with tap water at your house (and you may be one of those lucky people who have a built in bubble water faucet…)

Gently stir ingredients together (avoid making a lot of foam) and store in a sealed container overnight (the solution seems to get better with age).

Here are a few bubble recipes to get you started:

Recipe 1: Dawn Ultra or Joy Ultra - 1 part Distilled Water - 15 parts Glycerine or White Karo Syrup - 1/4 part

Recipe 2: Joy - 2/3 cup Water - one gallon Glycerine - three tablespoons

Recipe 3: Regular Dawn or Joy - 1 part Distilled Water - 10 parts Glycerine or White Karo Syrup - 1/4 parts

Recipe 4: Ultra Ivory Blue - 1 cup Water - 12 cups Glycerine - 1 Tablespoon

Now that you've got potion brewing, you'll need some bubble tools for your bubble games. There's no need to look far. There's a bubble-making device hiding in many of objects lying around your house.

Bubble-Making Tools

First, though, take a look at your hands. They're one of best bubble making devices. Put your fingers together so they form an opening, dip your hands in a bowl of bubble solution to get a bubble film, and if you blow gently, you can make bubbles up to two feet in diameter.

Ten Tips To Save On Gasoline By Jeffrey Strain

Gas prices continue to be near all time highs meaning that car travel is taking a a larger portion out of each of your paychecks. AAA estimates that cost of driving a car including all direct and indirect costs has surpassed 50 cents a gallon with that price expected to rise.

Reducing cost of driving your car can be done fairly easy simply by paying a bit more attention to your car. Here are 10 easy ways to cut amount of gas your car uses:

1. Purchase your gasoline when it's coolest outside such as in early morning or at night. Gas becomes denser in cooler temperatures. Since gas pumps only measure volume of fuel - and not density - you'll get better overall gas mileage for your money by purchasing fuel when it's cool outside rather than in heat of day.