Abstract: A method and apparatus for marking a surface with colored bubbles is disclosed. According to the method, bubbles carrying one or more colorants are generated and are applied to a surface to create designs. The disclosed apparatus for marking a surface in this manner can be optionally equipped with a shield defining a volume to maintain the colorant carrying bubbles within a confined area. The apparatus can be further provided with a template having one or more apertures to provide access to predetermined areas of the surface to be marked such that the colored bubbles create predetermined shapes when they burst or are applied.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming and controlling bubbles formed from a bubble solution includes a continuous three segment flexible wick for storing and releasing quantities of a bubble solution, one segment of which is equal in length to the combined length of the other segments. A control wand is fixedly secured to the wick between adjacent portions of the second and third segments, and a support wand is fixedly secured to the wick between adjacent portions of the first and second segments to control the formation and size of a bubble formed from the bubble solution. A weight is fixed to the wick at a point between the first and third segments. The wands are capable of moving the wick between a bubble-initiating position and a bubble-developing position.

Abstract: Apparatus for producing from a bubble solution a beard of long, interconnected bubble chains comprises a hollow elongate tube having opposite ends and a sidewall connecting the opposite ends. The tube has at one end a first portion adapted to receive a gas and at the opposite end a second portion defining at least one aperture extending through the sidewall and in gaseous communication with the first portion. A porous cloth is disposed over and about each of the apertures, the cloth defining a multiplicity of substantially minute interstices for holding thin films of bubble solution. Gas introduced at the one tube end passes through the first tube portion, into the second tube portion, and emerges from the apertures through the bubble solution held in the cloth to form a beard of bubbles extending about and along substantially the entire length of the second portion sidewall.