The day after our awesome full day snowfall, temperatures dropped drastically and we broke decades old record lows... We didn't play outside on those below zero days (with wind chills as low as -30's). Our weathermen talked about the Polar Vortex (specifically from the north pole) causing this "Arctic Blast"... the kids thought that was SO cool!
I took the opportunity to go outside one morning when the actual temperature was -10... Just so I could blow bubbles and watch them freeze! We tried this a year or so ago and it took so long for the bubbles to freeze that we actually had to leave them and go back inside, periodically going out to check on them. It was only minimally rewarding.
This time was a totally different experience though! I wouldn't let the kids come out with me so they watched through frosty windows.
It was amazing to watch the bubbles freeze and pop as they were floating away... it happened in just a few seconds. Then I watched pieces of frozen bubbles twirling about in the wind.
I got lucky and a few landed nearby where I could actually watch them freeze. When they popped they made a little "pffft" sound as the air escaped.
I caught some on my bubble wand and opened the door long enough that each of the kids could pop one or two to see what they felt like. Brian was out with me part of the time (he had been shoveling the walk).
The frozen bubble pieces that got caught on the bushes or rails looked and felt like saran wrap.
A few days later when it warmed up a little (I think the temperature was 11) I took the kids out to play for a bit and I blew more bubbles. They had fun chasing and popping them. They weren't freezing and popping as quickly as they had a few days prior, but we were able to watch (and pop) the ones that landed nearby.
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