Our group is comprised of moms, with children 0-18. While formed within the CUCC St. Charles church, we welcome moms and children of all faiths.
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Welcome Letter for the 2010-2011 year

9/27/2010

Hello There!

Welcome tot he CUCC's Mother's Group. I am so glad that you have decided to join us for the 2010-2011 program! This is a place of friendship, faith, safety, a place to learn, laugh and bond. I hope you find it as special as I do. We are an open group and invite mothers within this church, neighborhood and community to our circle. Friends and family are encouraged to spread the word about this amazing group.

This year's theme is "A Better Me" and our activities will focus on strengthening ourselves, each other, our faith, our families, our friendships, our children, and our community. We will also schedule several family events that will be a log of fun as well!

Our current schedule will be to meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 7pm except December. We will meet the 2nd Wednesday in December due to the holidays. Most activities will be held at the church but there will be some activities (such as movie night) where we will meet at another location.

~~~~Excerpt from the welcome letter by Tracy R at our September meeting.

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Bubble Games

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8/06/2010

Now that you have had a chance to try your hand at making your own bubbles and gotten to sing a few songs while making them, you need to have something to do with them! So here are some great ideas from





Bubble Designs
Give each kid a piece of cardboard, construction paper or any other thick paper. Have a few containers with bubble solution and to each add a different water-based color (experiment first to see what works best with your bubble solution). Have one or more adults blow bubbles and tell the kids to try and catch the bubbles on their "canvas". As the bubbles pop the paint splatters to make a cool design (which is a great artistic gift to take home)!

Bubble Hoop
Prepare a bucket-full of bubble solution and after it sets for at least a day (the longer the better), pour it into a small kiddie pool. Place a hula hoop into the pool and a small step stool in the middle of the hula hoop. Set a child on the stool and then lift the hula hoop up over the child, as you do this a giant bubble will form around the child. Have your camera ready to take pictures of the child in the bubble!! It's AWESOME!

Bubble Popping
Choose three kids to be the bubble blowers. Set a time limit and have them blow as many bubbles as they can while the other kids race to pop the bubbles. You can also use the bubble machine for this activity.

Bubble Contest
Give the kids a few minutes to choose their bubble-blowing device from a box of bubble-blowing items you've arranged beforehand. You can also hand out bubble bottles so everyone is using the same tool. Now, let's see who can blow the biggest bubble, the longest-lasting bubble. How about getting one bubble inside the other with the use of straws, and the tiniest bubble, etc.

Biggest Lungs
To measure their lung capacity, have your guests take a deep breath and slowly blow through a straw on the surface of a pan of solution, pulling the straw up as they blow (the stronger their lungs, the larger the bubble will be).

Bubble Float
Designate a blowing area and separate the kids into teams of 3-4. Get the first team to stand and designate one of the team members as the Bubble Blower. Give the Bubble Blower ten seconds to blow as many bubbles above the heads of his team members. The object of this game is to keep the bubbles floating by blowing upwards. While the other groups are watching, have them count how long the group keeps their bubbles in the air without the bubbles bursting. When the last bubble bursts, it's the next team's turn. The team that keeps their bubbles floating the longest wins.

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Bubbly Bubble Fun!

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8/05/2010

So its been a while since I posted, but most of these ideas are timeless, so who cares if I am a little behind in posting this! ;) This post is in honor of the bubble mess, umm i mean bubble fun, we had at the park earlier this summer! Enjoy this collection of bubble songs/poems and two recipes for making your own bubbles.



From Perpetual Preschool a collection of bubble songs: 

5 Little Bubbles

5 Little bubbles floating to the floor, Then one bubble POPPED (kids clap hands as you say POPPED) and then there were 4. 
4 Little bubbles round as can be, Until one bubble POPPED and then there were 3. 
3 Little bubbles were flying just to you, And then one bubble POPPED, then there were 2.
2 Little bubbles were having so much fun, Until one bubble POPPED, then there was only 1.
1 Little bubble round as the sun, Until that bubble POPPED, and now there are none!

 The Bubble Song
1 little, 2 little, 3 little bubbles 
4 little, 5 little, 6 little bubbles 
7 little, 8 little, 9 little bubbles 
10 little bubbles go pop ,pop, pop 
Pop those, pop those, pop those bubbles 
Pop those, pop those, pop those bubbles 
Pop those, pop those, pop those bubbles 
10 little bubbles go pop, pop, pop

 To the Tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel"
We dip our wands in the bubble soap. 
We wave them all around. 
The bubbles go up in the air. 
Pop! Go the bubbles.

 Bubble Chant 
Bubbles bubbles everywhere
Gently flowing through the air
Bouncing up and down without a care
Bubbles bubbles everywhere!



Here are two homemade bubble recipes to try: 

Homemade Bubbles 


1/2 (500 ml) cup dishwashing detergent 
4-1/2 (4.5 liter) cup water 
4 tablespoons (60 ml) glycerin (available in pharmacies or chemical supply houses)
Measure out the water, detergent, and glycerin into container with a cover and stir gently. The longer you let the mixture set, the larger the bubbles are and the longer they seem to last.

National WIldlife Federation Bubble Recipe 



1/4 cup liquid dish washing detergent
3/4 cup cold water
5 drops of glycerin (available in pharmacies or chemical supply houses)

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