My 10-month-old granddaughter LOVES bubbles. What baby or toddler doesn’t?! So I’m always looking for new ways to have some fun with bubbles. Check out the post below to learn more about Artterro and the Artterro Deluxe Bubble Wand kit. And get the link for a fun giant bubble recipe!
Disclosure: I received a Deluxe Bubble Wand Kit to facilitate my review. I was not required to write a positive review. My opinions are honest and my own. This post contains some affiliate links (at no cost to you).
About Artterro
Artterro is an award-winning company with open-ended, artist-quality kits for creative kids, tweens and teens. Artterro sells
- five $13 art journal kits
- seven $22 kits: Creativity Kit, Needle Felting, Art Dolls, Wool Felt Jewelry, Bookmaking, Wire and Bead, and Wool Felt Bugs
- three $29 kits: Canvas Book Kit, Deluxe Bubble Wands, and Collage Jewelry
You can find all the Artterro kits here (or on Amazon).
I chose the Deluxe Bubble Wands Kit, (also on Amazon) which gives a wonderful outdoor activity in the fall. As the weather gets cooler, the Bookmaking Kit and Needle Felting Kit are especially popular choices. All the kits make great gifts.
I love that Artterro offers high-quality, natural materials and is an ecologically minded company. You even get two bonus projects in every kit! You can turn the box into a mailbox, birdhouse or special treasure box. The inner tray is designed for framing your art.
A bit of information about Artterro from its About Page:
About Us
Who we are and why we created Artterro
We are Forrest Espinoza and Jennifer Conn, two artists and mothers from Madison, WI.
Years ago, we searched high and low for eco-friendly, creative art projects with beautiful materials, but they were nowhere to be found. We started Artterro because we believe everyone is born creative. Sometimes the pace of our modern lives keeps us from making time for art; that’s where Artterro comes in! Our goal is to make it fun, easy and affordable for people to explore creativity with family and friends.
What is an Artterro Kit?
An Artterro Eco Art Kit is a collection of beautiful, natural materials and creative project ideas; each one offers a fun, engaging art experience that delights kids and grown-ups alike! Because we assemble them by hand with unique assortments of supplies, no two are alike.
You can keep up with Artterro by subscribing to the Artterro mailing list. You can also follow Artterro via Pinterest and Twitter. You’ll find some fabulous art projects on the Artterro blog. You can even get optional giveaway entries for following Artterro (and Living Montessori Now) through various social media formats!
My Family’s Experience with the Artterro Deluxe Bubble Wand Kit and Giant Bubbles
I don’t have any tweens or teens, but my family had fun giving my 10-month-old granddaughter, Zoey, a special experience with regular-size and giant-size bubbles! The Artterro Deluxe Bubble Wands Kit is one that can be fun for a wide range of ages. Older kids could also enjoy making bubble wands to give as gifts to younger siblings.
Creating Bubble Wands Using the Artterro Bubble Wands Kit
First, my daughter, Christina, son-in-law, Tom, and daughter-in-law, Chea (Zoey’s mom) assembled two giant bubble wands using the kit.
Even though I’m artistically challenged, I was able to easily make a regular-size bubble wand from the kit. (Note: We made our bubble wands as quick projects. You or your child could spend more time on them, making them as intricate as you wish.)
We used the regular-size bubble wand with a bubble recipe included in the kit. We used Happy Hooligans’ giant bubble recipe to make giant bubbles. It’s a great recipe!
My son, Will, was able to join Christina, Tom, and me at another time for some bubble fun with Zoey before Will left for his work as a skating coach.
Fun with Handmade Bubble Wands and Homemade Bubble Solution
It was a bit windy for giant bubbles, so Tom adapted one of the bubble wands to make it work better in windy conditions. He left a large opening for giant bubbles and made some smaller openings for other sizes of bubbles.
Waiting for a Big Bubble
Needless to say, Zoey loved the bubbles! We now have handmade bubble wands that we can use for future fun with bubbles!
Bubble Wands Made with Artterro Kit
Your bubble wands can look completely different. Each kit contains:
- High-quality copper wire in 3 gauges,
- wooden wand sticks
- wood, glass and shell beads
- marbles
- jig pattern
- bubble recipe
- instruction booklet
You Provide: Pliers or tweezers & nail clippers.
For an optional jig to help shape wand design, you provide nails, small piece of wood and a hammer. (You could use cookie cutters or a free-flowing design, too.)
Because the kits are designed to be open-ended, so you can make your creations as simple or as elaborate as you wish.
Now for the Giveaway:
The giveaway has ended. See right below the Rafflecopter form for the announcement of the giveaway winner.
What You Will Win: A lucky winner from the U.S. or Canada will win a $29 Deluxe Bubble Wand Kit and a $29 Canvas Bookmaking Kit from Artterro!
Who is Eligible:
This giveaway is open to anyone 18 and older in the U.S. or Canada. The first entry is mandatory. You must leave a blog post comment telling why you want to win (and be sure to click the green “ENTER” on the Rafflecopter form to let me know you left your blog post comment and to open up the optional entries)! After you’ve completed your mandatory entry, there are lots of optional entries. You have many chances to win! (Note: For the extra entries, you may count ways of following that you already do. For example, if you previously “liked” Living Montessori Now on Facebook, you may still count that for your “like” Living Montessori Now on Facebook entry!)
It’s easy to enter giveaways with Rafflecopter! Just follow the directions to enter.If you still have questions about the Rafflecopter form, here’s a 52-second video with quick directions for entering through Rafflecopter.
You must complete the Mandatory Entry to qualify for any additional entries. The giveaway closes 9:00pm PST on Friday, September 12. Best of luck! 
(Note: If you have any problems with the Rafflecopter form, you can sign up on the Rafflecopter form at the . Just be sure to leave your blog comment here! Both Rafflecopter forms are the same, so it doesn’t matter which one you sign up on.)
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UPDATE:
It’s Saturday morning, September 13. I really appreciated all your comments and the 1,711 entries! A winner has been selected using Random.org through Rafflecopter!
The winner of the $29 Deluxe Bubble Wand Kit and a $29 Canvas Bookmaking Kit from Artterro is Amy H!
I’m so happy for Amy! (Note: Amy, you have 48 hours to respond to my email, or a new winner will be chosen.)
The comment for Amy’s mandatory entry (why she wanted to win) said:
“I would LOVE to have it for my lil boy! He LOVES bubbles. Thanks!”
CONGRATULATIONS, Amy!!! A HUGE THANK YOU to Artterro for sponsoring this great giveaway – and thank you to everyone who entered!
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I would like 2 kits because I would save one kit for my kids to enjoy and then I would take the other kit the women’s shelter for the kids there to enjoy. It would be a welcome distraction for them and their troubles.
I would love to have this in my 3 to 6 year old classroom! What an enjoyable activity it would be!
My 2 grandkids love little projects to do like this
I would love to win this for the children in my class. I think they would love to explore with this
I’d love to win for the kiddos!
I would love to win this for my daughter! It doesn’t get any better than books and bubbles in her world, (unless you can add some rain and apples…)! We would have so much fun with this!
I would love to win the art kits for my daughter. I love anything creative for her to have fun with.
My son would love this!! He is very artistic!!
I want them because I am homeschooling my kids this year, and it would be a great addition to our art/experiments fun!
I like the Canvas Book Kit because I love batik prints.
I love doing art projects and I would love to do some with my niece. Also, bubbles are fun to make!
I would love to win this for my 3 year old cousin’s birthday, I don’t get to see her much because I live out of state, and because i am having financial difficulities and just dont have the spare $ to buy her anything, i enter a lot of contest’s lately for things for family members, friends kids that I am consider auntie to or are their god-mother or for my single parents who can’t afford big item gifts and of course my boyfriend in hopes to win so i can use for xmas, b-day, or just because gifts. I got really ill last fall and have been on bed rest for 24/7 due to pain and a bunch of other symptoms, i have lost a year of my life already but have gained a years worth of medical bills and counting, because no one can figure out what is wrong with me, now i have to go to a speciality hospital/clinic. They are stumped and i’m just getting worse, so i pay monthly pymnts to all the different dr’s i have seen and are seeing, surgeries, medications, etc on top of living expenses. My only income is disability which i just started getting a year and a half ago, i have a physical disability and at age 36 it started making it hard for me to work. I went thru all my savings to survive till i got approved. Then when i finally did and had a good budget figured out i get this horrible health problem. So i am not able to buy anything for me anymore or anyone, and i hate it and feel so bad, i know they understand why, but it still bothers me. I have only won, 2 thin$15 amazon gift card which i will be using to buy a pair of electric leg cuffs that help circulate the blood so you don’t get heart attacks or blood clots from being on bed rest for so long, i will be buying it once i can come up with the rest of the $, medicare won’t help pay for it. So that is the reason i want to win, i want to put a smile on my little cousin’s face. I’m only 38 this is not the life i thought i would be experiencing at this age and missing out on so much family stuff.
I’m thinking the bubble wand kit and the bug kit would be the two Arttero kits that my grandkids would most enjoy. Who doesn’t enjoy bubbles and ?bugs?
I want to win because these will help my daughter relax and unwind due to stress
What a fun give-away! Good luck, everyone!
my son LOVES bubbles and doesn’t go a day with out playing with them- this would be great!
I love this company, I would love to give my daughter another couple kits from them for Christmas! She is one of the most creative people I know and would cherish both of these! She loves to create and have fun!
I personally like the bookmaking kit, but the wool felt bugs kit would be great to do with my boys.
I would love to win these kits to do with my sons. We need to add more hands-on art projects to our days!
I also really like the Art Dolls kit too!