Bubble pipe
{{short description|Toy used for blowing soap bubbles}}
File:Child blowing bubble pipe, 1962.jpg
A bubble pipe is a toy shaped like a tobacco pipe, intended to be used for blowing soap bubbles.{{cite magazine |last1=Cosgrove |first1=Ben |title=Sweet Simplicity: Blowing Soap Bubbles for the Very First Time |url=https://time.com/3880379/photos-child-blowing-soap-bubbles-for-first-time/ |access-date=25 July 2024 |magazine=TIME |date=11 July 2014 |language=en}}
Design
Bubble pipes are one of the original bubble toys. Most bubble pipes are made of plastic and therefore cannot be used for actual smoking. They are usually brightly colored, and sometimes feature fanciful designs, including multiple bowls (see picture).
Children sometimes use bubble pipes in order to imitate the perceived look of adults.{{Cite web|url=https://b105country.com/really-they-still-sell-these-type-of-toy-bubble-pipes-for-kids/|title = Really? They Still Sell These Type of Toy Bubble Pipes for Kids?| date=10 July 2020 }}
History
File:Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin 022.jpg
An 18th-century painting by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin shows a young boy blowing a bubble out of what seems to be a pipe.
In 1918, John L. Gilchrist filed a patent for a style of bubble pipes that can be produced quickly and easily.{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US1330701|title = Bubble-pipe}} Bubble pipes were one of the first and original mass productions of bubble blowers that became popular so that kids could imitate an adult smoker. In the 1940s, the packaging of the bubble pipes were known to be colorful and decorated in a bright style.{{cite web|title=History of the Bubble Blower|url=http://bubbleblowers.com/history.html|publisher=bubbleblowers|access-date=25 January 2013}}