Bristol Novelty AC570 Bubble Wrap Costume, Unisex-Adult, Medium

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Wait – what? Before you think we’re on a crazy new fashion trend, bubble wrap suits are popular at Halloween (see here for one such example) and make for a bit of fun with kids and adults alike. You could recreate yourself as the bubble wrap Michelin Man, a jellyfish, Mr Blobby…it’s only limited by imagination.

Bubble wrap. Loved and used by many across the world for all sorts of things, from its primary protection use to stress relief (spend a few minutes popping bubbles and you’ll soon feel chilled out). We don’t know anyone who doesn’t love the stuff, but it does have its place in the evil plastics hall of fame when it’s not recycled correctly. Innocuous and useful it may be, but your average bubble wrap does not biodegrade, so simply throwing it away with your general waste isn’t good for the environment. Kerblam!,” an episode of Doctor Who that aired in November 2018, introduced viewers to lethal Bubble Wrap. 44. Bubble Wrap has been used as a murder weapon.You’re not imagining the psychological, stress-relieving benefits that come with popping Bubble Wrap. In 2012, the Bubble Wrap® Brand “Pop” Poll surveyed respondents and found that one minute of bubble-popping provides the stress relief equivalent to a 33-minute massage. 36. There are Bubble Wrap apps. Place some Bubble Wrap under your Twister mat for an added dimension to the party game. 48. You can use Bubble Wrap to keep your pet warm. But seriously, it really can kill. In 2017, a South Carolina man used Bubble Wrap as a murder weapon. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison. 45. You can buy a Bubble Wrap suit According to The New York Times, at one point, employees at Sealed Air each received a small box of individual squares of Bubble Wrap to keep at their desks for emergency stress relief. (No word on whether this is still standard practice.) 41. Higher learning institutions recognize Bubble Wrap's mental health benefits, too.

As bubble wrap is made from plastic, it isn’t breathable, so we’d recommend cutting it into smaller pieces instead of one large roll, so it cannot easily cover the head / face of children. As above, supervision is required for children using this. We’ve already had a uni essentials list from PrettyLittleThing, John Lewis and Urban Outfitter s this year, but what do you really need to take to uni? The “ Popping Bubble Wrap” Facebook group has 460,000 members. 43. There's (fictional) lethal bubble wrap.

Guaranteed there isn’t a single uni halls in the country that actually lets you have candles in your room, probably even more so if you’re lighting a BACON scented one. ‘Fake Moustache’ In 1993, inventors Marc Chavannes and Alfred Fielding received a coveted spot in the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame for their Bubble Wrap contributions. Other honorees include Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein. 40. Sealed Air employees know the value of Bubble Wrap's stress relief. Now, at first, ChatGPT just hit me with some of the most boring and basic things on the planet. Like how am I going to forget my bedding or my laptop? It did however suggest that a microwave was absolutely essential though so make of that what you will.

Featured image before edits via Markus Spiske on Unsplash. Related stories recommended by this writer:The first person to pop bubble wrap: Howard Fielding, the inventor’s son. OK, maybe not, but he was close. “I remember looking at the stuff and my instinct was to squeeze it,” Fielding told Smithsonian Magazine. “I say I’m the first person to pop Bubble Wrap, but I’m sure it’s not true. The adults at my father’s firm likely did so for quality assurance. But I was probably the first kid. The bubbles were a lot bigger then, so they made a loud noise.” 38. Bubble Wrap popped big in the 1970s. There’s nothing we love more than a massive IKEA or B&M haul filling our trollies with the most pointless crap that we’ll probably never use but makes our rooms look cute.