4th of July Kids’ Craft Roundup

Happy Independence Day, all! E and I are excited to be on summer break, as it is giving us some time to work on crafts together again. Here are some we did to celebrate the 4th of July!

First, we made an American flag using Do-a-Dot paints. I had E draw a square with a marker and then fill in that area with blue paint. Then she painted on the stripes with a red Do-a-Dot. Doing these flag crafts also gave us an opportunity to talk about why there are 50 stars on the flag and what the stripes represent.

Our next craft was another American Flag. For this one, I had her tear red and blue construction paper to make up the flag. Then I had her draw “stars’ with a white crayon (they look more like circles but that is OK!). I like how this one turned out-it’s very rustic.

We did some fireworks projects too. This will probably be the first year we take her to see fireworks. For our first one, I formed a shape like a fire work out of pipe cleaners and had her use that to stamp out some firework shapes. She chose the paint colors.

We also drew some fireworks using glitter glue pens. If glitter is involved, sign this girl up! These ended up looking pretty cool on black construction paper.

My favorite fireworks project was this one! We put globs of red and blue paint on some white paper (I love this frame paper from Melissa and Doug! I bought it at Target; it turns any artwork into an instant masterpiece!). She used Q Tips to fan the paint out in a firework shape.

We also made a rocket out of an old toilet paper roll. We stapled white construction paper to the outside of it to make it white (you could also use paint) and then I had her practice her letters (at least U, S and A!) and decorate it with more glitter glue. Then we taped streamers to the inside of the tube. I only had blue on hand; you could also use a combination of red and blue.

Finally, our Uncle Sam hat! We painted a plain white gift bag (remove the handles first) with red strips then folded up the bottom and painted the brim blue. Once it was all dry, she added silver star stickers.

We will  be spending this Fourth of July with my parents and I know Grandma is going to enjoy using some of these creations to make her house festive!

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Have a happy and safe 4th!