Fourth of July Crafts for Kids

Help your children celebrate the Fourth of July by creating some fun and festive crafts. Children enjoy arts and crafts of all kinds. With a few craft supplies, a work surface and some adult supervision, your kids will be full of red, white and blue in no time. Start your holiday crafts a few days in advance to make sure they are dry and complete in time for the big day!

Festive Wind Socks:
-star shaped sponge
-white paint
-blue construction paper
-red party streamers
-white party streamers

Squeeze a small amount of white paint onto a paper plate. Using a star shaped sponge, dip the sponge into the white paint and gently press on the blue construction paper. Stamp on as many white stars as you would like and allow the paper to dry overnight. Once the paint is dry, roll the construction paper up into a cylinder and staple in place. Cut several pieces of white and red streamers and attach to the bottom of the windsock with a stapler. Punch holes at the top of both sides of the cylinder and lace a piece of yarn to hang it with.

Fireworks Fun:
-red paint
-blue paint
-yellow paint
-green paint
-white cardstock paper
-drinking straw

Place the white cardstock paper on a protected work surface. Place a small amount of paint into a drinking straw. Carefully blow the paint through the straw to create an explosion effect, that will look like fireworks.

Patriotic Jewelry:
-red beads
-blue beads
-white beads
-yarn

Tie a piece of scotch tape around the end of a piece of yarn that has been measured to fit your wrist, ankle or neck. String the beads onto the yarn in rotating colors. Make different patterns or no pattern at all. When the yarn is full of beads, tie the ends together in a secure knot.

Fun Fourth T-Shirts
-white t-shirts
-red fabric paint
-blue fabric paint
-blue buttons
-red buttons

Allow your child to paint various designs on the shirt with red and blue. Using a thread and a needle, sew blue and red buttons around the collar of the shirt.

Fancy Flip Flops
-flip flops
-fabric glue
-blue star rhinestones
-red star rhinestones

Glue red and blue star rhinestones to the thong part of the flip flops with fabric glue. Allow the glue to dry thoroughly.