July 4th Crafts for Kids

Wow! Where has the year gone? It’s July 4th weekend already. To help you celebrate July 4th, I’m featuring a few crafts you can have fun creating with your little ones.

While I’m sure you already know this, just a friendly reminder to ensure you supervise the crafting activities as some of these activities require scissors and hole punchers.

• Each photo used here are from the websites mentioned below
• General supplies needed for each craft are listed here, but you’ll need to go to each site for details
• Instructions for each craft can also be found at each website listed
• You’ll find additional crafts on each website

Disney FamilyFun has a festive fan that requires only:

• Construction paper
• Star stickers
• Glue or tape
• Wooden paint stirrers
• If you want to make these a little smaller you could use popsicle sticks

Instructions for this patriotic windsock can be found at Enchanted Learning. You’ll need:

• Empty Oatmeal cylinder container (like the one from Quarter Oaks)
• Construction paper
• Crepe streamers
• Hole puncher
• String
• Glue

Handheld ribbon streamers can be found at Kaboose. Supplies needed:

• Glue
• Scissors
• Paper towel tube
• Ribbon
• Hole puncher
• Ruler

You can find a cute tutorial for making Uncle Sam’s hat on Artists Helping Children (scroll down a little on their site to find it). Supplies you’ll need:

• Empty Oatmeal cylinder container (like the one from Quarter Oaks)
• Paper plate
• Scissors
• Pencil or pen
• Glue or tape
• Construction paper

Martha Stewart has these cute lanterns. In the Chinese culture, lanterns are used during many of our holiday celebrations so I couldn’t pass up featuring this tutorial. All you need to make these lanterns are:

• Construction paper
• Scissors
• Stapler and staples or glue
• Ribbon or streamer

You can find coloring page printables or additional craft ideas on these websites:

• Educational Coloring Pages
• USA Printables
• Apples 4 the Teacher

Let us know what activities you have planned for the weekend by leaving a comment. Have activities for your little ones or want to share your results from the above ideas? We’d love to hear from you. Email us YippyMomma@gmail.com. We can’t wait to see your beautiful art. Happy crafting!