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Kids 4th of July Crafts

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4th of July is a holiday that all kids love to celebrate with all of the parades, parties and fireworks!  Our fun and easy Fourth of July crafts will help enhance the fun of the day.  Make some great decorations for a party and involve your child in the planning or make some great hats or wands to take with you to a parade or a fireworks celebration.    Have fun being patriotic and Happy 4th of July from  everyone at kids Klutter!

Kids Fourth of July Crafts

Patriotic Pinwheels

These patriotic pinwheels are are a great craft for 4th of July. These red, white and blue pinwheels make a fun item to play with when complete and they also make a nice decoration for this special holiday.

 

 

 

 

What you'll need: red and blue square origami paper (7”x7”) ruler pencil 2 wooden dowels Scissors Tape 2 miniature star-shaped brad Toothpick How to make your Patriotic Pinwheels: Take one sheet of your origami paper and turn it over so that the white side is facing up. Using the pencil and ruler, draw two straight lines from diagonal to diagonal, forming an “X.” (see photo) Draw a dot in the center, where the lines cross. From the center, draw one dot on each side, that is ½ inch from the center. Connect these dots, forming a circle. (see photo) With adult supervision, use the scissors to cut along the diagonal lines to the ½ inch dots, making sure not to cut all the way to the center dot! (see photo) Using the ruler and pencil, measure on inch up from each corner and place a dot in the center between the diagonal line and the edge of the paper. (see photo) Ask an adult to poke the toothpick into the central dot and each of the four dots in the corner. (see photo) Take one of the miniature star-shaped brads and push it through the hole of one of the corners of the pinwheel. Continue turning the pinwheel and placing each of the four corner dots on the brad in order. Finally, push the end of the brad through the central dot. Carefully, turn the paper over and secure the brad by pushing the two ends apart and flattening. (see photo) Take the scotch tape and tear off one piece. Place on the pointed end of the dowel and secure to the inside of the pinwheel. Repeat with the other piece of origami paper. Your pinwheel is now ready to grace the table or a flower vase!

 

 

Patriotic Windsock Craft

This patriotic craft is a unique take on the American flag. Your child will enjoy wrapping red, white, and blue yarn around a toilet paper roll. Stars cut like paper dolls hang down to complete the windsock effect.

What you'll need:

• Toilet paper roll
• One sheet of printer paper
• Red, white, and blue yarn
• Scissors & glue, tape

How to make your Patriotic Windsock:

• Cover 1/3 of the roll in glue and wrap red yarn around it. Repeat for white and blue yarns.
• Make rows of stars the same way you would make paper dolls:
  • Fold the white paper in half twice, lengthwise.
  • Accordion fold the paper into 4 equal sections.
  • Draw a star on top of accordion as shown, with the 2 side points extending off the page.
  • Adults cut out star shape, forming 4 rows of 4 stars each.
• Tape the top star of each row into the bottom opening of the roll.
• Tape a length of yarn into the top opening, to use as a hanger.

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Fingerprint Flag Card

This American Flag card is a simple, but great craft especially for young children. Toddlers will be so proud of their American Flag and will be thrilled to give to mom or dad.


What you'll need:

• red stamp pad
• blue stamp pad
• white card stock
• envelope (optional)
• black marker
• wipes

How to make your Patriotic Fingerprint Flag Card:

• Using the red stamp pad, press your index finger into the stamp pad. Place your fingerprint sideways, along the bottom of the card. Repeat along the entire bottom of the card to form a red stripe. (see photo)
• Skip a 1/2 inch, and create another red stripe across the width of the card. Move your finger up another 1/2 inch and create a third red stripe across the card. (see photo)
• Continue forming red stripes 1/2 inch apart, but indent 1/3 of the page, to leave room for the blue portion of the flag. Create two of these red, shorter stripes.
• Using the wipes, clean red ink off your index finger. Place the top on the red stamp pad so that it does not dry out.
• Once your finger is clean, place your index finger in the blue stamp pad. In the blank white space left, create a box outline with the blue ink on your finger. Then, randomly stamp spots with the blue ink, leaving enough white spaces as stars on the flag. (see photo)
• Once the blue portion is completed, wipe the blue ink off your finger and return the top to the blue stamp pad.
• Finally, take the black marker, and on the inside of the card, write "Happy Fourth of July!"