Kid Independence Day Craft Ideas

Red, White, and Blue Windsock - Paint a toilet paper tube red, white, or blue (or all three if you want). Let dry. Staple pieces of red white and blue yarn (or streamers, strips of paper, ribbons, etc.) around one end of the tube. Each piece of yarn should be about 8-12 inches long. On the other end of the tube, punch two holes across from each other. Thread a piece of string through the two holes and tie off to make a hanger. NOTE: You can just cover the tube with paper instead of painting it to make this craft go a little more quickly.

Construction Paper Windsock - You can make a windsock the same way as the one above only use a rolled up piece of construction paper instead of a toilet paper tube. A toilet paper tube will be more sturdy, but making a windsock out of construction paper will be a faster craft for little ones.

You can make either one of these windsocks more festive by using star stickers or glitter on the tube.

Lady Libery's Torch - This is a craft that my daughter did in a preschool class one year. Use several stacked pieces of newspaper and roll them up into a fairly tight cone shape. Staple or tape in place. Paint the cone gray and let dry completely. Crumple up pieces of tissue paper and stuff it into the end of the cone so that it looks like there are flames coming out of the torch. You can use spray glitter over the entire torch and flame to make this project sparkle. You'll have to talk about the Statue of Liberty and what it means so that little kids can connect this craft with the holiday.

Blow Painting Fireworks - Put a few drops of watered down paint onto a piece of construction paper. Use a straw cut in half to blow the paint around on the paper. When you blow in the center of the drops, they fan out like fireworks. You can try to put these on dark paper, but they probably won't show up very well unless you put glitter in the paint after you blow it.

Patriotic Candle Holder - Thin down some plain white glue and paint the outside of a baby food jar with it. (You don't need to paint the bottom, just around the sides.) Stick small pieces of red, white, and blue tissue paper all around the jar and let dry. You can also paint over the tissue paper to seal it if you want, but that's not necessary. Now all you have to do is drop in a votive or tealight candle. The light of the burning candle looks pretty shining through the colored bits of paper -- but make sure you keep burning candles out of reach of your little ones. These make nice decorations for a 4th of July party even if you don't light them.

Independence Day Hatband - This one is really a no-brainer. Simply cut two strips of red, white, or blue paper that are 2-3 inches wide. Staple the ends together and then fit it around the child's head. Staple in place. Decorate it with stars and stripes, stickers, glitter, etc.

Patriotic Necklace - The day before (or earlier) an adult needs to collect together sufficient dried pasta pieces with a hole up the middle (like macaroni) to form the necklace/bracelet. The dried pasta can be coloured by briefly submerging it in a cup of almost neat food colouring and placing it on kitchen towel to dry. Once pasta is "dry" give to child with length of shearing elastic to thread into a wonderful necklace or bracelet. The larger the hole in the pasta the easier it is for a small child to thread it onto the elastic. I did this craft last year for the golden jubilee and coloured the pasta blue and red and left some uncoloured (creamy). ~ Submitted by Jeanette

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