American flags
Supplies
Constuction paper in red, white, and blue
White pompoms
Directions
Cut white paper into strips and glue onto red paper.
Cute a square from blue paper and glue in upper left hand corner
Glue pompoms onto blue square for the stars
Pipe cleaner Sparklers
Supplies
Red, white and blue pipe cleaners for handle
Iridescent, gold, red, and blue pipe cleaner for sparks
Directions
Twist together red, white and blue pipe cleaners, set aside
Fold in half, pinch loop, and then open into a V the sparkler pipe cleaners
Take all the V pipe cleaners together and fold over the handle into the ditch of the V
Twist handle to secure
Hand print Eagles
Supplies
Paint in brown, off white, yellow, and orange
Directions
Paint each hand brown and place together on paper = body and wings
Make fist and paint side of hand and pinky finger off white = head and neck
Dip finger in orange paint and draw legs
Use brush to paint eye and beak
Free Form Fireworks
Supplies
Paint of all colors and some fingers
Directions
Dip fingers in paint and make a firework show. Don't forget to make the sounds!
Thing 1 used one finger and explored what color the colors would turn as he mixed them all.
Thing 2 used one finger for each color to keep the colors pure.
Mama had fun doing her own decorating too!
I hope you enjoyed your holiday as much as we did!
With Love,
Emily
