Here’s some things we did to celebrate Independence Day!
I found the “seasonal hits” digital music station on our cable company and listened Americana songs while making Red, White, & Blue crafts and snacks!
We attempted a very cool Sprinkle Firework craft that we got from Reading Confetti. Ours did not turn out so great … the sprinkles we got never ran their colors! The kids enjoyed eating them though!
Then we tried the Dramatic Fireworks Display Craft from Mama’s Little Muse. There’s turned out SO COOL … ours … not so much. But is was still fun (and a lot like the Glitter Fireworks we did last year … we just couldn’t get the glue to run the same way Mama’s Little Muse could!)
We did have some success with our version of Juggling with Kids Firework Painting using pipe cleaners. I didn’t create a star shape using the pipe cleaners as Juggling with Kids did, we just used a single pipe cleaner to make the shape.
We also got used our favorite way to paint … SPIN ART … and made some spin art fireworks too!
Henry switched gears from fireworks to flags and made this super patriotic flag with dot dabbers …
It’s a family tradition to go to my hometown Fireworks every 3rd of July. The display is like no other! However, this year it was cancelled due to the heavy rain and thunderstorms. We still got the chance to enjoy a BBQ at my parents and had some fun with sparklers!
I got the idea for the Sparkler Shield from Love2Dream. It worked pretty well with direct parental supervision. We used the same cup for several sparklers … and this ended up not being a great idea because it burned a hole in the cup and no longer held it above the area that sparks … therefore it started sparking in the cup (not good!). This could have been easily avoided if we used a new cup for each sparkler!
Happy 4th of July!
May you enjoy your independence each and every day!
Great Journal prompt 22! I’m still icdienrbly behind BUT THANK GOODNESS I am holidays now, and will be catching up on all the prompts I haven’t done yet. They’re all written down in note-point form in pencil on their respective pages, they just don’t look pretty!I’ll hopefully be up to date for Prompt 24!I love sparklers! They are simply stunning and it makes me so happy whenever I see people writing messages with them. That octopus is simply brilliant!I miss the fourth of July so much. Actually, I just miss Oregon in general. The whole town would come down to the main road (just off my street) and we’d have street parties and picnics at the local highschool. I miss picking crab-apples off trees and riding in a wagon with my cousins. And the chalk drawings on our street that lasted until the end of summer every-year…Enjoy every second while you can, you never know when you won’t be able to celebrate your favorite holiday anymore
I love you!xxxxxx, Norah