Quick and Easy Fourth of July Crafts

Here’s a craft that is festive and has hidden tasty treasures! These firecrackers are another safe option for the kids at your Fourth celebration because they’re not real. They’re just candy! To make these, you’ll need some red, white and blue scrapbooking paper (choose some fun designs), a roll of Lifesaver candies, a pipe cleaner and other basic crafting supplies. Simply cut your scrapbooking paper to match the length of your Lifesavers and wrap the candies. Poke a hole in the top of the roll with your scissors and place your pipe cleaner in this hole to create a false wick. Then add a star at the top of the pipe cleaner and you’re done! It’s a cute party favor to offer your guests and the kids will love the candy.

If the little ones in your life would like some red, white and blue accessories for their hair, check out these adorable hair bows! This craft includes Mod Melts, which are made in a rubber mold. But if you’d like to make a simpler version, you can just leave the melts out of the bows. You’ll need some ribbon folded into a bow shape and hot glued. The stacked bow effect is made by simply folding red, white and blue bows on top of each other to create a more complex bow. Add a hair clip, which you can get at the dollar store or a craft store, and you’ve got an adorable hair accessory for the Fourth!

Sparklers can be fun to play with, but they aren’t always the safest option for your kids. This party craft is a safer option for kids who’d like to wave around a sparkler. Instead of sparks and fire, there are ribbons! You’ll need to make some korker ribbons by wrapping ribbon around a thin, wooden dowel, and attach them to the top of the dowel with some hot glue. It’s cute, fun and a safe way for your kids to celebrate and play. 

Pinwheels are a great garden decoration that can be easily modified for different holidays and occasions. For these July 4th pinwheels, you’ll need some colored cardstock, wooden skewers and stars. Cut three 3"-wide strips from each color of paper and fold those strips to create the crimping effect seen in the photo. Then just join the crimped strips together with a 2” diameter circle in the center. You can add a star in the middle and attach the whole thing to a wooden skewer. Make as many of these as you'd like for your garden, or place them in a terra cotta flower pot and use them as centerpieces.

When you're having a Fourth of July party, it’s likely to linger on into the night. You can use an alternative to tiki torches to light your party by trying these decorative candle holders. You’ll need some glass votives, tissue paper, Mod Podge, a foam brush and a die-cut machine. Simply cut out a bunch of stars from your tissue paper and then affix them to the glass votive with Mod Podge. Make as many as you need and add some small, white votive candles to light up your party!