Showing posts with label Fourth of July Craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fourth of July Craft. Show all posts

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Fourth of July Activities for Preschool


Fourth of July is the day we Americans celebrate our independence.  Here are some activities you can do with your preschoolers to help celebrate Independence Day.


Firework Craft
This craft is a great stamping craft for kids to create fireworks.  They will use toilet paper rolls cut into a specific way to create the stamped design.  Read more about this craft here:  Firework Craft Blog Post


Rocket Craft
Students can design their own rocket with this Fourth of July Rocket craft.  This is a craft that the students can make and then play with.  Read more about this craft here:  Rocket Craft Blog Post






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Fourth of July Rocket Craft

Fourth of July is approaching rapidly, so we are making a lot of fun crafts to celebrate the holiday.  This one is a Fourth of July rocket that kids can create and play with.

First, you need to gather your materials.  You will need 1 toilet paper roll (or paper towel roll cut in half), stickers, tape or glue, streamers, and anything else  you want to decorate with.

Then, you will decorate the toilet paper roll however you want.  We simply used colored pencils and stickers to decorate ours, but any craft supplies can be used to create these rockets.

Next, you will cut the streamers.  We cut ours about a foot long, but they can be any length you like.  We only had blue streamer on hand, but you can mix up the colors however you like.

You will now tape or glue the streamers inside the toilet paper roll you decorated.  We chose tape so we did not have to wait for it to dry before playing with the rockets,

Now your rocket is ready to play with!  My kids ran around the house with them, threw them to make them fly and simply twirled around with them.  The had so much fun playing with their rockets.




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Friday, August 13, 2021

Fireworks Craft

On the fourth of July, New Years and many other holidays, we celebrate with fireworks.  This craft activity is perfect to do on any holiday or special occasion where fireworks are part of the festivities.  You can also the colors of the fireworks to suite the specific holiday.

We made out firework craft for the fourth of July and used red, white and blue for our colors.

For this craft, you will need paint, toilet paper rolls, scissors, paper plate (or tray for paint), and paper.

First, an adult needs to cut one inch snips around the bottom of a toilet paper roll and then bend each section outword.  You will need to do this for each different color paint.  We used 3 different colors, so I cut 3 different rolls.

Next, you press the toilet paper roll into the paint as shown in the picture.

Then, the child can press the toilet paper roll on their paper.  The toilet paper roll acts like a stamp for printing the firework pattern.

Repeat the above steps for each color until the child is finished stamping.  

We used this as a Fourth of July craft, but it makes a great New Years Craft, President's Day Craft, Memorial Day Craft or for any holiday where fireworks are used.  This makes an easy toddler craft as well as an easy craft idea for preschoolers and older kids as well.  My 2, 4, 6 and 9 year old all participated and enjoyed this craft.

We used this as a Fourth of July craft, but it makes a great New Years Craft, President's Day Craft, Memorial Day Craft or for any holiday where fireworks are used.  This makes an easy toddler craft as well as an easy craft idea for preschoolers and older kids as well.  My 2, 4, 6 and 9 year old all participated and enjoyed this craft.




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