Fourth of July Crafts and Projects

Fourth of July and other patriotic holidays are lots of fun to make crafts for, and pretty easy to plan for since anything red, white and blue looks like it’s made for the holiday.

I’ve shared a lot of crafts, sensory activities, flag crafts and other activities through the years, but here are some more patriotic craft ideas, coloring pages and more for the holiday or really any time in summer when you need some easy crafts.

This cute bald eagle craft is easy to prep in big quantities if you want to make it with a group, or just make enough for the kids in your household. This project comes from Crafting Jeannie and includes a printable template for all the pieces. You could even just assemble the template and use it as a coloring page if you want.

Confetti poppers are fun for kids who might be scared of sparklers or other fireworks, and they’re pretty easy to make, too. These from Mommy Made That use a cardboard roll as the base, and you might have most of the supplies you need already in the house. (Tip: make your own confetti using a hole punch or different shaped craft punches as you like.)

Make Uncle Sam hats that kids can wear with this printable from Simply Full of Delight. Kids can color in or paint the stripes, or cut strips of construction paper to glue to the hat template for older kids. There’s also a full-color version you can just print, cut, assemble and wear if you want really low-prep!

These color by number worksheets from Leap of Faith Crafting are billed as being for Memorial Day, but you can pull them out for any patriotic holiday. They include a top hat, cupcake, heart and pinwheel and some summery treats, and they are free to download.

All About Baby Blog has some patriotic do a dot printables perfect for coloring with dot markers. They include a flag, stars, fireworks, balloons and more. If you don’t have dot markers you can use regular markers, or paint on a cotton ball or swab.

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Not all of us live where there is a lot of snow in the winter (or even where it is winter as I write this, but it can still be fun to learn about snow, what it is and why it falls, so let’s get into it!

First, let’s talk snowflake science with The Homeschool Scientist. They have a free prinatble snowflake science less that’s more than 60 pages long and good for multiple grade levels. The blog post linked here includes some fun snow facts, information about how snowflakes form and why they are both six-sided and (probably) all different.

Expressive Monkey has a great post about how snowflakes are formed and why they have six arms, and also shows some of the pictures taken by W. A. Bentley in the 1920s (more on him below).

You can also grab a free snow facts worksheet with space for kids to draw their own unique snowflakes from Education.com. Simple Living Creative Learning also has a paid snow study resource set that includes things like different types of snowflakes, the snow cycle, symmetry drawing with snowflakes, tips for snow safety, snow-related vocabulary and more.

Homeschool Superfreak has another great page for learning about snowflakes, which includes information about Snowflake Bentley, a great book to read (and person to learn about). It includes lesson plan ideas and links to activities.

Speaking of activities, if you happen to have snow around you can make snow ice cream or maple candy, paint on snow or with snow, or do some snow science experiments. If you get a ton of snow you could maybe even build an igloo or snow structure.

If you don’t get snow you can learn about how animals keep warm in the snow and cold temperatures with this experiment from I Can Teach My Child. Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls can help you learn why big paws (or snowshoes) make it easier to walk in the snow. Or make a snowstorm in a jar like this one from MomBrite.

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