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FIREWORKS
You will need some bright tempera paint, black paper and a plastic dishwashing scrubber for this activity.
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Set out the tempera paint in small bowls. |
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Set out the black paper and the scrubber. |
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Show your child how to dip the scrubber into the paint and then onto a piece of black paper. |
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Repeat with different colors. |
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You should end up with bursts of fireworks against a black sky. |
| Variation: Plastic mesh scrubbers also work for this activity. |
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PATRIOTIC CHAINS
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Cut out red, white and blue paper strips, approx. 5” x 1”. |
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Set out the strips and some glue. |
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Let your child make a chain of red, white and blue. |
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STARS AND STRIPES COLLAGES
You will need some self-stick stars and some red and white strips of paper.
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Give your child a sheet of blue construction paper for a background paper. |
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Then set out some glue and the strips of paper. |
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Have your child glue on the paper strips, however they wish. |
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Then give your child some self-stick stars to place on his collage. |
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FIREWORKS PUPPET
You will need a small cardboard tube, some curling ribbon and a straw for this activity.
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Cover a small cardboard tube with red paper. |
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Let your child decorate the tube with self-stick stars or marking pens. |
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Next, help your child tape 5-6 , 4” pieces of curling ribbon. |
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Now, show your child how to place the straw inside the tube and push it out the top creating a burst of fireworks. |
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FIREWORKS WASH
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Give your child a sheet of white paper. |
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Using crayons have your child draw on some fireworks bursts. |
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An easy way to do this is to have your child draw two or three yellow dots on his paper. |
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Then using different colors of crayons draw multiple lines running through each dot. |
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Next, set out some blue paint deluded with water. |
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Give your child a brush and have him brush the paint across his paper to create a blue night sky.
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4TH OF JULY ART
