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Ok the kids have been out of school for almost a month now and with the Fourth of July just around the corner you need something to keep them busy. Well whether the kids are stuck inside because of rain, or becuase it is just to hot to go outside, here are 3 really fun crafts the kids will love to do. The first craft is actually a free craft the kids can do at Home Depot on Saturday July 5th from 10am - 12pm. Home Depot does a Saturday Kids Craft on the first Saturday of every month so check your local Home Depot for more information.
The second fun craft is a mosaic craft that the kids can really use their imagination with. Just take a paper plat, some modge podge, a sponge brush, a pencil, and some tissue paper. Draw a design on the back side of the paper plate. I drew a sun on mine. Next take the tissue paper and cut it into squares about 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch. Now you want to brush the modge podge onto the plate in small sections because it does dry quickly. Place the squares onto the modge podge covered plate in what ever order you would like. Once you have the whole plate covered with tissue paper brush one more coat of modge podge over the whole design to seal it.
The third project is a great patriotic craft. It is fun to do for the fourth of July but you can also fly it year around. The items you need are 1/2 thick red ribbon, 1/2 inch thick blue ribbon, 1/2 inch thick white ribbon, silver and white small pom poms, fabric glue, and a 12" long dowel rod. First you want to cut your ribbons. Cut the red ribbon into four 14 1/2 inches long strips, then cut three white, 14 1/2 inches long; seven blue, 10 1/2 inches long; three red, 24 inches long; three white, 24 inches long.
The next step you want to be sure to Leave a 1/2-inch overlap, attach the shorter red and white strips to the blue strips with the fabric glue, lay the blue strips on top. Glue the strips of ribbon to the dowel rod in a flag pattern, then cover the dowel rod with a blue ribbon. Now glue the pom poms to the blue area of the ribbon for the stars. If you have a metal door you can hot glue a magnet to the back side of the flag to hang it on the door. If you don't have a metal door or you want to hang it on the wall you can hot glue a piece of the ribbon to each end of the dowel rod to make a hanger.
Another tip for this craft is to purchase other summer colors of ribbon and make a summertime flag. You can find all of these fun crafts at your local JoAnn Craft stores. Just remember to get creative and have fun.
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