Gather together a handful of popsicle sticks (or you
can buy craft sticks if you don’t have any popsicles around) and get ready to
help your child craft a sparkly patriotic flag. Although I personally am game for
anything involving glitter and really don’t care much about the mess (well, I
kind of mind picking sparkles off of the floor, table and my son’s clothes
weeks later), prepping for this project means covering your work surface with
something suitable to catch the teeny tiny shining specks. Use a garbage bag,
newspaper or a sheet of scrap foam board.
Here’s What You’ll Need:
·
Cardboard – Reuse the side of an old
box.
·
Popsicle or craft sticks
·
Clear drying school glue
·
Scissors
·
Red, silver and blue glitter
·
A paintbrush
·
Star stickers
Here’s What to Do:
1. Line
the craft sticks up horizontally on the cardboard to make the flag’s stripes.
2. Glue
the sticks to the cardboard. Let them dry.
3. Help
your child to cut the cardboard around the sticks. Typically I prefer to have
the child do all of the art-making for herself. But, in this circumstance the
cardboard may be too tough for little hands to slice through. If your child is
struggling, give her a hand with the cutting.
4. Paint
a layer of glue over the craft sticks. Have your child squeeze a few
quarter-sized dabs of glue on the top left side, spreading it out into a
rectangle shape.
5. Sprinkle
blue glitter over the glue. I find this best to do over a piece of paper. When
your child is done crafting you can fold the paper and the left over glitter
into a plastic baggie to use later.
6. Paint
glue over the rest of the sticks.
7. Alternating
red and silver, have your child sprinkle glitter over the stripes. Shake off
the excess.
8. Let
the glue dry.
9. Add
star stickers to the blue area.
10. Paint
another layer of glue over the entire project to seal in the sparkles.
You can use the artwork as a display piece for a
July 4th get-together or even as coasters for cool drinks at a
barbeque.
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We might try this one...outside :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks fun, messy, and glittery which all requirements for one of my girls. Thank you for sharing on Welcome Party Wednesday. Oh and patriotic.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter would love this! Anything with glitter! #supermommyclub
ReplyDeleteLove this, can't beat a bit of glitter! Thanks for linking with Tuesday Tutorials #pintorials
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