Having a few little ones over for your Fourth of July BBQ? These art activities will sure to please even your smallest guest.
Firework String Painting
How you make them:
- Set up your drop cloth on a table or the floor. (Floors are always a great working surface for little ones.)
- Pour a glob of paint in each bowl making sure that each child has their own red, white and blue paint bowl
- Add a splash of water to each color so that the string easily takes up the color.
- Dip the strings into the bowls, leaving a clean end for the kids to hang onto and get to painting!
Kid-Friendly Spray Paint
How you do it:
- Either hang the paper or put it down on a drop cloth.
- Put a few drops of water color and some water in each spray bottle. Add more water color if you want to color to be more concentrated.
- Let the kids at it! They can spray the paper making firework like marks. If you do have a hanging piece of paper, this will be a fun art idea they can collaborate on.
Fourth of July Sun Catchers
How you make them:
- Pour glue into the yogurt lid, not letting it fill to the top but about halfway.
- Let each child use a dropper to add dots of red and blue water color.
- Once the drops are in, give each child a stick or skewer to move the color around in the glue.
- When done, let the glue dry over night before peeling it out.
- To hang, punch a small hole near one of the sides and string yarn through.
