I stand by that title, this really is the easy and cheap too, but still a super cute 4th of July craft . We used felt but you could use fabric if you have it on hand. My son was busy playing knights with his grandparents visiting from Texas but I think he could have made this with me. It’s a great patterning lesson, though I would guess most 5 and under would tire of it after a few minutes so make this a group endeavor if need be.

1. Gather your materials. You will need a paper plate, scissors, and three sheets of felt in red, white and blue.
2. Cut your felt into strips ours were about 8 inches long.
3. Cut the middle out of your paper plate.
4. Start tying – doing a simple double knot.
5. Continue the pattern all the way around.

Time to celebrate the USA with fun patriotic crafts and activities for kids. I have a few fun new ones planned for next week but I need to stock up on some red white and blue paint. Today I will feature the best from the past few summers so they don’t get lost in the archives!

Flag Craft – that flag lasted years!

Handprint Fireworks – great for all ages.

Cookie Cutter Prints make drawing stars a breeze.

These Cupcake Liner Fireworks are super simple and crazy cute!

This Star Garland can be a family project with toddlers pitching in with finger painting!

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I am sure there are versions of this craft all over , I haven’t seen any lately but here is our take on a fun 4th of July craft. It’s the first craft we’ve done since the baby arrived and it was awesome to get back to “normal” making it with my little man.  I like it because it’s simple but really adorable.

1. Gather your materials. You will need a piece of white and a piece of black construction paper, red and blue paint, glue,  2 plates, scissors and glitter.
2. Start by putting the paint on the plates.
3. Dip your child’s hand in , get it well covered.
4. Print on to the white paper.
5. Repeat with other hand and color. We did 2 hands each.
6. If your child is like mine have extra paper on hand to keep finger painting with the extra paint. This gives the hand prints time to dry some as well .
7. Let the hand prints dry a little and cut out.
8. While I cut them my son washed his hands, my sink, and my breakfast bowl… I wasn’t complaining.
9. Although I ended up doing all the gluing because he was having fun in the sink. So now glue the hands together to look like fireworks.
10. Add glue for the glitter. If the paint is still wet, you won’t need glue on the hands.
11. He came back for glitter, imagine that!
12. Let dry.

Need 4th of July Books? Check these out