It’s always a good time for showing off your patriotic pride!  Whether you use it to display for patriotic holidays, you show it in support of a national sports team, or you just want to add a bit of red, white, and blue to your decor, this American flag inspired bandana wreath is a fabulous way to dress up any wall or door.

Project estimate:

• Pool noodle wreath form with red noodle, $1 (see Pool Noodle Wreath Form Tutorial)
• Bandanas (red, white, and blue), about $5 and up
• Straight pins, on hand
• Black zip ties or rubber bands, on hand or $1 and up
• Mod Podge or white glue, on hand or $1
• Poster board, on hand or $1
• White felt, on hand or $1
• Hot glue, on hand

Total:  about $6 and up

Cut all the bandanas in half.

Starting with the first stripe, which is red, fold each bandana as shown above.

Lay the wreath on top of it, gather the ends and hold it close to the wreath.  Fold over any edges that show the wrong side of the bandana.

Attach a zip tie as close to the wreath as possible. Cut off the excess.  Continue doing this until you have placed all thirteen stripes.

Take one of the blue bandana halves and pin it to the wreath so that the red pool noodle won’t show through.

The blue bandanas will be folded slightly different and won’t use as many. Cover the rest of the wreath using the same technique with the blue bandanas as you did with the stripes.

Draw stars or print off some from the Internet. I used three different sizes.  Cut them out of the poster board and brush on white glue.  Lay them face down on the white felt and place a heavy object on them while they are drying.  The poster board backing will give the stars structure so they don’t get floppy!  After the glue dried, cut out the stars.

Pour somewhite glue or Mod Podge in a bowl and add some hot water. Mix with the glue in the bowl.  Using the sponge brush, apply it to the outside edges of the wreath on the bandanas. This will keep the bandanas from drooping.

Hot glue the stars to the blue area to finish the design.

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Serve up your 4th of July treats in style with this DIY button flag tray!  Angie from The Country Chic Cottage transformed a plain wooden tray into a festive, party-ready piece that will add funky charm to your holiday spread.  Make it out of a new, unfinished wood tray, or look for an old tray at thrift stores or garage sales and give it a makeover!  [how to make a button flag tray]

Project estimate:

• Wood tray, about $5 and up
• Buttons, on hand or $1 and up
• Paint, on hand or $1 and up
• Resin, about $5 and up
• Hot glue, on hand
• Star sticker, on hand or $1

Total:  about $10 and up

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Can you believe that the 4th of July is just a little over two weeks away?  (Is anyone else’s summer flying by waaaaay to fast?)  If you’re planning a get-together over the upcoming holiday weekend, remember that no party is complete without party favors!  These cute firecracker favors from Vanessa at Tried & True are quick and easy, and you can churn out a whole bunch of them assembly-line style in no time.  Kapow!  [how to make firecracker party favors]

Project estimate:

• Cardboard tubes, on hand
• Washi tape, on hand or $1 and up
• Scrapbook paper, on hand or $1
• Double-sided tape, on hand or $1
• Star paper punch, on hand or $1 and up
• Hot glue, on hand
• Wooden dowels or skewers, on hand or $1 and up
• Candy or other treats, $1 and up

Total:  $1 and up!

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Whether you’re looking for an activity to entertain the kids at this years 4th of July BBQ or you just need a quick craft to fill a summer afternoon, this easy patriotic jewelry by Chelsey at Buggy and Buddy is a great project!  The resulting pieces are fashionable enough that tweens will actually wear them, and easy enough that even little finger can help.  Her post also includes some great suggestions for making this project even more kid-friendly, so make sure you head over there and check it out!  [how to make patriotic straw and bead jewelry]

Project estimate:

• Straws, $1 and up
• Beads, on hand or $1
• String or pipe cleaners, on hand or $1

Total:  $1 and up!

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Dress for the 4th of July in DIY style with this easy waving flag shirt – no sewing required! With a clever use of materials, Ginger from Gingerly Made used ric rac to simulate the waving motion of a flag in the breeze. This motif isn’t limited to shirts either – add a waving flag to a tote bag, whip one up on some scrap fabric to use as wall art, or use the idea to decorate the wrapping on a hostess gift when you head to a 4th of July barbecue! What else could you do with this design? [how to make a no sew American flag shirt] Project estimate:

• Shirt, on hand or $1 and up
• Ric rac, on hand or $1 and up
• Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up
• Hot glue, on hand

Total:  Free and up!

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Have you noticed that Dollar Tree carries carnival tickets in their party supplies section?  There are all kinds of crafty things you can do with those tickets – like this American flag art by Leanne at Organize & Decorate Everything!  Not only is this a great piece on its own, you could also use this idea as a basis for making signage, greeting cards, scrapbook pages, and more.  You could even use large paper and laminate the finished flags to make placemats!  [how to make carnival ticket American flag art]

Project estimate:

• Carnival tickets, $3 and up
• Paper, on hand or $1
• Double sided tape, on hand or $1 and up
• Frame, on hand or $1 and up

Total:  $3 and up

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I love the 4th of July. My father, brother and both grandfathers served in the military, instilling in me a huge passion for this wonderful country I live in. I bought these super cute mini terracotta pots the last time I was at the Dollar Store and I was excited to make something patriotic out of them. What’s fun about this craft is it can serve so many different purposes with just a few simple changes; by varying the paint scheme, they will work for almost any occasion!

Project estimate:

• Mini terracotta pots, 3 for $1
• Styrofoam balls, on hand or $1
• Craft paint, on hand
• Glue, on hand
• Glitter, on hand or $1

Total: $1 and up

Using the knife cut two of the Styrofoam balls in half. You’ll have on extra half. After you cut them use the knife to clean up the edges and make them smooth.

To make gluing and covering in glitter easier I inserted the knife tip into the bottom of the ball half. It will keep you from getting glitter and glue all over your fingers and make it easier to get everything covered evenly. Once all halves are covered allow to dry. (Quick side note: I found these awesome food trays at Goodwill and they have made the best base for crafting. It helps keep all the materials in one place. Perfect for crafting with kids. If you find some snatch them up – you won’t regret it!)

This is where you can get very creative if you would like. I did simple red, white and blue stripes, but you can decorate however you want. Once the paint has dried. Place the glitter half, balls on the top. You may secure with a glue gun if you would like of simply push into pots to secure. Place a flag or other item on the top.

Here’s another example of what you can make with these. I cut small slits in the top and placed cards in them to label items at your 4th of July barbeque. They would also work well as placecard holders!

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This is one of those projects that will wow all of your holiday barbecue guests, and it’s so cheap and easy that you’ll have them whipped up in a flash!  Over at The Graphics Fairy DIY, Andrea shares how she used images from the Graphics Fairy database and a little Mod Podge to turn ordinary mason jars into festive, spill-proof beverage containers.  You can also adapt this idea with images to fit any holiday or party theme – the possibilities are endless!  [how to make patriotic mason jar lids]

Project estimate:

• Mason jars, on hand or about $8/dozen
• Printable graphics, free
• Mod Podge, on hand
• Straws, on hand or $1 and up

Total:  Free and up

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A couple of us DSC girls have been involved with a site called Crafty Hangouts, where once a month we get the chance to share a craft demonstration via live video feed. This month’s theme was patriotic crafts, and we received some lovely paper crafting supplies to use in our projects. I was immediately drawn to some paper printed with constellations and thought it would make a fun take on “stars and stripes.” I even punched out all of the stars in the constellations so that the light from the candles shines through, creating a really neat effect. Check out all of the details over at Mrs. Greene! [how to make a constellations and stripes patriotic candle holder set]

Project estimate:

• Paper, about $1
• Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up
• Mod Podge, on hand
• Needle or pin, on hand
• Glass containers, on hand or $3
• Battery operated tealights, on hand or $1 and up

Total: about$1 and up

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If you made our patriotic windsock project from yesterday, you’re going to have some plastic tablecloth strips leftover. Don’t want to toss them in the trash?  Use them to make this festive last minute wreath! Even if you didn’t make the windsock, this wreath is a quick and easy project.

Project estimate:

• Paper plate, on hand
• Red rectangular tablecloth, $1
• White rectangular tablecloth, $1
• Blue rectangular tablecloth, $1
• Scissors, on hand
• Metallic star shape, $1
• Star shaped noise maker, $1
• Hot glue gun and glue, on hand

Total: $5 or less

 Step 1: Cut Tablecloths.

Cut the tablecloths into long strips that are 1.5 inches wide.

 Step 2: Make the wreath.

Cut a circle out of the middle of your paper plate. (Don’t worry. It doesn’t have to be perfect.) If your plate is thin, you may want to stack 2-3 plates together.

 Take one of your tablecloth strips and fold it  into a shorter strip that is about 8 inches long and trim the ends through the loops so that you have a small bundle of 8 inch plastic strips.

 Tie the bundle around the paper plate and then pull the pieces apart to fluff them.

 Continue tying small bundles of strips around the plate, alternating colors between red, white and blue. To make the colors stand out more, I tied two bundles of each color at a time.

Step 3: Make the center.

Cut the stars off of the noisemaker. Cut the tab off the bottom as well.

 Center a red star from the noise maker in the middle of your metallic star cut out (these came in packs of 5 at my local dollar store) and attach with hot glue.

Use hot glue to attach the points of the star to the wreath before hanging on your door!

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