MAKING 4th OF JULY DECORATIONS.
Every
year at my sisters there is a huge celebration for the 4th of July with
food, carnival games, horseshoe tournament and even fireworks. It is a
great time and I usually help her with what I can to get everything
ready for the party. I know from previous years the decorations are
starting to dwindle or get shabby looking. She called me one day and
asked where I found all my DIY projects so she could try to make some
new decorations with out it costing a fortune. Myself I just search the
Internet till I find what I'm looking for and then try to recreate it
with what I have. But I did tell her to check out Pintrest. She did
and found a few that she liked so I decided to save her a few dollars
and make the decorations myself as a birthday present to her since her
birthday is the day before her party. Lets hope she likes them.
Fire crackers!! Made from scrap wood.
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| 7 firecrackers made from scrap wood, piece of old clothesline, and scrap wood |
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| The scrap lumber was cut into random lengths and painted with Red and Blue paint that I already had from other projects |
I arranged them in to different patterns and painted words on them
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| To add the wick to the top I drilled a hole and hot glued the clothesline in the hole |
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| 1 of the 7 different fire crackers I made for almost nothing. |
My Pennant Garland. It was really simple and took less them a half hour.
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| Here is a small section of the finished garland. |
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| I started with
5 red white and blue colors and cut them into triangles. The size of
the triangle is determined by how big a pennant you want. Mine were
only 6inch. |
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| I took some blue material and cut it into strips about 2inches wide to use as the string. |
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| I folded the string and sewed it. I also sewed the triangles on at the same time. |
The
end result is over 100 feet of pennant garland. You could also sew the
triangles next to each other but I chose to separate them so I would
end up with a longer garland.
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