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"To start things off, I'm sharing my idea on how to make a balloon pop garland  for July 4th.

JULY 4TH BALLOON POP GARLAND

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4th of July Party Table

Red, White and Blue Popsicle

Gooey Marshmallow Brownies

Red, White and Blue Strawberry Blossoms

July 4th Firecracker Treat Box

July 4th Color a Cookie

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July 4TH Balloon Pop Garland

Here is an idea that really POPS!  I created this balloon pop activity for kids to partake in during your 4th of July festivities.  All you need to create these for your little brood are small toys, candy, glitter and star shaped confetti. 

Here's a tip:  Create a funnel using the top of a water bottle.  Just cut with a pair of scissors and place the balloon around the bottle opening and fill!

Using clear balloons, I filled each one with my 'filler' and then blew them up and tied them around a length of twine.  You can hang the balloons up and make the garland.  Another idea is to attach to straws or small sticks just for fun.

The fun part is getting to pop each balloon.  Make sure you supervise little ones with this part.  You simply take a sharp pin and POP!

This is such a fun and interactive twist on the average party garland.  You can fill a balloon with so many different items and use this idea for other celebrations! 

{July 4th Round-Up} Affordable July 4th Crafts and Ideas

You might notice a few cosmetic changes happening on my blog, since I'm a one mama show, that's got me pretty busy right now.   As I continue to rebuild the blog to make it prettier and more fab for ya (like the cute social media buttons over there ---->), I still want to provide you with some easy peezy projects for the upcoming July 4th holiday!  Here are a few ideas I've created from past July 4th celebrations I've hosted.

 Make an easy and affordable decorative centerpiece for your July 4th tablescape.  Decorate white pillar candles from the dollar store with star shaped blingy stickers and place in an inexpensive glass vase. Create an elegant floral piece by adding blue glass vase filler, red floral wire in a vase and submerge and orchid or another bloom to the vase.

Make Red, White and Blue ice cream cone cupcakes!  Bake cupcakes in ice cream cones and top with patriotic frosting!

For a festive place setting, use a paper rosette as a sleeve for sparkler sticks! Simply make a small paper rosette, attach a 2" circle to two sparkler sticks - you can also add a bit of embellishment....I just punched a smaller circle to a washi tape covered thumbtack and stuck it into the center of the circle.  Adhere the circle to the rosette with glue dots. 

Make a patriotic fruit pizza with the kids with sugar cookie dough, vanilla frosting and berries!

Make simple paper lanterns patriotic by attaching a blue fringe tassel to red and white paper globes!

Create a mini bunting using red, white and blue streamers.  I made this by cutting the streamers into 6" cuts and folding accordion style, then pinched and glued one edge together towards the center to create a semi-circle bunting shape and then attached by folding over the top of the bunting to a length of twine.

 End your July 4th celebration with a BANG.....or at least a little sparkle.  Set up a sparkler station on a bar cart and place in decorated pails and baskets.

 

You can find some of the July 4th printables in this post in my Etsy shop.  

Be sure to keep checking back for more updates to the blog and creative ideas for your parties and celebrations! 

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