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4th of July Bunting Kids Craft

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Do you like to decorate for the 4th of July? I always want to, but I don’t always get around to it.

July 4th will be here before we know it, so the girls and I decided to work together to create a fun 4th of July bunting for the holiday, so at least we’ll have something to display.

Decorate with this simple 4th of July bunting kids craft. It's a fun and festive patriotic craft that your kids will love to make.

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We made this festive and very patriotic bunting with a few simple supplies. The process was so simple and the results were fun.

Decorate with this simple 4th of July bunting kids craft. It's a fun and festive patriotic craft that your kids will love to make.

Supplies Needed

Red and blue construction paper
White paint
Sponge cut into a star shape
Crepe paper (found in the party supply section)
Stapler

Decorate with this simple 4th of July bunting kids craft. It's a fun and festive patriotic craft that your kids will love to make.

How to make your 4th of July bunting

Before beginning the project, I cut the construction paper into triangles.

One sheet of blue and one sheet of red paper provided us with many triangles.

I folded the paper in half lengthwise, then drew my triangles. I highlighted my lines in the above picture so you could see how I drew my lines. I cut along all the lines as well as cutting along my folded line down the middle.

Once they were all cut out, the girls were ready to start making stars.

Decorate with this simple 4th of July bunting kids craft. It's a fun and festive patriotic craft that your kids will love to make.

We used our sponges to stamp one star in the middle of each triangle.

Then came the hard part, waiting for them to dry! But, they did look pretty all spread out on the table!

Decorate with this simple 4th of July bunting kids craft. It's a fun and festive patriotic craft that your kids will love to make.

Once everything was dry, we sorted our triangles so that we had a red/blue/red/blue pattern.

We took the red crepe paper and folded it in half. We put one triangle into the fold at a time and stapled it into the crepe paper (see picture below).

We lined the triangles up side by side with the pointed side down to get the bunting look.

Decorate with this simple 4th of July bunting kids craft. It's a fun and festive patriotic craft that your kids will love to make.

Now, we’re all ready to decorate! We’ll hang our 4th of July bunting and display a few flags for a fun and festive holiday.

Do you like to decorate for the 4th of July?

Decorate with this simple 4th of July bunting kids craft. It's a fun and festive patriotic craft that your kids will love to make.

If you enjoyed this patriotic craft, the above photo is perfect for sharing on Facebook or you can save the photo below on Pinterest.

Decorate with this simple 4th of July bunting kids craft. It's a fun and festive patriotic craft that your kids will love to make.

You may also like one of these summer craft projects:

Easy Fingerprint Strawberries

Handprint Sunflower

Classic Crafts ~ Pom Pom Caterpillar

Tie-Dye Suns

4th of July Noise Maker at Mess for Less

(Originally published June 2012)

Statue of Liberty Math and Measurement

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No trip to New York City is complete without a trip to see the Statue of Liberty.

So, as part of our virtual trip, we let the Statue of Liberty inspire a fun math experiment.

The question we tried to answer: how many Lizzies (or AJs) would it take to be as tall as Lady Liberty? To find out, we had to do some Statue of Liberty math.

Play with measurement and nonstandard units with this fun Statue of Liberty math activity. It's a fun addition to an American symbols unit.

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Learn about the Statue of Liberty

We began with a simple book, Statue of Liberty by Lynda Sorensen, to learn all about this famous American symbol. (Note: this book is unfortunately out of print. The Statue of Liberty by Lloyd G. Douglas would be a good substitute.)

We learned about when it was built and how it was shipped to America. We learned about what it represents.

But, most importantly to this experiment, we also learned how tall it is: 305 feet. I got out the calculator and translated it into inches: 3660 inches tall. Then I measured each girl in inches.

Play with measurement and nonstandard units with this fun Statue of Liberty math activity. It's a fun addition to an American symbols unit.

Statue of Liberty Math Activity

Next, using a roll of brown wrapping paper, we made a scale model of the Statue of Liberty at 36.6 inches.

Now it was time to measure.

We talked a bit about nonstandard units of measurement, because we weren’t going to use a ruler to measure. We were going to use ourselves. I made tiny squares to stand for each of the girls. (And when I say tiny, they were less than 1/2/”!)

Play with measurement and nonstandard units with this fun Statue of Liberty math activity. It's a fun addition to an American symbols unit.

I showed the girls how to measure with their squares. We laid it down, drew a line along the top, and then placed the square on top of that line. They moved up and up and up until they reached the top.

When we were done, we counted our spaces. Lizzie topped off at 62, and AJ at 64. They were wowed!

Play with measurement and nonstandard units with this fun Statue of Liberty math activity. It's a fun addition to an American symbols unit.

But were we correct?

Well, I’ll admit I expected we were not. The girls at 3 and 5 weren’t exactly precise. But, they did their best and definitely learned a lot. They were able to better visualize just how tall the Statue of Liberty is and they learned a fun lesson in nonstandard units of measurement.

How far off were we? About 10 units for each girl. Not bad for a preschooler and a Kindergartner using tiny pieces of paper! I think the next time we use nonstandard units, we’ll try measuring with our full bodies!

Have you ever measured with nonstandard units? Give it a try with this Statue of Liberty math activity.

You may also enjoy one of these New York City inspired activities:

Cityscape Printmaking

Statue of Liberty Dress-Up Kit

Subway Acrostic Poetry

New York City Books and Resources