4th of July Craft

What are you doing for the 4th of July? Are you the host of this year's 4th of July celebration? Since we live on the lake we always host the 4th of July celebration. In past years my brother, sister-in-law and their 2 kids would come here from TN to celebrate with our family. Well now my brother's kids have grown up and both moved to California so our small family functions are even smaller. Hopefully my brother & sister-in-law can still come out to celebrate with us and play on the lake....but if not we will still make it a special day for our 2 daughters.

So to make the day special I always decorate in the traditional red, white, and blue theme. I like to add new decor every year to change things up a bit. I think this year I will make some firecrackers....don't worry, I mean firecracker favors!

Whoever is here will get a bang out of these "firecracker" favors, which can be filled with sparklers or candy. Wrap paper towel tubes with crepe paper; add favor, then hot-glue a cardboard circle to the tube's bottom. Insert a pipe cleaner "wick" and tie off. Print the Victorian postcard images shown here

Start saving your toilet paper cardboard rolls and papertowel rolls and then have fun making firecracker favors for your 4th of July celebration...there sure to be a hit or should I say Bang!

Darlene