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A 4th of July party is a great opportunity to bring together kids and adults for a fun celebration.
A spacious yard or local park make a great location for a 4th of July Party. If you want to reserve a specific picnic area, do so ahead of time because prime areas will be in high demand. If you can't reserve an area, send a member of your group to the park early to stakeout a good location. Have a rainy day plan...just in case.
Shindigz.com has a good selection of patriotic party supplies.
Fun Invitations for a 4th of July Party include:
- drawings or cutouts of flags or stars
- invitation from Uncle Sam ("I want you!")
- colorful fireworks drawn by your children
- tape or tie sparkler to invitation or wrap invitation around box of sparklers
Remind guests to wear red, white and blue and to bring jackets if they'll be staying late to watch fireworks.
Fun Decorations for a 4th of July Party include:
- Personalized Stars & Stripes banner
- Red, white and blue balloons and streamers
- Silver star balloons
- U.S. flags
Fun Games & Activities for a 4th of July Party include:
- Guess how many candy jar (fill a large jar with peppermint candy)
- U.S. history trivia (name original 13 colonies, how many founding fathers, etc.)
- Parade - ask guests to bring wagons, bikes, scooters, drums and tambourines. Provide balloons, construction paper, streamers and small flags for decorating the parade "floats". Parade around block or park.
- Play patriotic music on boom box
- Relay race - pass small flag to team mates
- Stomp rocket or water balloon challenge (farthest, highest, etc.)
- Bubble blowing
- Free Play toy - hoola hoops, jump ropes, frisbees, yo-yos
- Limbo - how low can you go?
- Fireworks - allow children to put on a sparkler show (establish safety rules ahead of time) or go see nearby fireworks display
Fun Arts & Crafts ideas for a 4th of July Party include:
- sidewalk chalk
- coloring
- spin art
- bike and wagon decorating for parade
- play doh or modeling clay
Fun Food for a 4th of July party include:
- hot dogs
- hamburgers
- potato chips
- corn on the cob
- watermelon
- rootbeer floats (don't forget the straws)
- white cupcakes decorated with strawberry slices and blueberries
- or white sheet cake decorated with strawberry "stripes" and blue berry "stars" to look like a flag... add sparklers for extra effect
- homemade ice-cream (kids take turns cranking), make your own sundaes, strawberry and blueberry shortcake or parfaits
Fun Party Favors for a 4th of July Party include:
- small flags
- sparklers
- crackers (paper tubes filled with trinkets)
- poppers or snap&pops
- small rubber balls
- paddle balls
- punching balloons
- bottles of bubbles
- ball & jack sets
- sidewalk chalk
Special Resources for a 4th of July Party include:
- Celebrate Express
- Kids' Party Fun Directory (entertainment, rentals, and places)
- Stars & Stripes cake
- Billy Bear's 4th of July Page
- Kid's Domain 4th of July Fun
- 4th of July coloring pages
- More coloring pages
- 4th of July electronic greeting cards
- Declaration of Independence
- Betsy Ross
- United States Flag Gallery
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