3 Easy DIY (and cheap) 4th of July Crafts

If you want to make some festive red, white, and blue crafts and decor for the July 4th holiday, the week before is the best time to purchase the supplies.  Most craft supply stores already have their patriotic decorations marked down 50%, and you can find some great deals.

In this post, I have included three straightforward and inexpensive ideas to try this year.

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If you want to make some festive red, white, and blue crafts and decor for the July 4th holiday, the week before is the best time to purchase the supplies.  Most craft supply stores already have their patriotic decorations marked down 50%, and you can find some great deals.

At my local Michael’s store, they even had the pre-made arrangements for half off – but I usually find a way to make them myself at a regular price of $69.99 or higher.  I can appreciate and admire them, but I’m too practical and thrifty to pay that price.  (Said like a true DIYer, of course!)

Project #1

Painted Round Pallet Cutout

For this project, you will need:

• Round pallet cutout
• Acrylic Paints
• White Spray Paint
• Ribbons in red, white & blue 
• Red burlap ribbon
• Mini Flags
• Patriotic themed flowers

I got the red, white, and blue flowers at half off, around $2.00 a stem. The round cutout was $6.99, but with a 40% off coupon, it was a deal.

The round pallet cutout is 8″ in diameter and very rough wood.  I didn’t sand it down because I wanted to keep the rustic feel of it, but I did spray on two coats of flat finish white primer.

Next I traced a star template on the wood in a pattern across the cutout.  I simply printed the star template shape from my MS Word program (insert star shape) and cut it out.

Next I applied several coats of navy blue acrylic paint around the pattern of stars.

Using the red, white & blue flowers I purchased at Michael’s,  I created a bouquet and tied it with a large red burlap ribbon.  The ribbon was left over from a Christmas project, but originally cost $3.99 at Michael’s if I had paid full price.  I never shop at Michael’s without a coupon, so I got the ribbon for a lot less than that.

I attached the bouquet to the pallet cutout with craft wire instead of glue.  This way, I can remove it and remake this painted pallet for another day.

This was an easy project and only cost around $10.

Project #2

Mini Patriotic Wreath

For this project, you will need:

• Patriotic themed ribbon
• Burlap ribbon
• Assorted red, white & blue flowers
• 6″ wire wreath form

For my second project, I took a small 6″ wire wreath and created a mini decorative patriotic wreath to hang with a painted canvas my niece made with the saying “God Bless America. “My niece is very creative and always painting or drawing, and when I saw this small sign at my mother’s house, I asked to have it. She argued that it wasn’t finished yet, but I really liked the simplicity of the black-and-white sign without any color.

I got the star-printed ribbon at Walmart on clearance and, of course, used the red burlap ribbon from my Christmas stash. To add flair to the small wreath, I added the last three red, white, and blue flowers I purchased from Michael’s. This is an easy project that shows that a wreath doesn’t have to be ginormous to be pretty.

Project #3

USA Banner

For this project, you will need:

• Precut fabric banner
• Acrylic Paints

My last project for the 4th of July holiday included a small fabric banner I found at Walmart in the wedding aisle – yes, the wedding aisle.

I originally purchased this banner for my son’s wedding shower. It has LOVE written on one side. Since I didn’t really need a garland banner with LOVE written on it for every day, I had my daughter repaint it for the 4th of July holiday.

With some simple lettering and a heart, you can take an inexpensive $5.99 banner and make a red, white, and blue patriotic statement. You can also paint both sides for several different holidays.

I like how this looks in my screened porch room with the patriotic wreath I made two years ago. The burlap on this wreath used to be white, but time and the weather have aged it a dull yellow color.  It may be remade soon for another holiday, too.

So there you have it: three easy patriotic-themed projects for the upcoming 4th of July holiday that cost me less than $10 each. I don’t know about you, but I usually leave up my red, white, and blue decorations, especially as simple as these, until Labor Day, when I switch over to Fall decorations.

Enjoy your holiday.

“Live in such a way that God’s love can bless you as you wait for the eternal life that our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy is going to give you.”  Jude 1:21

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