Patriotic Party Supplies, Theme Decorations and Party Planning Ideas
Proud to be an American!
PLANNING THE PERFECT PATRIOTIC PARTY
Make crafty flag invitations, and invite your friends, family and neighbors
over to celebrate this great county.
Flag Invitations
Set a patriotic theme for your party with easy, homemade invitations. Have
your kids use crayons and markers to turn index cards into American flags.
Draw stars and stripes on the lined side and on the other put the date, time,
location, and phone number, plus what each family should bring. Tape or glue
each card onto a Popsicle stick or straw to make mini flags.
Party Suggestions
Consider a potluck supper to break up the responsibility of the meal. Assign
dishes to each family, asking them to bring enough for their family, plus
a family of four. Everyone brings their own drinks and a red, white and blue
dessert to share.
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SET THE TABLE
Fire up the grill and set the table with our fun and patriotic, red, white
and blue America
theme pattern that will have everyone at your party singing the National
Anthem. Our disposable plates, napkins, cups, invitations, table clothes and
serving platers make the party clean up a cinch, no dishes to wash! And our
patriotic
stars plates and serving
trays will put a twinkle in your guests eyes.
And of course we have disposable cutlery and party supplies in solid Red, White and Blue colors too!
DECORATE
Our low cost decorations will give your party a special sparkle. Our Fire
Works Luminaries are an eye-catcher, set of 6 for $4.25. Hang up a jointed
Uncle
Sam for $3.29.
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PATRIOTIC CRAFTS, GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR A FUN FILLED DAY
Crafts
You kids will have a great time making these fun craft a few days before the
party, or you can do them at the party for a fun activity to keep the kids
busy.
Oriental Trading Company has 23 patriotic crafts that willl keep the kids entertained, including this waving flag door hanger, a partiotic necklace, Uncle Sam Wreath and so many more, all priced from $2.95 to $11.95.
Flags, Flags, Flags
Make flags of all sizes using note cards, poster board, construction paper,
markers, crayons and/or paints and sticks or dowels) to decorate your home
and back yard.
Rattle Rouser
Make a joyful noise with homemade Liberty Bell shakers. To make one, fill
a cardboard tissue tube with about a dozen small bells (sold at craft or party
stores). Then seal the tube by taping 1 1/2-inch-wide cardboard circles to
the ends. Next, cut a 6- x 20-inch rectangle from a clear report folder or
clear acetate (sold at art supply stores) and fringe the 6-inch edges by making
a series of 8-inch-long cuts (a parent's job). Attach sticker stars to the
fringe. Wrap the rectangle around the tube so that the fringe extends from
the ends and secure it with the tape. Then your child can decorate the shaker
with colored tape stripes and more sticker stars.
Uncle Sam's Hat
To create an Uncle Sam's Hat, cut a rectangle from a piece of red poster board
(roughly 12 inches high by 9 inches wide). Using a ruler and an X-Acto knife
(a parent's job), make six
vertical slits in the poster board at least 1 inch apart, then weave in a
piece of white paper. Cut a band, roughly 3 by 12 inches, from blue construction
paper and glue on three white paper stars. Glue the decorated band to the
bottom of the woven poster board. Finally, cut another band from the poster
board that's long enough to fit around a child's head. Staple (end points
out) the band to the inside bottom of the hat. Wrap it around the child's
head and then secure it with tape, a staple or a paper clip.
Statue Of Liberty
Crown
Celebrate this Fourth of July Ellis Island style with a Statue of Liberty
headband. First, cut 2 1/2 inches from each of the bottom rims of two sturdy
paper plates, then cut out their centers, leaving a 2-inch-wide headband (this
fits most children's heads snugly, but
if it's too tight, carefully trim more away from the edge). Next, cut six
triangles from green construction paper.
Each one should measure 4 inches across and 9 inches high. Space these evenly
across the front of one headband with the points radiating outward and staple
into place. Glue the other headband across the first to conceal the staples.
Fashion a torch out of a toilet-paper tube, poster board and yellow tissue
paper. Touch up both to look like Ms. Liberty's crown and torch. Paint them
green, then "oxidize" with glitter.
Face
Paint
Show your patriotic streak at your celebration by dabbing on a little red,
white and blue face paint. You can order the clown face painting kit by Snazaroo,
which will paint 10-15 faces for $6.99 or a large kit, which will paint aproximately
50 faces for $23.29
Snazaroo
Face Paints
The kids will love making their very own cup and/or plate with our "I'm An Artisit" sets. Regularly $2.20 each, now on sale for only $0.99 each, while supplies last, so order today! Kids can color the printed insert pages which are included in the kit, draw and color freehand or download even more pages online.
FREE downloadable cup insert pages
Free Downloadable plate insert pages (including firecracker, American flag, and Bald Eagle and many more)
RACES AND CONTESTS
Have a races and contests and reward all of the participants with great and
inexpensive favors. Here are a few suggestions which are always a big hit
at a small price:
lip whistles,
flying fists, hand
clappers, play
money, removable
tattoos, and no BBQ or picnic would be complete without bugs.
WARNING-Please remember most of the party favors are a choking hazard for young children and are for children ages 3 and up ONLY!!
Even though the Flying Fist and Removable Tattoos ARE safety tested for young children, I would recommend adult supervision!
Ring
Toss
For this game, contestants need the tossing skills of a Frisbee player and
the good aim of a seasoned horseshoe pitcher. For the scoring poles, you'll
need nine dowels. Set them in the ground in three rows, each composed of three
dowels and spaced 2 feet apart. Decorate the planted poles by wrapping them
with red, white and blue crepe-paper streamers.
During the game, members from both teams have three attempts each to toss a ring around one of the poles. (It's fun to alternate turns between the two teams.) Kids should be allowed to stand a little closer to the poles than their adult teammates. A ring that lands around a pole in the nearest row is worth 10 points; a ringer in the middle row earns 20 points; and a ringer in the far row earns 30 points. The team that accumulates the most points wins.
Sack
Race
There is nothing like a good sack race and our burlap bags, 4 for $7.95, are
just what you need.
MORE GAMES FOR YOUR FIELD DAY
Capture the Flag
Horseshoes
Tag Football
Tug-of-war
These glow in the dark necklaces will be a HUGE hit after dark. And they make it easy for you to see where your kids are!
Proud To Be An American CD - Sing along with our "Proud to Be American" CD. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Relief Efforts. Songs include: God Bless America, America the Beautiful, Born in the USA, Hero, America, I will Remember You, Battle Hymn of the Republic, You're a Grand Old Flag, and Star Spangled Banner
A FEAST FOR A CROWD
If your will be having a large party, the best way to feed the crowd is by
planning a potluck. You may want to divide the guest list into three groups,
assigning salads and casseroles
to one, desserts to another and beverages to the third. If a grill or barbecue
pit is available at the picnic site, suggest that each family bring its own
chicken, hamburgers or hot dogs, as well.
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