Patriotic Picnic Centerpiece
Your holiday picnic table will sparkle with this beautiful patriotic centerpiece! Give a cheer for this decoration kids can make with items found around the house.
1. With Crayola® Scissors, cut white paper to cover a large empty cereal box. Attach with Crayola School Glue. Dry.
2. To make a flag, lay the box on its side. These instructions are for a U.S. flag, but can be easily adapted to fit your country's flag design and colors. With a Crayola Fine Line Marker, draw a square about as large as the palm of your hand in the upper left-hand corner. Inside the square, draw five-point stars. With a blue Crayola Washable Marker, color all around the stars in the square. Draw lines, about as wide apart as your thumb, around the rest of the box to form stripes. Fill in every other stripe with red.
3. To make holders for utensils and napkins, cut a cardboard roll into three or four pieces about as long as your hand. Cut three pieces of red, white, and blue construction paper into strips a little wider than the cardboard paper rolls. On one side of each strip, cut slashes down about as long as your finger. Using a Crayola Colored Pencil, roll the cut strips outward so they resemble firecrackers. Glue the strips of curled paper onto the cardboard rolls with the curled edge at the top.
4. To form the base of the centerpiece, glue construction paper onto another flat box so part of the paper hangs over the edge. Dry. Cut slashes into the overhanging paper and curl the edges. Glue your flag and utensil holders onto the base.
5. Decorate the front and sides of your centerpiece with streamers. Fill with utensils and napkins.
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
Recycled Cardboard Tubes—Use paper towel tubes, gift-wrap tubes, or long cardboard tubes that can be cut to any length. Health professionals caution against using recycled toilet paper tubes for arts & crafts projects because of the potential fecal contamination.
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
Gauzy Ghost Halloween Decoration
Jazzy Jack o' Lantern
Show-Off Shorts
