Our Fourth of July project was a success! The Patriotic Wind Socks are now decorating our front porch! We kept it simple this time with basic red and blue adornments. But you could get more specific with the flag motif for older children.
We had finger paints, brushes and plastic star cookie cutter available, so that's what we used. We got out a large sheet of poster board and the boys went to town on it. Edward's side was mostly red, because that's his favorite color- hands down. Anthony was just fine with blue. 
During the paint drying period- we had a little too much fun getting out the streamers. But, luckily we had enough left over for the actual project. 
When the paint finally dried- I cut the poster board in half lengthwise- one for each of the kiddos. This make for a nice big space to attach the streamers. We flipped the board over and I help the boys apply a heaping strip of rubber cement along the bottom edge (or one of the longer edges- it became the bottom once we applied the glue). Note: I did this individually with each kid- because it takes a decent level of concentration and aide to get the streamers somewhat orderly.
