We are busy around here preparing for the BIG day! I will again have everyone for breakfast before the parade starts. Here is what I am working on for the tables.
The container is a cardboard Uncle Sam hat from the party store filled with hydrangeas and patriotic pinwheels. If you would like some patriotic pinwheels to help decorate for your Fourth of July celebrations you may download them here.
Print template on card-stock, cut out, fold tips to center and fasten with a long pin through black dots. The pinwheels can be attached to a pencil by pushing the pin into the pencil eraser. I needed a longer stick so I placed a cap pencil eraser on a 5/16" dowel rod that I painted blue. I found they really spin well if you add a pony bead for spacing. A star cut out would be a nice touch on the front where the pin is placed.
now back to working on the float....
If you are looking for more Fourth of July ideas, you might be interested in:
Free Uncle Sam Hat Party Favor Download
Free Customizable Rocket Party Favor Download
more Fourth of July Ideas!
Updating...
[...] Make a Patriotic Pinwheel: One of my favorite craft blogs Skip to My Lou has a fun pinwheel project. It comes with three free templates ready to print. (expected cost for paper and ink used, under $1) [...]
I can’t wait to see the float!
A float? Wow! The pinwheels are cute! I need to do a little downloading, here!
What a great centerpiece!
I may just make one (lots) of those… Fun.
This centerpiece is gorgeous!!
Thanks for sharing ANOTHER great idea
Happy 4th
[...] points out an easy project for kid-friendly patriotic fun. Just print, cut, fold and fasten – Patriotic pinwheels [via [...]
[...] points out an easy project for kid-friendly patriotic fun. Just print, cut, fold and fasten – Patriotic pinwheels [via [...]
[...] envison a whole row of these patriotic pinwheels in a front garden. Suspended on regular pencils with a pencil eraser, these pinwheels are a snap to [...]
[...] Free Patriotic Pinwheel Download [...]
[...] Red, White, and Blue Pinwheel by Skip to my Lou [...]
thanks for sharing. my boys saw the pinwheels and started begging for me to make one
[...] anche su Frugal Living e Family Crafts; – Girandole patriottiche (per il 4 Luglio statunitense) su Skip to my Lou, con tanto di template small, medium e large; – Girandole super vintage su The Toy Maker; – [...]
[...] Patriotic Pinwheels :: Skip to My Lou [...]
Love it! Thank you!
[...] to My Lou has the Patriotic Pinwheels printable and an Uncle Sam Hat Party Favor [...]
This is the most brilliant site I have ever seen!
Thanks for sharing all these wonderful ideas!
[...] Add some pizzazz to your table with these starry tabletop runners and napkin ties. Dress up your walls, doorways, gates – whatever! – with this red white and blue star garland. Make a gorgeous centerpiece with red and white flowers of any kind, gussied up with patriotic pinwheels. Download a great pattern here. [...]
Thanks for the great idea. This is super cute. I featured it on theRedPolkaDot. Have a great 4th!
[...] when the breezes blow and the kids love to run around in the yard adding their own breeze. The Skip to my Lou blog has some creative ideas for pinwheels as well as links to other free [...]
[...] Click HERE for 4th of July pinwheels directions. [...]
[...] patriottiche (per il 4 Luglio statunitense) su Skip to my Lou, con tanto di template small, medium e [...]