A Star Spangled Fourth of July Celebration

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It's that time of year when you begin to plan your Fourth of July celebration, and you want to include the kids in the fun too, of course!

Check below for easy, budget-friendly ways to make the Fourth of July full of family fun!

Lisa Kothari is the founder and president of Peppers and Pollywogs, a kids' party planning company that provides parents with ideas, entertainers, and interesting web-based tools (customized rhymes and cards for your invitations!) to make kids' party planning easy.
Tip

Tasty Treats

Have a red, white, and blue taste test with the kids. Put out all sorts of foods and spices in a series of small dishes. Blindfold the kids and have the kids taste the foods and spices and guess what they are. Ideas for tasting include salt, ketchup, blueberries, strawberries, French salad dressing,... Read More

Decoration

4th of July Decorations

Instead of filling vases with flowers, fill them with blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. This is yummy and festive looking. Guests can scoop the berries out and add whipped cream for a truly red, white, and blue treat!Use different-shaped vases to hold dips and chips as well. These make gre... Read More

Activity

4th of July Activities

Have the kids make small US flags and place them into red, white, and blue sand pails that have sand filler at the bottom! Turn this decoration into a game. Divide the kids into two teams and have them run, grab a flag, and quickly walk back to the team line, where the next person must do the same.... Read More

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