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4th of July Decorations 

Tabletop tips for a festive holiday


Dress up your 4th of July table!

  • Use red and blue bandanas for napkins.

  • Heap strawberries and blueberries into white bowls.

  • Make a bouquet of small American flags instead of flowers.


  • For a patriotic-themed centerpiece, arrange red and white mini-carnations in a white or glass vase. Accent the arrangement with "fireworks" curlicues of shiny blue curling ribbons fastened to wooden skewers or florist picks.

  • Cover the table with a white paper or plastic tablecloth.  Let the kids decorate it with red and blue star stickers. 

  • Let the kids make a long red, white and blue paper cain to drape between trees, along a fence or at the edge of a deck railing. To vary the effect:


    • Use decorative-edge scissors to cut the paper strips

    • Decorate strips with stickers or shaped paper punches

    • Write a message on each strip (e.g., peace, independence, freedom, liberty) before fastening it into a link.

    • Use wrapping paper, magazine pages or chenile stems (pipe cleaners) for some of the links