Hang red, white and blue streamers.
Wear the flag colors on the 4th.
Red, white and blue napkins and plates.
Hang a map of the United States.
Get a patriotic paper tablecloth.
Make a hot dog stand out of a cardboard box. Decorate with small flags.
Flag Art:
Obtain a large piece of white butcher paper. You will also need blue paper, red and white paint and star shaped sponges. Have the children glue on the blue square to the upper left hand side of the paper. You will then have them use the star shaped sponges in the white paint to make the stars. Then, use the red paint to paint each child's hands and then make the red stripes of the flag with their hand prints.
Variation I: Use silver star stickers instead of sponge painting. Variation II: Use smaller pieces of paper and have each child do their own using their fingerprints to make the red stripes. Variation III: Paint the lines red instead of using hand prints.
Star Art:
Cut out star shaped for the children and have them decorate the shapes with markers, crayons, pens, paint, glitter, torn paper or create your own ideas with materials you have.
Paper Plate Streamers:
Each child will need red and blue crayons or markers, two paper plates, red and blue streamers and tape. Cut out the center of both paper plates. Have the children decorate the top of one paper plate and the bottom of the other with the crayons or markers. Then on the side of one plate that is not decorated have them tape on many streamers. Place the other plate on top of the first so that the two decorated sides are on the outside and the streamers are on the inside. Tape closed. Have the children dance with their streamer plates.