Happy Birthday America!
We headed to Lake Erie to my parents home for the holiday. I had at least three outfits for Olivia to wear for the weekend that were patriotic. Isaac on the other hand had one thing to wear that was red, white and blue. Much to my surprise my mom had a craft that would not only keep them busy, but also double as a cute holiday shirt for the cousins to sport throughout the holiday weekend.
The t-shirts came from Walmart. Nothing special just cheap white t-shirts. Mom had pre-cut the stars. I have a stampin up punch that could whip it out in a punch, but note that if you try to duplicate that each kid needs their own. Next we painted their hands with blue paint and placed the pre-cut star on the shirt. We had the kids press their hands down and told them to aim for the star in the middle of their palms. They all did a nice job. Then it was time for the stripes. We waited a bit for their handprint to dry then just took masking tape and made lines. No measuring, just eye-balling. (Is that a technical term or what!) After they painted on their stripes we pulled off the tape and above is the final project.
Mom and I laughed that we thought we were 4-H leaders all over again. Working on projects the week before judging. The kids really did a nice job and were super proud of their work. As you'll see in the next post, they wore them most of weekend as each was super proud of their shirt. Happy birthday America!
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