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Happy Birthday America!
Hey Everyone! Summer is here...finally! Time
for FUN!!
Below you will find several ideas to keep away the boredom
that somehow creeps into the hot, lazy days of
summer....ENJOY!
Uncle Sam Decorations
Materials:
red, white, and blue construction paper
red, white, and blue tempera paint, markers or crayons and glue,
cotton and a paper cup
Directions:
1. Turn a paper cup upside down. On the bottom half of
the cup, draw Uncle
Sam's face. Use cotton to make a beard; glue onto face. You
may also use the
cotton to make hair and eyebrows.
2. Using a six-inch square of white construction paper, cut
out a circle. Cut
out a circle in the middle of the larger circle, big enough
to fit around the
paper cup just above Uncle Sam's face-this is the brim of the
hat, the
remaining top half of the cup is the hat itself.
3. Color the brim of the hat red, white and blue.
4. Paint the hat portion red, white and blue. or you may cut
red, white and
blue stripes from the construction paper to glue around the
cup.
The Uncle Sam decorations will look cute on your holiday table
and add that
personal touch! :)
Tin-Punch Art
In America, the art of decorating tinware goes back to Colonial
times.
Records show that Paul Revere himself advertised tinware in
1785, although it
wasn't until about 1830 that punched and pierced tinplate came
into fashion.
Household pieces were made primarily in New England, Pennsylvania,
and
Ohio, and included cheese molds, nutmeg graters, deed boxes,
salt shakers,
bed warmers, strainers, and pie cupboards.
Crafts people cut the tin pieces to shape and then embossed
a pattern on the
inside by gently striking a punch so a depression formed. These
pieces are
sometimes referred to as "punch ware". When making items, the
craftspeople
poked holes or cut slits in the metal to allow light or heat
through-hence the
term "pierced ware".
Tinfoil Pierced Wall Hangings
Materials:
corrugated cardboard, drawing paper, tinfoil and pencils
Directions:
1. Sketch a motif on drawing paper.
2. Wrap tinfoil around cardboard.
3. Place the drawing on the tinfoil.
4. Using a sharp pencil, poke holes around the outline of your
motif.
5. Display.
Tin-Punch Decorative Tiles
Materials:
embossing tin or light-weight tin, drawing paper, pencils,
masking tape, corrugated cardboard
Directions
1. Draw a motif on drawing paper.
2. Place drawing paper on top of the tin; place the tin over
the cardboard.
3. Tape the three layers together.
4. Using a sharp pencil, punch lightly along the outline of
the
motif so the design appears as a series of raised dots.
5. Untape the layers and display.
Pierced-Tin Candle Shade
Materials:
aluminum cans, water, can opener, lager nails, hammers,
cloth towels, and a freezer
Directions:
1. Remove the lid from each can.
2. Fill the can with water and place in the freezer overnight.
3. Place the can in a towel. Using a large nail and a hammer,
pierce a design through the aluminum.
This step goes most smoothly when children work on a carpeted
floor or
outside in the grass.
4. Allow the ice to melt, give each child a candle to place
inside the empty can.
 
Originally a contest was held to come up with a design for the
White House.
Imagine you are going to enter the contest.
Create your own original design for the White House.
Fireworks are a symbol of the 4th of July across America.
Make a crayon resist of the Statue of Liberty (or any other
American monument of your choice) with fireworks in the background.
Materials:
crayons (silver and fluorescent will work best), large
sheet of
white construction paper, dark blue watercolor paint,
paintbrush
Directions:
1. Draw a picture of the Statue of Liberty with a silver
crayon.
2. Paint lightly over the entire picture with the watercolor
paint.
3. Allow the picture to dry overnight.
4. Display proudly!!
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