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Quick 4th of July Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers

July 1, 2015 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: This 4th of July craft is all about stamping fireworks onto paper. Simply cut a sponge into shapes that resemble fireworks and invite your children to have fun stamping!

This week is Red, White, and Blue Camp and my daughter, Rachel, put together this fun idea.

Toddlers and preschoolers love to stamp with various objects and paint. We’ve used empty spools,  sea sponges, and bubble wrap, just to name a few.

So, when she cut kitchen sponges into sparkler shapes, the children couldn’t wait to get started.

Such an easy way to make fireworks on paper!

4th of July craft

Quick 4th of July Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers

What you will need:

Kitchen sponge

Tempera paint, blue and red

Paper

Setting up this activity:

Cut shapes into your sponges so they look like fireworks shapes.

Pour red, white, and blue paint into separate containers and add a sponge in each one.

Quick 4th of July Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Place paper, paint, and sponges on a table and invite your children to use their hands to transfer the sponges to the paper, stamping paint onto them.

Quick 4th of July Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Dip the sponge into the paint and then onto the paper.

Quick 4th of July Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers

This 4th of July craft is great for working those fine motor skills. See how the hand has to hold the sponge while moving it?

Quick 4th of July Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers

So simple and yet so fun!

Quick 4th of July Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Quick 4th of July Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Quick 4th of July Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers


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Filed Under: Art, preschool, summer activities, Toddlers Tagged With: 4th of July, art, preschool, summer, toddlers

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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