4th of July
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Showing posts with label 4th of July. Show all posts
Monday, June 27, 2011

We're Patriotic * 4th of July Windsocks

Today I am feeling very crafty! And because of this, I decided to get my kids into the craze and make some tin can windsocks!!! YAY!!! First you'll need several sizes of clean, label-free tin cans. The bigger the better I say, but any size will work.   You'll also need: some twine Red and White Ribbon Blue Spray paint White star stickers Glue The little guy helped a lot with this project. He took it upon himself to punch the holes on the tops of the cans. I marked where the two holes would go and he took a nail and hammer from his OWN toolbox and punched the holes. Meanwhile, out at the paint station... I took the cans that had the holes already and spray painted them blue. The key to the spray painting of anything is to give it several light coats so as not to have drips. While the cans were drying I went inside to the nice cool dining room (it's frikin' 100 degrees today!!!) and cut out the ribbon. I just used what we had on hand. I bought nothing. So I cut 18 i...

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