One Nation under GOD!!

Our Fourth of July Unit:  it was so much fun teaching Kanani about Independence Day and why we celebrate it.  She enjoyed our arts and crafts for this unit.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD!!

                                       

LANTERNS

Set out some lanterns for Kanani to decorate and then we hung them on the chimney. 

TOILET PAPER ROLL DECOR

Set up a small station for Kanani to able to decorate her toilet paper rolls.  First she painted them then we hole punched the bottom to add fuzzy sticks and some beads.  These also got hung on the chimney.

RAINBOW RICE

We made some rainbow rice for sensory play.  It's always fun dyeing things.  We dyed them the colors of the flag, RED, WHITE, and BLUE.  Once the rice was dry I placed several things in the container representing the United States.  Some flags, star molds, a cupcake liner with fireworks, Presidents workbook, and some flash cards of the states in the United States.  Love how the rice looks all mixed together.

GLUE & SALT FUN

Had the kids draw a design on black paper with glue, then they sprinkled some salt on the glue.  Once they were done sprinkling the salt they shook the excessive salt off the paper.  Then they used a dropper and placed a couple drops on the glue and watched it spread.  

FIREWORKS IN A JAR

We made fireworks in a jar, which is always a lot of fun.  We placed 2/3 of water in the jar, then we set aside a cup of oil and put a couple of drops of food coloring in the oil.  The kids swirled the food coloring in the oil.  Once they mixed the colors in the oil then poured it slowly in the water.  Once it got poured in the water it spread in the water like fireworks.  

CUPCAKES AND SPARKLES

Love that I got a chance to spend this fourth of July with our nephews, it was our first fourth.

Tie-dye shirts

Tie-dye is always a lot of fun, especially with kids.  Best part was being able to do this activity with my nephews. 

GREAT DEAL

Went to Target and found some great deals on tie-dye kits

PREP SHIRTS

Excited to see how these turn out.  I pre-washed all the shirts and dried them before prepping them.  

TIE-DYE FUN

We soaked each shirt in water before dyeing them.

Putting gloves on so we don't get paint on our precious hands.

Each one picked their colors to dye their shirts.  

Once we finished we placed them in plastic bags (Wal-Mart bags), and left them in there till the next day.  Then we took the shirts out of the bags and rinsed them out with cold water and hung them out to air dry.

OUR TURN OUT

Love how our shirts turned out, wish I would of gotten some pics of my mom's and nephews shirts.