Fourth of July Picnic Fun for Kids

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The Fourth of July is a great day to have a picnic.  Here are a few ideas to enhance your Independence Day fun and make your picnic kid-friendly:

1. Tell all children and adults to wear as much red, white and blue as they can.  You can even give a small American flag to the person wearing the most red, white, and blue.

2. Before your guests arrive, decorate the picnic area with red, white, and blue balloons and hang up a few American flags.  Red, white, and blue pinwheels make fun outdoor summer decorations, so stick a few in the ground around the picnic area.

3. When your guests arrive, using red, white & blue face paint and Q-tips, paint a shooting star on each guest’s cheek or shoulder.

4. Next, let all the children decorate a red, white, or blue foam sun visor for the Fourth of July.  Give each child a few foam star stickers to stick on his or her visor. If you have foam letter stickers, they can spell their names on their visors.

5. After everyone has eaten, let the children decorate cupcakes at the Fourth of July picnic. Give each child one cupcake and a spoonful of white icing to spread on his or her cupcake.  Then give each child a spoonful of star-shaped sprinkles to put on top of the frosting.

6. When the children are finished decorating their cupcakes, put a sparkler candle in an extra cupcake and light it.  Have the children sing the first verse of “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” while the candle flares.  At the end of the song, you can blow out the candle, and the children can eat their cupcakes.

These are just a few ideas to go along with the other fun activities you have planned for your Fourth of July picnic.  Enjoy!

June 29th, 2009 by Yolanda D. Young | Posted in Holiday Parties, Party Planning, Party Themes | (0)