These painted firework prints are an easy patriotic craft the kids can make to be displayed in your home in time for the 4th of July holiday! A big thank you to our friends at Melissa & Doug for sponsoring today’s creative craft project! To make your own patriotic firework paintings, you will need: red and blue washable paint, paper, and cotton swabs.
We love the Melissa & Doug Washable Poster Paint because the colors are vibrant, the paints are a great consistency for early painters, and they are washable! My kids are also big fans of the Melissa & Doug Picture Frame Pad. They love how everything they draw or paint becomes an instant masterpiece with such fancy “frames”!
To begin, apply the poster paint straight from the bottle in circle patterns, as shown.
Invite your child over to create firework designs using a cotton swab. Once I showed the kids how to push the paint from the center of the circles out, they could not wait to get started and make some firework prints of their own!
I love how the paint swirls to make unique patterns. No two prints are exactly alike, and the kids had so much fun making these! Allow the paint to dry completely, then display proudly in your home for the 4th of July holiday!!
My kids ended up making several of these patriotic firework prints, and even mailed a few off to our soldier friends serving overseas.
Have fun!!
(Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Melissa & Doug. Don’t forget to download the Ultimate Rainy Day Activity eBook — it’s free! There are a ton of other kid-friendly crafts, activities, and creative play ideas on the Melissa & Doug blog, so be sure to check out their blog too! All opinions are my own. Disclosure policy here.)
