4th of July
Our 4th of JULY was AWESOME!!!
We hosted a neighborhood party at our house (well for a few blocks in our NH) and there was a GREAT turn-out! At one point I counted 50 people in our little front yard! ha ha- it was so fun and we met a lot of neighbors we hadn't introduced ourselves to before!
About a week before the party my friend, Tess, helped me pass out these invitations to the neighbors since she knew a lot more people than I did.
Tied up and ready to go they looked like this...
Once you untie the ribbon, the popsicle sticks make an American flag that give the details of the party.
I found the idea here, and painted the sticks white, white/blue...
...and red/blue and red.
Then I lined them all up to make their individual flags and used star stickers on the blue paint. After I added the party information they looked like this!:
Tie them all together with ribbon and you're good to go!
The kids LOVE to paint with me anytime I'm outside painting! I love watching the difference between them as they create things. Tyler is always very methodical and patient and makes sure that every last white space has been filled in on the paper-with minimal overlapping. Kylee like to paint the same spot over and over with different color paints until there's a hole in her paper from so much paint. She LOVES color and wants to use every color available. Tyler pretty much sticks to 2-3 colors on one page.
We had 2 grills going with BBQ chicken, burgers and hot dogs and everyone brought a side dish or dessert to share-yummy yummy food!!
Here are a couple fun and easy things I did to make our party really "pop"! (get it?...like fireworks go pop :)-ha ha I know I know)....
I made these quick and easy patriotic utensil holders with scrapbook paper and sticker stars from Michaels...
The kids thought these ring pop treats were fun! (idea from here)!
Fun, patriotic drink-idea found here! (I dipped the rim of the cup in lemon juice and then dipped the cup in the pop rocks. The drink is cranberry juice mixed with Fresca.)
Strawberry flags (strawberries dipped in white chocolate and then dipped in blue sugar crystals)
After dinner and a yummy cookie cake dessert...
...the kids were ready to do sparklers (or sprinklers if you talk to Kylee)
When it got dark enough to do fireworks I passed out firework watching treats (idea from here). Twizzlers for the adults...
...and the ring pops for the kids!
I LOOOOVVVVEEE fireworks!!!! And now that UT approved the kind that can actually go in the air, I have to say, we put on a pretty good show! (we may or may not have had some "fun" and/or homemade fireworks too...just sayin' next year you should probably come to Logan! :) )
And what party would be complete without the potato gun?!?! Bobby (and a few other men) happily provided the entertainment between sparklers at dusk and the fireworks at dark!
Can't wait till next 4th of July...you will come celebrate with us won't you?! :)
7 comments:
that is the best 4th of july party i've ever seen! you are so cute and creative and I love that you took on the task of putting it all together and inviting your neighbors over. wish i was brave enough to do that! it looks wonderful and i'm sure everyone loved it and had a wonderful time! I'm gonna steal some of these ideas for next year, my mom will LOVE them!! :)
So CUTE and FUN!!! Are we invited next year?!!
It turned out so cute Angela!! We have always gone to the cabin for the 4th, but starting next year we won't be able to so hopefully I can do something fun like this next year!!
no wonder so many people came because y'all are 100% the coolest people ever - Seriously, you're killing me with how many awesome things you do!!!
You are way too adorable for your own good. How long did it take you to make/put together all of that stuff!? Gees you put us all to shame ;) Good form. You're such a babe and your little family is so darling. Looks like it was a GREAT party!
Ang, that is so so cute. My heart broke a little bit to know that we missed. I am on the list for next year for sure.
Oh man, I am sooo far behind on reading your blog (and everyone else's). But I had to tell you how much I LOVE your 4th of July party. Aren't you just the cutest!! I hope someday that we live in a neighborhood where we can have block parties like this. Seriously, it's a real dream. You are so much fun, I wish I was in Logan. Thanks for all the good ideas. I hope to use them someday!
Also, thank you so much for validating my feelings on my last blog post. I felt kinda silly publishing it afterwards but your comment made me feel a lot better :) Can we be sisters?! I really want a sister like you!!
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