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Popsicle Stick Vases – 4th of July Craft for Kids

Since it’s summer, I guess I’ve got kid crafts on the brain.  I wanted to do some kind of 4th of July craft with the kids, and I came up with these red and blue popsicle stick vases.  You can use them as vases for cut flowers or fill them with dirt and have the kids plant something.  You could even use them as utensil holders for your 4th of July party!

Popsicle Stick Vases - Fun 4th of July craft for the kids!  Use them to hold cut flowers or as utencil holders at your 4th of July party.

Now honestly, this is probably a craft that’s better for a kid with a good attention span.  My almost five year old got a little bored with it.  She finished with a little help from mom though.

Popsicle Stick Vases - Fun 4th of July craft for the kids!  Use them to hold cut flowers or as utencil holders at your 4th of July party.

Supplies:

  • can
  • popsicle sticks
  • red and blue paint dab markers or paint
  • glue dots
  • twine

We used these paint dab markers and craft sticks that we got from craftprojectideas.com. (We received the supplies for free, all opinions are my own.)

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I liked using the markers because they created less mess and dried really fast.  You could probably also use paint or buy popsicle sticks that are already colored.

Paint Dab Markers

Time to craft!

Paint the front and sides of your popsicle sticks.  If you’re using the paint dab markers, make sure to tell the kids to dab them rather than drag so the markers don’t get ruined.

Popsicle Stick Vases - Fun 4th of July craft for the kids!  Use them to hold cut flowers or as utencil holders at your 4th of July party.

We tried school glue for this part, but it took way too long to dry and just dripped all over.  We used glue dots instead, which were actually kind of fun for the kids.  Like really sticky stickers.  Put one glue dot on each end of the back of the sticks.

Popsicle Stick Vases - Fun 4th of July craft for the kids!  Use them to hold cut flowers or as utencil holders at your 4th of July party.

Press them onto the can making a red-blue pattern.  If you run out of room and have two of the same color next to each other, that’s fine.  Just make that side is the back.

Popsicle Stick Vases - Fun 4th of July craft for the kids!  Use them to hold cut flowers or as utencil holders at your 4th of July party.

Wrap and tie some twine around the middle.

Popsicle Stick Vases - Fun 4th of July craft for the kids!  Use them to hold cut flowers or as utencil holders at your 4th of July party.

And you’re done!

Popsicle Stick Vases - Fun 4th of July craft for the kids!  Use them to hold cut flowers or as utencil holders at your 4th of July party.

Popsicle Stick Vases - Fun 4th of July craft for the kids!  Use them to hold cut flowers or as utencil holders at your 4th of July party.

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Penny Richards

Saturday 27th of August 2022

Thank you for such clear directions. I'm going to use this with a first grade class!

Bookluvr Mindy

Friday 20th of June 2014

Super cute! :)

Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts

Thursday 26th of June 2014

Thanks, Mindy! :)

Kristy gd

Friday 20th of June 2014

Ok, these are great! They look gorgeous, and to be honest, I would use them myself. Now... lets see if I have the attention span to finish one. ;) Oh look, a squirrel!

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