Holiday Craft : Coffee Filter Streamers

Creating streamers for the 4th of July was the last thing on Henry's mind.

I tried for many days and many approaches to create these.

Sometimes I just don't win.

Okay, a lot of times.

Then, I saw a post that linked up at It's Playtime! from Adventures of the Smith Family. 

Spin Art Patriotic Garland!

With a spinner on hand and yet to try spin art.

This is my opportunity to entice Henry.

During another afternoon of digging outside with his backhoe, 

I brought the salad spinner outside.

[Does anyone else's salad spinner have holes in the outside tub? I found this odd...]

Along with some watered down red and blue paint, spoons and coffee filters, 

I enticed Henry to come check it out.

Drip a little paint of each color onto the coffee filter.

Spin. Spin. Spin!

[Or, you can drip one color, spin, and then drip the other color and spin.]

Check out those creations!

Henry was in complete awe of them.

I could have left them alone... very beautiful art!

Instead... we made streamers!

After letting the coffee filters dry for a little bit, I cut them in swirls.

I asked Henry to grab me four sticks that were still floating around in his sandbox after we created the Tin Can Forest. He grabbed me four. No questions asked. [Very proud mom.]

I tied the cut coffee filters onto each stick.

[Though looking back, I should have used yarn to tie them on.]

Hand over to your preschooler,
and you have super safe sparklers for the 4th of July!

Otherwise known as streamers.

More 4th of July crafts made with coffee filters:

1. Super simple coffee filter fireworks found at No Time For Flash Cards.
2. A red, white & blue coffee filter bunting for your porch, the tutorial is at Katydid and Kid.
3. Crafts by Amanda makes patriotic coffee filter flowers.
4. Little Wonders Days' made a pop rocket with a coffee filter and toilet paper tube!

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Henry is 3 years. George is 10 months.
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