Category Archives: 4th of July

Red, White and Blue Bead Earrings

I am joining my crafty friends to create patriotic crafts this month so I decided to make some festive red, white and blue bead earrings! The good thing is that they are cute enough that they can be worn anytime of the year. These were super easy to make and you could do any combination of colors but this Creative Crafts is the Patriotic Edition!

Materials used:

  • Beads of red, white and blue. (They can be any type of beads.)
  • Head Pins (6)
  • Jump Rings (2)
  • Fish Hook Findings (2)
  • Jewelry Making Tools (I used Needle Nose Pliers, Round Nose Pliers)

How I made them:

First, I started by separating my beads and placing them on the head pins in the order that I wanted them.

Using my round nose pliers, I created a loop.

Using my needle nose pliers, I wrapped the remaining wire around the head pin so that it would be secure.

I made four the the head pins about the same size and two of them I left longer so that they would hang at a different length.

With my needle nose pliers, I opened the jump ring and placed the head pins and the fish hook. Using two sets of needle nose pliers, I closed the jump ring.

I love how they turned out and they will be super cute to wear on the 4th of July!

Be sure to check out other creative Patriot projects by clicking the button below!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Simple USA Banner

Craft Lightning is here and the theme this time is Patriotic! I’ve created this super simple USA banner that can be left as is or it can be jazzed up with whatever decorations you’d like!

Materials:

  • Kunin Felt: Red, White and Blue
  • Scissors
  • A wooden dowel
  • Ribbon
  • Hot Glue Gun and Hot Glue Stick

How I made it:

With a 9″ x 12″ piece of blue felt, fold it over a wooden dowel and glue it done on the ends.

Using scissors, cut the letters USA from the red and white felt. Glue them in place on the front of the banner.

Tie a piece of ribbon to the dowel on each side of the banner.

Now it’s ready to hang up! You can hang it on the wall or on your front door!

I hope you like this super simple USA banner.

You can see other Craft Lightning Patriotic projects by clicking on the image below!

Until next time……

Patriotic Hoop Art

Happy 4th of July to everyone!  I hope that everyone is having a great time celebrating the birth of our country!  To help celebrate and decorate for the 4th, I made these Patriotic Hoops!  

Materials needed:

  • 9” x 12” craft cut of Kunin Classicfelt™ Royal Blue, Red, and White
  • 8 inch Embroidery Hoops
  • Felt Glue
  • Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Sizzix/Ellison Die Cutting Machine and Cutting Pads
  • Laura Kelly’s Lemonade Capital Alphabet Die
  • Cutting Mat, Rotary Cutter, Ruler
  • Star Stickers

How to Make it:

  1.  Take the embroidery hoop apart, place a sheet of felt in the hoop and replace the top hoop.
  2. Cut the excess felt from the back.  
  3. Cut strips of felt (1″x12″ for the USA Stars and Stripes and .25″x12″ for the God Bless The USA hoop).
  4. Glue the strips to the back of the hoop and cut the excess from the top.
  5. For the stars on the USA hoop, I used stickers as patterns.  I placed the stickers on the white felt and then cut around them.
  6. Using the Sizzix/Ellison Die Cutting Machine, the cutting pads and the alphabet die, I cut all of the letters needed.
  7. Glue the letters down using felt glue.

I hope you like these Patriotic Hoop Art pieces!  They are so festive and are perfect for the 4th of July!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

Until next time….