subject: 3 Summer Holiday Decorations Your Kids Will Enjoy As Much As You [print this page] The summer holidays are landmarks in a child's life. Even though the warm weather, fun and freedom gives summer a truly special feel, enhancing your kids summer experience with great summer holiday decorations will enhance their creativity, give them opportunities to spend quality time and gives them great memories.
Decorative Pinwheels-
These lively summertime decorations are sure to brighten up your yard. Making your own pinwheels is a simple craft that even young children can enjoy. Alternatively, you can let your kids choose their favorites from a home and garden supplier. Place the pinwheels along the edges of flower beds or around the yard. Experiment together to find the placement that best catches the wind.
Birdhouses-
A wooden birdhouse to build or paint is a great summer craft to share and enjoy. Buy and assemble a birdhouse craft kit or, for a quicker craft, simply purchase a finished but unpainted wooden birdhouse. Let your kids each paint one birdhouse with their favorite patterns or colors. Older kids may want to paint their birdhouses with a theme to create a "bird castle," a rocket or a tiny house with windows and a picket fence painted on. They can create birdhouses for the Fourth of July, painted like their favorite sports team or even for birthdays to create summertime decorations that are truly memorable.
Barbecue Decorations-
Backyard cookouts can provide some of the most lasting summertime memories. Make the kids part of the process by having them decorate the yard when doing up a family or neighborhood barbecue as they'll have not only a great time decorating but a great time at the barbecue too.
A tiki party is one easy theme. Buy tiki torches and let your kids help plant them along a walkway. Cut out and decorate tiki masks as a favor for your guests' children. If you've got time, you can even create paper-mache tiki faces to decorate with. Cover a big box or bucket in layers of paper-mache mixture, molding noses other facial features as you go. After the face is dried, use paint to decorate it.
Another theme is a Chinese dragon festival. Use paper lanterns, dragon masks and a bucket of store-bought fortune cookies. Kids may also enjoy creating flags for a Fourth of July party, flower necklaces (leis) for a Hawaiian luau or even whimsical decorations like paper trees and tiny polystyrene snowmen for a Christmas in June theme. All it takes is a little out-of-the-box thinking, a little time and some inexpensive supplies and your kids can make summer holiday decorations that are not only fun, but will be memorable forever.
by: Evelyn Oakley
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