Fireworks Shirts

Paper plates, 'octopus' pipe cleaners, glitter fabric paint.

This worked better if you pressed each 'leg' into the paint.

Emma's creative name combo.

Newspaper underneath and inside the shirts.

Jackson had fun doing his, but soon lost interest in favor of the pool.

Plan to get very messy.

Our colorful remnants.

The finished product!

I saw this craft in a video on a family activity website, and thought it would be fun to try. With nice summer weather, I don't mind getting messy outside! Emma and I had fun trying to piece together everyone's names from one package of furry letters. Patrick was totally into the pool, and Jackson had fun with his shirt for awhile, then hit the water. Emma and I took turns supervising the water play and painting. We even made one for Jason--and Emma made him promise to wear it on the 4th!