A Patriotic Flower Pot

Materials: An unglazed small or medium terra cotta flower pot; red white and blue tempera paint; small flat dishes; sponges; scissors; a small paint bush; paper towels.

Method: Paint the entire pot white and let it dry. You may need another coat to completely cover it. Cut the sponges into star shapes if possible or into small pieces. Place red and blue paints into flat dishes. Dip sponge into one color, blot on paper towel, then dab sponge lightly around the pot's surface. Repeat with the other color, letting some of the white pot show through. Plant with a red, white, or blue flower; even all three!

Say "Uncle", Uncle Sam, That Is - Playground Game

The child who is Uncle Sam stands in the middle of a playground with others lined up opposite him. The object is to get past him to the other side. Players lined up say, "Uncle Sam, can we cross your river dam?" He answers, "Yes you may, if you're wearing red today." Everyone wearing red tries to run past him. If he tags a child then he must help catch the next group of colors called until everyone is caught but one, the next Uncle Sam.

Pigella's Yankee Fruitle Doodle

Ingredients: strawberries, blueberries, vanilla yogurt or pudding, and a clear plastic cup.

Place one scoop of blueberries in the bottom of the cup. Next place 2 scoops of yogurt and one scoop of sliced strawberries in the cup. Top with another scoop of yogurt. Admire your red, white and blue creation as we celebrate the birth of our nation!

Miss Pennypack's Safe 4th of July

Play it smart on the fourth of July
Don't get any sparks in your eye.
Keep sparklers and fireworks away
You can still celebrate this day.
Decorate your bike, have a parade,
Enjoy a picnic, games and lemonade.

Fun Fingerplays - 5 Hungry Ants

FIVE hungry ants marching in a line
(march in a line)
They came to a picnic where they could dine
(stop marching)
They marched into the salad
(march)
They marched into the cake
(march)
They marched into the pepper
(march)
Uh oh, that was a mistake. AAAchooo!
(big sneeze)