4th of July Party {Bike Parade Decorating}
June 21, 2012 by Aimee • 17 Comments
The 4th of July is quickly approaching, a Bike and Scooter Decorating Party is a definite MUST and getting the details together is totally SIMPLE!
Set up a ‘Decorate Your Bike’ station for your kids and neighbor kids! They will have a blast decorating their bikes together for the 4th of July parade! Include red, white, and blue decorations, noise makers, tons of crepe paper, pom poms, bells, and lots of tape!
Set up spot on location with a great backdrop and lots of props for a fun, spontaneous, 4th of July photoshoot!
Slice watermelon in triangles and place a Popsicle stick in the stem with a cupcake liner below! Super cute and practical!
Make festive Cheesecake Tarts for your guests. No baking and made with just five simple ingredients.
Cut wide triangles out of any red, white and blue paper. Fold the triangle in half lengthwise, over the spokes until they meet perfectly. Attach the paper to the spokes with paperclips, tape, or staples….when the bike is in motion, it’s a wild blur of color.
Weave streamers or garland in and out of the spokes for a simple, but colorful patriotic bike decor.
Cut a hole in the bottom of an empty, open vegetable tin with the label removed using a hammer and nail. Attach one end of metallic streamers to a piece of duct tape and wrap tightly so the streamers stay together. Add a string to the top of the duct tape and pull it through the tin can. Tie a triple knot so the rope with streamers attached stays put. Attach the rope to string and the string to your child’s parade bicycle! Let your child decorate the tin with 4th of July stickers! Your child will love showing of his or her firecrackers throughout the 4th of July parade!
And my sweet B’s favorite part…picking up all the candy during and following the parade!!!
this is the cutest! how fun! i love all the 4th of july bikes! so dang cute!
I loooove the 4th! This all looks so great!
Oh my goodness, you are such a fun mom! This is so fun, my kids would love it! In our neighborhood we have a “lawnmower parade” on the 24th of July. Yeah, we’re classy like that!
I’ve never thought of having the kids decorate their bikes before. We’ll have to try it!
A lawnmower parade…that’s AWESOME! That is totally FUN! XO, Aimee
Those are amazing ideas! I wish I lived in your neighborhood.
What a darling celebration! We always have a 4th of July block party in our circle & the photo booth would be a fun addition! I’m going to consider it.
Warmly, Michelle
Love it! What great ideas! We have a bike parade (even though it’s like 112 degrees!) so I’ll have to use some of these ideas.
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Valerie- http://www.occasionallycrafty.blogspot.com
How fun!!! Love everything!!! Last year on vacation (we were gone for 4th) the place we were at basically shuts down and has a big parade, which turns in to a massive water fight! I wish we were going back this year and I would let my little boy decorate his bike and do the wagon for my little girl! Great ideas!!
How fun! I hope you’ll link this up to my Patriotic Project Parade.
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2012/06/patriotic-project-parade-linky-party.html
Very fun!
What a darling idea. I love old fashioned fun like this! Cute, simple ideas!
So many fun ideas! We will be at the beach for the 4th and now I have some perfect ideas of how to decorate the kids bikes for the parade! Thanks!
Trish
I love this idea! So much fun! Can I come to the party??? Thanks for linking up this week!
Stacey of Embracing Change
Thanks for the round-up of super cute ideas!
Love the photo station idea. How cool!
So cool! Featuring on Thursday at Bacon Time!