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Hi Friends and Happy Memorial Day!

We have a Memorial Day fireworks craft using potato flakes! If you're celebrating/entertaining and need an activity for little guests, this is an EASY, almost mess-free, activity. So, join us in some Memorial Day fun! It’s all below.

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What You'll Need

Heavy Weight Construction Paper or Banner Paper
Pens, Markers, or Colored Pencils
Potato Flakes
Red & Blue Food Dye
Glue
Disposable Cups
Plastic Spoons
optional: Cookie Trays (to contain possible spills), Gel Pens or Other Writing Utensils,

The Steps

Naomi and I used a similar method as with the Granite Easter Eggs, but with slight differences. This craft can easily be switched up, making stars, fireworks, and flags. Make as many as you’d like (they don’t take long to dry) and put them out around your home/location, hang them off of branches, or create a banner.

Back in April, when I first tried out the flakes and food dye mixture, I had grabbed the red and blue, trying to create purple. It didn’t work out, BUT I discovered this mix! I knew then, that it would be a fun way to create fireworks.

Decide about where you’d like to have your written message and do that now or leave space for it later.We wrote ours message later and started with the flakes.
Fill each cup with 1/4 cup flakes and 10-20 drops of each color per cup(depending on how dark you'd like it).
Mix with spoon thoroughly: this is where it differs from the Granite Easter Eggs craft. Mixing with the spoon leaves darker flecks of color, but requires a bit more dye. Add more if necessary.

4. Next, design your Fireworks with your glue on the paper. Make different sizes or squiggly lines. This is where you can make stars, flags or a combo of all.

Optional: using a cookie pan under your paper will help catch any flakes that spill.

5. Sprinkle on some flakes, tilt the paper in different angles to cover all the glue, and then carefully pour them back into the cup. Repeat if necessary. You can also add more dye to the cups to darken the flakes. Add those darker flakes in different areas or on top of your other work.