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Have a 4th of July Parade
Have children decorate tricycles, bicycles, wagons, and other pulling toys for a parade. Here are some fun decorating ideas:

• weave red, white, blue crepe paper through wheel spokes
• tie red, white, and blue balloons, streamers, or ribbons to handlebars

• make a wagon float
• tie tin cans and tin pie plates to the back of wagons and tricycles to make lots of noise
  
  

Note: Make sure that decorations are attached to vehicles in such a way that they do cause a hazard.

Children who do not have a vehicle can march in the parade. Let them make batons to twirl as they march. To make the batons, decorate a paper towel tube with red, white, and blue stars and glitter. Add a large red, white, or blue star made from cardstock to each end of the tube. Glue red, white, and blue streamers to the stars.