We’ve been having a great time at our house since school got out a couple of weeks ago. We’ve spent a lot of time going for walks, riding scooters, playing in the sprinklers, playing with cousins, spending time with extended family, and all that kind of thing, and we’re only a couple of weeks into it. I kind of hope it slows down a little bit. But if not, you’ll know where I am when I’m not posting here on The Happy Scraps! How is your summer going so far?
I finished these fun 4 x 4 firecrackers last night. Aren’t they fun?! I came up with this idea to make gigantic firecrackers, to put on my front porch, about a month ago, and then a couple of weeks ago we finally headed to The Home Depot to get some wood. I didn’t want to mess up so I made sure to take my husband with me. 🙂 We got our 4 x 4 and asked the store employee to cut it for us. They were originally going to be taller, but there was a mix up with the cutting, so we ended up with these, and boy am I glad, if they would have been any bigger, it would have been too big. As they are now, the large one is 3 ft tall, medium one is 2 1/2 ft, and the small one is 2 ft tall {that is just the wood measurements}.
After we got the wood home, I sanded all the edges and the ends really well to make it as smooth as possible, and then I painted them each a different color. I thought I’d use a brighter blue color, but when it came down to painting, I didn’t want to go buy more paint, so I used the paint I had on hand. It’s the same paint I used for my front door star, so it matches. 🙂
I think the tops have got to be my very favorite part of these firecrackers! I drilled some small holes, and put a dab of glue on each hole and put my wire in and let it dry. After it was dry, I curled my wires.
As an after thought I added a small strip of washi tape to the top and bottom of each firecracker.
While these are more basic than I imagined, I do love how they turned out!
After I got them done, I realized that my front porch isn’t exactly decor friendly when it comes to having something sit on it, plus I’m afraid what the neighborhood cats might do to these, so I put them in the house right by the front door. Now I just need to keep the two year old from playing with them! 🙂
Do you have your 4th of July decor up yet? I have my front door star up and these. I’m not even sure where the rest of my decor is, so I’m going to have to find it all.

How cute! Love the fireworks. I don’t usually do 4th of July decor, but this would be a fun touch without doing too much.
Melissa
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These are fabulous! I would love for you to share them at Snips & Spice Sunday Slice this week.
Malory
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Those look so cute!
So cute and festive! I think they are the perfect decoration for the holiday. Thanks for sharing, and Thanks for linking up to Point of View! Hope you’ll join us again next month!
Jonie