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4th Of July Patriotic Stars Thumbprint Craft

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Celebrate the Independence Day with this  4th of July Thumbprint Craft. These stars made in red, white, and blue make for a great patriotic art activity! This craft is a part of the Thumbprint Art series which are great fine motor crafts for preschool and kindergartners.

3 stars outline with red and blue painted fingerprints

Materials Needed for the 4th of July Day Thumbprint Craft:

  • 4th Of July Stars Template (download below!)
  • White cardstock
  • Scissors
  • Masking tape/painters tape
  • Red paint, Blue paint

Getting the 4th of July Thumbprint Craft Ready:

To get this craft ready, you’ll need to print the template onto cardstock. Next, cut out the stars, making sure to cut outside of the black line. This will help the students see the shape outline as the make their thumbprints.

Your students are sure to LOVE this 4th of July Patriotic Stars thumbprint craft.
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Get the paint ready for the kids to use by putting it out onto a plate or something the can press their thumb onto. This time we used empty recycled cartons.

It also helps to get the tape ready by rolling it into pieces, ready to use to stick the letters and heart down. For this craft, they will need many small, rolled, pieces of tape. Masking tape (painters tape) works best for this. The regular clear tape could tear the background paper.

Red, white, and blue abounds with this easy 4th of July Patriotic Stars thumbprint craft.

Doing the 4th of July Thumbprint Craft:

The students will start by taping the star pieces down onto the paper.  It is best to use a piece of rolled tape on each point of the star so that no edges are sticking up for the paint to get under.

Next, choose red or blue, and begin making thumbprints all around the edges of the stars.  Be sure to fill in the gaps with more thumbprints.

Hone your student's fine motor skills with this fun 4th of July Patriotic Stars thumbprint craft
Continue making thumbprints around each star. You can switch to red or blue (whichever you didn’t use yet) if you’d like. Next, begin making more and more thumbprints going away from the stars.
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Make this 4th of July Patriotic Stars thumbprint craft year after year with your students.
 
Continue to make more thumbprints all around the rest of the page. You can overlap thumbprints if you’d like. When you get to the corners, it helps to hold the paper down so it doesn’t lift while you make your prints.

To get this freebie, use the ‘click here to download’ button at the bottom of this page.

Discuss shapes, colors, and all things America when you create this 4th of July Patriotic Stars thumbprint craft with your students.
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After the stars are outlined with thumbprints and there are prints all around the paper, let the paint dry.

After the paint dries, slowly pull up each star to reveal your star shapes!

Now you have some festive and patriotic art to celebrate the 4th of July! Isn’t it pretty?!

Click the picture below to download. You will immediately be redirected to the freebie.


I hope that you and your students enjoy this 4th of July Patriotic Stars Thumbprint Craft!

Filed Under: Patriotic Tagged With: First Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K, Preschool

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23 Comments

  1. Kimberly Byram

    June 25, 2022 at 8:54 am

    I can not get then stars to print to download ?!

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    • Jennifer Hamilton

      June 26, 2022 at 4:23 am

      Hi Kimberly, did you click on the download button? Once you click on that and put your email address the download will be sent to your email. Be sure to check your spam and others folders in case the email is send to one of those folders. Hope you enjoy this activity.

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  2. Mary

    June 26, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    Hey i am clicking on “download this file” and it does not redirect me to the page that asks for my e-mail address. Can you please send it to my e-mail?

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    • Jennifer Hamilton

      June 27, 2022 at 4:31 am

      Hi Mary, thank you for letting us know. We will get this fixed right away. In the meantime, you can email us at hello @ adabofgluewilldo dot com so we can send you the download. Have a great day.

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