by Fern on November 12, 2009
If the title of this post describes how you feel right now, take a deep breath and sit down for a second. Hopefully you’ve got today off, but even if you don’t, the collection of 4th of July decorating ideas below are easy enough to accomplish before your party starts.
- I’m tempted to make these lawn stars in the grass out front of my apartment building. Think my landlord will mind? Pretty much everyone will already have the supplies needed on hand, and who doesn’t want stars all over their grass?!
- The Seattle Times has not 1, but 6 (!), decorating ideas for the Fourth that lean towards the “modern-spin on kitschy classics” look.
- This seems like a super-easy, super-quick way to add some patriotic cheer to otherwise boring chairs.
- Download this pinwheel pattern, print it out, follow the instructions, and repeat. Soon you’ll have plenty of wind-powered decorations for even the craft-challenged person’s balcony.
- Pop this Stars and Stripes Mandevilla into a pot with some blue lobelia and white petunias and you’ve got a pretty festive container to greet your guests at the front door.
Okay, jump up and get going!
If you’re one of those people that always has a list of to-do’s that you’ve ticked off in an organized fashion over the past week or so, then please leave your Martha Stewart-esque tips in the comments.
p.s. If decorating sounds like too much of a pain, you can come hang out on the Queen Mary in Long Beach with me. The fireworks show starts at 9pm.
