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Today the kids and I

got ready to celebrate

the 4th of July.

Not being a citizen does not mean

that I do not celebrate the holiday,

it means I do it twice!

I saw a while ago this post

http://www.howdoesshe.com/cheap-home-decor

and I did not get it....

I know, so slow.

Somehow today, I read it again,

and it totally made sense:

making flag out of 2 x4 is a great idea!

and I have plenty on hand!

While the kids decided on the paper,

I did some cutting and sanding.

With one 2 x 4, we did 3 flags.

We used less than half of a sheet of paper in each color.

So a very economical project.

Miss C. did a good job with the gluing,

mod podge is really great!

and after some more sanding,

I wrote the message

(less fancy than in the directions!)

and we glued some stars.

We did not have any ribbon,

but we have plenty of fabric,

some I cut some fabric on the bias

to wrap it all up.

Tomorrow, we will give the 2 extra ones

to some friends!

Happy crafting!