Do it yourself Fourth of July decorations can liven up your home, both inside and out, and help you to enjoy the organized festivities all the more. If you are having a party for the Independence Day festivities, you can make your home out to be a patriotic destination. If you are heading out to someone else's outdoor or indoor party, or to the outdoor organinized festivities and fireworks displays, you can bring some home-made decorations to liven up the party. So, grab your glue-gun, don some saftey gloves, gather the children and start making some easy decorations for the Fourth of July celebrations!

If you have the time and some spare money, a quick trip to the dollar store, a department store's crafts section, or even an arts and crafts store to purchase red, white and blue pieces of construction paper, the same coloured ribbons and bows, wooden paint stirrers, string and duct tape, as well as non-toxic, child-safe face-painting kits. Red, white and blue non-toxic, washable paints for glass and paper alike, as well as anything you see that would liven up the home for the occasion, like red, white and blue plastic and paper dinner plates and utensils, party hats and sparkles, and some of those sparkling wands that you light with a match, and anything else that stands out to help in decorating for your party or evening out.

For children's parties, you can make patriotic table cloths for the tables, with centre pieces and patriotic dinner settings made up of plastic and paper. Each place at the tables gets a red fork, white knife and blue spoon (or whichever variation you choose), a painted plastic cup, to look like fireworks, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, or even the Declaration of Independence. Place mats can be made from construction paper and crayons, and each place can be a person, place or thing related to Independence Day, the Revolution, or the Declaration of Independence. Paper plates should not be painted, but they could be bought in the patriotic colours. Paper hats can be made from construction paper, paint, childrens' safety glue and sparkles, making each one different. Yes, you could even have the movie "Independence Day", with Will Smith, on the DVD player for the children to watch after supper, while the adults are cleaning up and getting ready to go to the fireworks displays.

For the rooms, window and door frames, you can thread red, white and blue ribbons together, placing bows of alternating red, white and

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