INSIDE: Fireworks Sticky Wall craft is a fun and easy sticky wall activity for toddlers and preschoolers for Fourth of July or New Year’s.
Putting Up Your Fireworks Sticky Wall Craft
Grab 4 sheets if black construction paper and use painters tape to secure it to your wall in a square. Next use the steps below to set up your sticky wall on top of the black construction paper.
Contact paper has one side that is very very sticky, so unrolling it and taping it to a wall can be a little tricky. Here’s how I do it:
Step 1
Stick the sticky wall up on the wall using small rolled up pieces of tape in the four corners. Make sure the paper backing side is facing out.
Step 2
Peel the paper backing off to expose one small corner of the sticky paper. Continue peeling the paper backing off until one side is exposed. Tape that side down fully using Painter’s tape. This will ensure that it doesn’t fall down as your child is playing.
Step 3
Slowing peel back the remaining paper backing and tape down the other side.
Step 4 (optional)
Remove the small rolled up pieces of tape from underneath the sticky wall. These rolled up pieces were just there to help you get the sticky wall set up and can be removed once your sticky wall fully up. But if you don’t mind them there you don’t have to remove them.
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Next, grab your colorful cupcake liners and scissors. Flip them inside out and and flatten them. Invite your little one to use a pair of scissors to cut all along the outside edge of the circle to turn the cupcake liner into a fireworks burst.
Next stick the cupcake liner fireworks up on the night sky sticky wall.
Supplies
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- Colorful cupcake liners
- Black construction paper
- Contact paper
- Scissors
- Masking tape
Age Suitability
This activity is good for kids 2.5 years and up. My kids are 3.5, 3.5, and 7.5 year old.
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