updated 5/11/2024
It’s almost time to celebrate America’s birthday with sparklers, fireworks, and parades! These DIY Fourth of July wands are the perfect way for your little firecrackers to channel their excitement. They’re easy to make and guaranteed to spark endless shaking and cheering during the parade and fireworks.

My littlest one could not quit shaking them long enough for me to get a decent shot of her.
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Supplies for 4th of July Wands

- 1-3 Spools of tulle
- 2 Cardboard scraps
- Scissors
- 1/4 to 3/8 inch dowel rod cut down to 12 inches
- acrylic paint
- ribbons
- bells
- hot glue gun
Download the File
How do you make these DIY Fourth of July Wands?

Begin by painting the dowel rods with acrylic paint. I just recently got this set of paints, and they are so beautiful. The colors are all so vibrant. The box has them all organized by color in a little stand. Plus, it comes with paint brushes!
The dowels will most likely be dry by the time you finish making the puffs of tulle.
Download the file and make the cardboard circles. This is what you’ll use to make the pom poms. Once you’ve cut them from cardboard, don’t forget to cut the line down one part of the circle. This makes it easy to wrap the tulle around.
One 25-yd roll of tulle will make about 5-6 puffs for wands. I use about 4-5 yards to make one puff.
Cut the tulle and tie it off into the center of the pom pom, then you’ll need to cut and shape it to be as round as possible. I use fabric scissors for this because they’re sharp.
This does not have to be perfectly shaped. If you keep cutting and cutting, you’ll end up with a nub of a pom pom. This also makes a HUGE mess, so I usually hold the puff over a box or the trash can and shape it.
I keep a box full of ribbon scraps from other projects, and this is the perfect project to use them. You need pieces about 6 to 10 inches long. Add 2-3 ribbons. You could also use tulle as well.
Just tie the ribbons to the very top of the dowel. Then, add a dollop or two of hot glue to keep them in place.
I like to add some “noise,” so when the kids shake them they can hear them. Usually, I add 2-3 tiny bells to the ends of just some of the ribbons. The bells are about 1/4 inch in size. I use hot glue to attach all of these.
Now it’s time to attach the tulle puffs to the top of the dowels. I find the knot I made when I tied the pom pom together and squirt a big giant dollop of hot glue right there and then set it right on the top of the dowel.
I squish the tulle for a few seconds while the hot glue hardens. Then, I fluff it back out and your wand is finished!

More 4th of July Fun!
Here’s a few more fun ideas you can do with the kids to celebrate!
- 4th of July Patriotic Cheesecake Bars
- How to Make a 4th of July Patriotic Red and Blue Tie Dye Dress
- 4th of July Fruit Pizza
- Free Kids 4th of July Printable Games
- Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Hot Cocoa Bombs
- DIY Patriotic Flag Waving Wands
- How to Make Bomb Pop Cupcakes
- Red, White & Blue Edible SLIME
- 4th of July Scavenger Hunt
- 4th of July Fireworks Ice Cream Floats
- Cherry Bombs from Cups, Sticks & Nibbles by Nicole Meyer
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16 comments
These wands are so cute! I love watching horror movies! My little boy is too young to watch them but my oldest likes watching them with me. My middle doesn’t really like anything scary, she prefers action films.
Ritchil
http://chengand3kids.blogspot.com/
This is nice! Found your blog through Showing Some Love Hump Day and followed your blog!
Laura, http://camillaandroman.blogspot.com/
Really cute! I’m sure my daughter would love one. Thanks so much for sharing this at Katherine’s Corner Blog Hop where I’m co-host today.
Christine @ http://idigpinterest.blogspot.com
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Hello,
Popped over from Crafts a la mode.
Love, Love, Love these. Perfect for
the upcoming holiday.
: o )
Awh. These are too cute. I might need to try to make something similar for my niece. She would LOVE these.
Morgaine from Madcap Frenzy
P.S. I would also like to invite you to join my June Totally Tuesday Link Party:
http://www.madcapfrenzy.blogspot.com/2013/06/june-totally-tuesday-link-party.html
Hugs!
Super fun for the fourth! Love your pictures!
This is such a great idea! We’d love if you shared it at our Super Summer Saturdays link up! http://www.thechirpingmoms.com
So cute!!
Thanks so much for linking up to our “Best Of The Weekend” party! I have also pinned this to our BOTW board and to another big board of mine!
Have a great rest of your weekend and we hope to see you back at the party next week. 🙂
xoxo
{PS: I thought the Blair WItch Project was very scary back when it came out. A few of my friends from here in FL produced it, actually, so I first watched it with them at a premiere. They lovingly refer to me as “The Claire B*tch Project” Maybe that should have been my blog name. LOL
Cute wands!
–Gena
What a fun idea! I know my little ones would kill for these. But perhaps that is the scary part! We might all end up injured! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for linking up to Gingerly Made’s Show & Tell party. I’m featuring you in a special 4th of July round up! http://www.gingerlymade.com/2013/07/4th-of-july-round-up-link-party-features.html
I will skip the scary movie but those 4th of July wands look super fun! Love it 🙂 I just pinned! Krista @ A Handful of Everything
This is adorable! And so is your little girl! I pinned it to my Summer Fun board. Thanks for sharing at All Things Pretty! Hope you come back soon!
We wanted to let you know that we featured you this past Saturday as one of our kid-related favorites as part of our Super Summer Saturday series: http://www.thechirpingmoms.com/2013/07/super-summer-saturday.html! Hope you come back each week and share some more great ideas!
Julie