4th of July Flag Blocks

 Like I said before I didn't really have much 4th of July decor

So this year I have made a few things 

and it was so much fun to have them out this month and

I am going to love seeing all the red, white and blue through 

the month of July as well

We are in the process of painting our basement apartment right now

so I have nothing on the walls and it is kinda weird

So it is nice to have a little bit of decor and color up

on my sofa table and entertainment center

for the fourth 

Just enough that I feel like my house is still cute

Speaking of painting I am super excited 

because we are painting the whole apartment a really pretty Gray

So far we have painted Monday and Tuesday this week

and we have a few walls done

I am getting a little done each day during M's nap time

and a second coat when he goes to bed at night

I am already getting tired of it but know it will be worth it

Because I LOVE the walls we have finished so far

Anyone wanna come help to make it go faster :)

Just let me know 

P.S. painting a whole apartment while 30 weeks prego is tiring 

ok ok enough about painting lets get to how I made these

 adorable 4th of July Flag blocks shall we 

They are sooooo easy and I love how it turned out

What you will need:

-a 2X4 piece of wood 27-30 9inches long 

(I got mine for 51 cents in the Home Depot Clearance Wahoo!)

-A saw to cut your wood

-A tape measure

-sandpaper

-Red, White and Blue craft paint

-Sponge paint brushes

-Wood Stain

-Wood Glue or hot glue

-Wood start 

(I got mine at Michaels for 25 cents)

What I did:

First things first you need to cut your wood

I meaured and marked mine and had my hubby cut it for me :)

He is so sweet

You are going to want two 7 inch pieces, two 3.5 inch pieces

and two 3 inch pieces

***Hint if you are going to go buy some 2X4 check the 

clearance wood section first 

I got all this wood plus there was some extra for only 51 cents 

 The reason why I had two pieces cut at a 3.5 and two piece cut at a 3 inch

instead of four at 3.5 inches is because

like you can tell in the first picture when you lay the wood 

on the right straight up it is too tall

so I cut two of the piece at 3 inches and like you

can tell in the second picture that made it all even and perfect 

 Once all my wood was cut by my adorable husband 

It was time to paint 

You are going to paint one 7 inch piece and one 3.5 inch piece white

one 7 inch piece and one 3.5 piece red

and one 3 inch piece blue 

I also painted the wood star white 

After these were all painted I glued the two 3 inch pieces together to make 

it thicker 

Next I sanded down the edges on all the wood pieces and the star

to make it a more worn look 

then lastly I got out some wood stain I had

Called Early American

and I stained all the exposed wood including where I had sanded down on 

all the edges 

I just felt like the stain finished it off nicely

and it gave it the worn look i wanted

The very last thing I did was glue the wood star onto the blue blocks

and stacked them up in order 

 All done! Maddux calls it my pretty flag :)

and the whole thing only cost me 76 cents  

because I had everything on hand except the start and 2 X 4

Stay tuned for a couple more 4th of July crafts just in time for 

the fun holiday coming up 

You can also check out my Patriotic Wreath tutorial HERE

If you have any other questions on this tutorial 

Feel free to Email me at wjwiki07@hotmail.com

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