Really Simple Fourth of July Decor

My pictures came out with harsh shadows.  We have an energy saving film on our windows that makes getting any natural light impossible.  I have to work pretty hard to get any decent photos.  Been looking into different solutions, hopefully I can fix the situation soon.

On to the projects – I normally don’t decorate too much for any holiday or season except for Christmas.  That’s when I go all out.  So I didn’t go too big for my Fourth decor.  With family visiting soon, finishing up school and work, time is kind of limited right now for us.  So, I don’t remember where I saw the paper roll rockets.  Although this craft is pretty well known all over the internet,  I can’t narrow down where I saw it.

On to the files I used – The tops for the rockets are a drink umbrella SVG.  Again, don’t remember where I got it.  (Man, it stinks getting old!)  The stars for the streamers are just a basic shape from Make the Cut gallery that I cut 24 out in two different papers.  The paper is all from the Nantucket stack from DCWV.

Pretty simple assembly – Wrap a 6×4 piece of paper around the roll, gluing as you go.  Take the umbrella and glue it onto itself to make a point.  Thread mono-filament through the top and body.  Make sure you have a knot somewhere on thread to catch under the top to hang. Adhere top to roll.  While I had my son hold the rocket I started gluing the red and blue stars together on the hanging filament.  It looks so cute, like the rocket is jetting off and leaving stars behind.
Then just fix a couple of strips of ribbon to add to the streaming effect.  Wa-lah, you’re done!  Cute and simple.

Now, no rocket would be complete without some really big stars to zoom past.  The SVG I used for these was a free file from Lettering Delights that they gave away a while ago.  So long ago, I don’t remember.  😛  I made one in red, white and blue out of the Nantucket stack again.  It is really a pretty stack.  Although some of the blues are rather purple-ish.  These are about 9 inches high and hanging with the rockets as soon as you come in my front door.  The pictures you see here are not their final resting place.  It was easier to take photos with all the rockets closer together.