Flags for the 4th

I decided we needed some homemade patriotic color in our house with the 4th of July coming up...  

I bought some fabric in reds, whites, and blues to add to the scrap fabric I had in the same colors.  

Then I cut out a triangle to use as a stencil for the flags.  

I traced, cut out, ironed, and then hemmed the edges of the flags.  (I used the already hemmed edges of the white bandana.)

I had 2 extra dowels from the roman shade I made in Jude's room, so I cut them into shorter pieces to use as flag poles.  

Next, I hot-glued the hemmed flags to the shortened dowels.  

All finished!

(Ellen's getting excited for her 1st "4th!")

I borrowed the beans from the bean box, to help the flags stand up, and dumped them in this blue container.  

Ta-da!

PS -  This fruit pizza always shows up at our July 4th family celebrations.  I'm going to make it this year.  So cool and yummy on a hot 4th!