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Show off your love for the USA with a festive Uncle Sam 4th of July craft! Easy and enjoyable for all, it's a colorful addition to any event.
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Uncle Sam craft with wooden spoon

Show your patriotism with a fun, easy Uncle Sam craft! Perfect for all ages, it adds a burst of red, white, and blue to any celebration.
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time25 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Craft
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 4th of juky craft, patriotic craft, uncle Sam craft, wooden spoon uncle Sam
Yield: 1 spoon
Author: Petro Neagu

Equipment

Materials

Instructions

Step 1

  • Place the regular craft stick two inches down from the top of the wooden spoon spatula, and draw a line with a pencil.
  • Print the patterns. Using the pattern sheet as your guide, paint the top third of the wooden spoon with white acrylic craft paint with a scallop edge. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.

Step 2

  • Basecoat from the pencil line up with white acrylic craft paint. Using a small flat paintbrush, add vertical stripes with red acrylic craft paint.
  • Basecoat the regular craft stick with blue acrylic craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.

Step 3

  • Attach the blue craft stick to the painted edge of the wooden spoon spatula with a glue gun and glue sticks.
  • This becomes the hat brim. Trim ½” from each end of the craft stick with scissors.

Step 4

  • Paint the handle of the wooden spoon spatula with blue acrylic craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.

Step 5

  • Attach two wiggle eyes to Uncle Sam’s face with a glue gun and glue sticks. Create cheeks by dipping a new pencil eraser in pink acrylic craft paint and dotting on the right and left side under the wiggle eyes.

Step 6

  • Print the patterns, then cut out with scissors. Trace the beard and mustache onto white craft foam with a pencil, and then cut out with scissors.
  • Attach the beard, and then the mustache with a glue gun and glue sticks. Trim the rounded end from a regular craft stick with scissors and glue just under the wiggle eyes as Uncle Sam’s nose.

Step 7

  • Attach three red buttons to the handle of the wooden spoon spatula with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Step 8

  • Trace the star pattern onto the back of the silver glitter cardstock with a pencil, and then cut out with scissors.
  • Attach to the hat with a glue gun and glue sticks. To finish, embellish the star with a self-adhesive clear rhinestone.