Since almost all July 4th celebrations happen outdoors, getting our porches ready for the big day is a must! Dress up your porch with patriotic pillows, flowers, flags, and other accessories. The sky is the limit! Take a look at these festive July 4th porch ideas you can re-create yourself, and for cheap, too!

1. Get Creative

We’re loving this shutter painted with a star and stripes. The burlap garland draped over it gives it a rustic feel, and the DIY scrap wood firecrackers complete the display. Recreate the look yourself using a reclaimed shutter, and scrap wood or logs.

2. Budget-Friendly

To decorate your porch for next to nothing, try these tissue paper fan decorations! Dollar stores are a great place to find tissue paper on the cheap, and you can hang up the fans using tape. Try hanging them on twine for a fun garland. Tutorial here.

3. Add Flowers

Put together a few hanging planters with red, white, and blue flowers. Hang them up in groups for a more dramatic effect, and don’t forget to stick a small flag in the middle!

4. Use Palettes

Reuse that palette that’s headed for the landfill with this easy DIY! Simply paint on the American flag! Place it in a corner of your porch and decorate by adding potted plants.

5. Pillows and Cushions

Adorn your porch swings and chairs with festive pillows and cushions. It’s the easiest way to change the look of your porch instantly and add a splash of color. If you don’t want to buy new sets of pillows, make slipcovers!

6. Decorate With Vintage Flags

If you’ve got a few vintage flags in your collection, show them off by standing them up in a vintage bucket or pot. We like how in this rustic display the large flags take center stage, and the smaller ones adorn the outer edge.

Photos: Hoosier Homemade, Martha Stewart, Josie Jones and Co., Neftali Valadez, Gail’s Decorative Touch, Flickr.

This patriotic toast is perfect for a Fourth of July breakfast. Cream cheese, raspberry jam, blueberries, and bananas make it healthy and filling. Make it in the morning, or have it for brunch. Pair it with a nice, cold glass of milk to top it off!

Putting together this toast is easy, there isn’t even a recipe! Take a piece of toast and slather with cream cheese. Layer on raspberry jam and create a star corner with blueberries. Arrange halved banana slices to make the stripes. Get the kids to help you assemble this tasty toast, we’re sure they’ll be grabbing seconds!

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Patriotic Porch Decor Ideas

For unique Fourth of July decor, try using bandanas! Stitch together a bandana tablecloth, or make a banner to hang in your yard for your Fourth of July party. You can also use bandanas as  patriotic napkins! Keep reading for these 3 simple DIY projects that are simple enough to make at the last minute!

1. Bandana Table Cloth

First, wash and iron your bandanas. Then, arrange your red, white, and blue bandanas to plan out how your table cloth will look like. Make sure you have enough bandanas to make an entire table cloth. Next, stitch the bandanas together using a sewing machine.

2. Simple Banner

To make this fun banner, cut up your bandanas into 4 squares. Fold each square into a triangle and iron it to get nice, straight creases. Attach the triangles to a ribbon using a hot glue gun. Hang it up over your table at your party, or on your front porch!

3. Napkins

Fill mason jars with cutlery and use bandanas as napkins. It’s a great and patriotic way to keep everything organized.

Photos: Me and My Insanity, Hatter and Hare Events, Babble.