Memorial Day is nothing short of an emotional American holiday. Each year, on the last Monday of May, we dedicate a full day to remembering and honoring the fallen men and women who gave their lives to protect and serve the country they love.
In a way to show how much we love for our country and respect the sacrifice of soldiers who passed away fighting for it, we decorate around our homes, cars, and dress up with anything resembling the red, white and blue to in a way and show our patriotism. It is because of this that this day of remembering is also known as Decoration Day.
Many of us have lost someone we love to war and will be mourning and memorializing this coming Memorial day, but don’t really have an idea of how they’ll be decorating around the house or at the cemetery. This year is the perfect year to get creative with your Memorial Day decor, and here are 12 brilliant ideas that you can do yourself and have you feeling creative!
We all love to maintain a luscious green lawn, but on Memorial Day, let your land represent the country our fallen heroes risked it all to protect.
Your Memorial Day decor should start with a star spangled front lawn. Purchase some red, white and blue spray paint from a local hardware store, use some large star shaped stencils and get to spraying away. If you really wanted to go full send USA, you could even spray a good ole American flag!
Do it yourself Memorial Day decor doesn’t have to be so laborious. Sometimes the simplest things can make for a quality decorations around the house, and it might not get any more simple than a red, white and blue paper chain!
All you’ll need for this is a pair of scissors, some tape and some sheets of construction paper to make some paper hoops you can link together and hang outside to make the place look a little more patriotic.
Another good idea for Memorial Day decor are some simple tin can windsocks. Coat the cans with some blue paint and let them dry before painting or sticking on some white stars. You’ll then want to poke some holes through the bottom and sneak some string through so the windsocks can be hung up later. Lastly, you’ll want to tape or glue some red and white streamers to the inside of the opening of the can so when its hanging up they’ll blow freely in the wind!
You simply can’t have Memorial Day without some great food with the family!
An easy desert you can make for the family gathering is a batch of cupcakes with some USA themed frosting that’ll be some eye catching decor atop the kitchen counter. Definitely consider finding some red, white and blue star-shaped sprinkles to drizzle on top as well!
Now let’s get a little more hands on with our Memorial Day decor.
Make a fashion statement this Memorial Day by adding some red and blue to your plain white tee to make yourself an American flag featuring your handprint! All you’ll have to do is paint on some red stripes, let the shirt naturally fill in the white stripes, and get the palm of your hand painted up nice and blue and press it down onto the cotton!
Flowers are a beautifully common Memorial Day decoration, and believe it or not, you could add even more color to the display yourself.
Give your flowers a patriotic vase to sprout from with some do-it-yourself vase decorations. To keep it cheap and simple, you can use some old jars around the house and coat them individually with the red, white and blue, or paint them however you’d like!
On Christmas, many homes decorate their front doors with a leafy green wreath. With some creativity, you can do the same for your Memorial Day decor!
Take that spray paint you used for your lawn earlier and coat some clothes pins. Next, all you’ll have to do is clip on the red, white and blue pins one by one around a circular wreath frame, and when its dry and complete stick some stars on the blue pins to complete your wooden flag!
If you have an old pallet sitting around anywhere at home, you could make yourself a star spangled wooden pallet!
Use the pallet’s slats to paint in the red and white flag stripes, and be sure to leave a square of space up in the corner for the blue and some stars!
It’s not quite the fourth of July, but you can still find a way to light up the night without red bombs bursting in the air!
Instead, keep the flames on the ground with some self decorated candle holders. Paint over some glass jars or poke holes through some tin cans to allow the candle light to make your red, white and blue glow!
Maybe you haven’t grown or bought the real ones, but you can still have some pretty patriotic flowers around the house on Memorial Day!
Roll some red, white and blue construction paper into cones and glue the tip of your pedals to a circular base sheet of paper and make your way around for a
You’re probably going to have a big Memorial Day cookout with the family, and your table should be looking up to the occasion!
Bandanas are made of a good cloth material to use for your Memorial Day dinner table. Iron out your reds, whites and blues, sew the sides together and you’ve got yourself a solid USA themed cloth for the kitchen table!
If you want to take your Memorial Day decor to the highest level, bedazzle your vehicle with shiny streamers, attachable American flags and more to create your very own Muricamobile!
If you’re automobile is already red, white or blue, you’re a whole step ahead of the game!
Decorations on Memorial Day show our appreciation for all of America’s fallen heroes and our love and devotion to the country we call home. Hopefully you’ve gathered some creative new ideas for decorations you and the family can have fun creating together!
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