How to Make 4th of July Farmhouse Wall Art

Here we are coming upon the 4^th of July already! Our time in Montana is dwindling, but we are enjoying every minute! With the 4^th of July, you think of America’s birthday! You think of fireworks, cookouts, family, fun and watermelon! I recently shared my super quick way to cut watermelon, if you want to check that out here. And if you want to decorate for 4^th of July, there are a myriad of options! Keep reading for a DIY décor option of how to make 4^th of July farmhouse wall art!

4th of July Traditions

Before we get to the meat of this post, what are some of your 4^th of July traditions? Growing up, we would go to the parade in our small town. We’d often be in the parade riding with my dad on his little car for the business he had, The Sound House.

After the parade we’d have a picnic with my grandma and grandpa. Watermelon and potato salad were key features on the menu…as well as either sandwiches or cooking hotdogs and hamburgers. Lots of fond memories spending holidays with my grandma!

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Now that she’s gone, and I have kids of my own, we do something similar. We generally get with my sister and her family and do something with water for the kids in the backyard and then cookout. I try and make potato salad and make sure we have a super sweet watermelon. This year will be different, since we are in Montana and my sister is back in Georgia.

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Our little family will enjoy the parade and a cookout and have some fun …. OH, and definitely fireworks in the evenings. Can’t forget those!

Growing up we’d go to the fairgrounds to watch fireworks and also light some on my grandparent’s property. In Georgia, we’d get some of our own fireworks and light them. It was always too much traffic to go to a place and see a firework show, so that’s why we do one ourselves!

Traditions are always fun to carry on…they help keep us connected to loved ones passed on.

How to Make 4th of July Farmhouse Wall Art

Now, let’s get on to how to make 4^th of July farmhouse wall art! This is part three in a series I started. The first was St. Patrick’s Day and the second was Easter. HOWEVER, I’m going to change it up a bit to make it interchangeable! At first I was thinking of doing a separate piece for every holiday that could then be displayed all together or brought out by season, but then I realized it’s just easier and more cost effective to have one piece of art with interchangeable holiday pieces!

Why didn’t I think of that sooner? OY. Anyway, we will start the same way we did the prior art.

Let’s get started!

First, you’ll need to gather your supplies. I ordered buffalo check peel and stick wallpaper, a pack of 8” x 8” wood square cutout, along with ½” x 12” wood square dowels from Amazon. These will be the core pieces for the holiday series, if you want to join in and create one for each holiday! Then, I ordered a 4^th of July wood cutout. You’ll also need paint for this project. If you don’t have any paint on hand, you can order an acrylic set that should get you through this holiday series as well.

Additionally, you’ll also need some magnets, Gorilla glue (or glue gun) and a stapler … although you can just use glue if you don’t have a stapler.

Assemble your 4^th of July farmhouse wall décor

First, open your peel and stick wallpaper …. As I said, I ordered buffalo check, but you can use any pattern you want! Cut the wallpaper the size of the 8” x 8” wood cutout. I’d suggest a rough cut a bit larger than the wood cutout and then using the wood cutout as a guide to cut it to exact size. You can use scissors or an Exacto knife, if you have one.

Next, take the backing off the wallpaper and stick onto the square wood cutout. As a side, you don’t have to use wallpaper for your background. You can paint it, decoupage on a fabric, or anything else you can think of!

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Time to paint

Cut your ½ x 12” wood square dowel rods to fit nicely as a frame around the square cutout. Cut two 8” and two 6 ¾”. You can use a Dremel or whatever tool you have. Now you are ready to paint your wood square dowel rods and your clover piece.

I used my acrylic paints and did a mix of white and black to make the gray I wanted. It only takes a little bit of black, so don’t use too much! I also watered down the paint a bit to make it glide on and give a “lighter” more weathered look as it went on the wood. I painted this on all four square wood dowels.

Then, I got out the red, white and blue and painted the 4^th of July cutout. You can paint any color you want, but these colors just made sense for the 4^th of July holiday .. haha!

I started by painting the entire piece white. I liked the more of a white-wash look, so didn’t coat it multiple times. After that dried, I painted the red and then the blue. I tried to do a somewhat even mix of red and blue over the letters and I think it turned out pretty good! This 4^th of July farmhouse wall décor was coming along!

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Piecing the farmhouse wall décor together

Now all that’s left to this simple “how to make 4^th of July farmhouse wall décor” is to put the pieces together. I placed the square dowels on the front edges and turned over the wood cutout. I grabbed my stapler and stapled the back to hold on the frame. You could also glue on the frame if you would like, but stapling is quick and easy!

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To finish out the décor, I glued a magnet to the middle of the frame and to the back of the 4^th of July art piece. Just place the 4^th of July piece on the frame, magnet to magnet, and it’s done!

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It really only took me about 10 minutes all-in-all and makes a cute piece for my wall. See … TADA!!

Supply List

8” x 8” square wood cutout
½” square wood dowels
Peel & Stick wallpaper
4^th of July wood cutout
Stapler
Glue
Scissors or Exacto knife
Magnets

Piece THREE of a holiday series!

As I said, this is piece THREE of a holiday series over the next year. You can hang this up somewhere in your house or on your front door. A gallery wall of the whole series might look kind of cool too! If you are wondering how to hang these, just grab some command wall strips. They are perfect to hang up this farmhouse 4th of July wall décor to the location of your choosing.

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Holiday List

Here’s the full list of holidays we’ll be doing for this series:
St. Patrick’s Day
Easter
4th of July
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Christmas
New Year’s Day
Valentine’s Day

Holiday Art Series

For the St. Patrick’s Day and Easter art, I went ahead and changed them up to magnets as well. It just makes sense and is easily interchangeable for future holidays!

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Let me know if you plan on trying this 4^th of July wall décor or if you plan to follow this holiday series! Up next is Halloween! Let me know in the comments below.

Be blessed!