Easy Dollar Tree Firework Flowers Patriotic DIY

I always like to shop at Dollar Tree for crafts and decor! Can you relate?! This adorable firework flowers patriotic DIY is a fun way to add patriotic decor to your home. Let me show you how easy they are to make!

a woman with brown hair holding up a red white and blue firework garden stake. — I saw these firework garden stakes and knew I wanted to make them into firework flowers in a vase. This way, I could place them wherever I wanted around my home, and reuse them.

What you’ll need…

Supplies and Materials

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Vase from Dollar Tree
Firework garden stakes from Dollar Tree
Floral Foam Block from Dollar Tree
White rocks or stones from Dollar Tree
Patriotic ribbon of your choice from Dollar Tree
Hot glue gun
Hot glue sticks
Scissors
Red spray paint or red acrylic paint
wire cutters or floral wire cutters

Close up of a red spray paint can, red white and blue ribbon with stars, white rocks, a silver vase, a green foam block, red white and blue firework garden stakes

Step by Step Instructions:

Now it is time to make our firework flowers patriotic DIY!

Step One: Paint

Close up of a piece of cardboard on the green grass with a red firework and a red spray paint can with paint coming out of it

First, I decided to paint my burgundy red fireworks into a brighter candy apple red. Now this part is optional. I am extra and wanted my red to be more colorful to match my ribbon. You can leave the burgundy red if you prefer.

I decided to use spray paint. If you only have red acrylic paint, that works too.

The nice part is that these fireworks pull right apart. So I was able to lift the prongs and separate the red easily. Then, I was able to spray it easily without having to tape anything off.

Spray paint outside and allow it to dry fully.

Step Two: Decorate the Vase

Next, I want these to look like firework flowers so we need to place them in a vase. First, I need to decorate the vase. You can paint your vase if you would like. You can paint it all red or all blue. I decided to leave my vase galvanized, but to dress it up, I added a patriotic ribbon.

Close up of a silver vase with red white and blue ribbon and a hand with a hot glue gun

Since my vase was not perfectly square-shaped, I had to add the ribbon on each side independently. So I put hot glue along the edge of each side of the vase and attached the ribbon. Then, I would cut off the access. If the access is sticking out past a little I would just hot glue the end down. Repeat this process on all 4 sides of the vase if it is shaped like mine.

a woman with brown hair holding a silver vase with red white and blue patriotic ribbon with stars and a hot glue gun on a dark wood table and scissors — Does anyone else get super messy when painting or crafting, or is it just me?!

Step Three: Cut Down The Firework Flower Stems

These firework flowers were made to be garden stakes so they are a bit lengthy. They will need to be cut down to fit inside your vase. The length is your personal preference. I just kept cutting a little bit off at a time and placed it inside the vase to see how high it would stand above it. Once you are happy with the length you can use that one as a guide and cut your other fireworks to the same length or a little shorter if you want them to vary in height.

I didn’t have wire cutters so I used bolt cutters. Get creative and use what you have on hand.

Close up of a wire cutter tool, with red white and blue patriotic firework garden stakes, one with longer stake then the other, silver vase with green foam floral block inside of it.

Step Four: Assemble The Vase

Now, it is time to assemble. Place the floral foam block inside your vase. Then, place your firework flowers patriotic DIY stakes into the foam.

Close up of a hand on the red white and blue firework flowers placing them into the green foam block and silver vase

Once you are happy with the placements, place the white rocks over top of the foam to cover it completely. The white rocks help hide the foam and help the vase to stay weighted down in one place.

white and wicker rocking chairs next to a white table, on top of the table is red white and blue firework flowers in a silver vase, on a front porch

Variations You Can Do – Make It Your Own!

Instead of using the firework garden stakes I found, you can make a paper flower, you can make them out of tissue paper.
You can add a wood star to the front of your vase or a fun patriotic bow
Paint the vase, instead of leaving it
Add more sticks and patriotic-colored ribbons coming out of the vase

I love keeping out my patriotic decor all summer long! It is great for Memorial Day and the 4th of July!

Easy Firework Flowers Patriotic DIY

close up of red white and blue firework flowers in a silver vase on a white table, next to rocking chairs

This turned out so cute! I love these firework flowers patriotic DIY on my front porch! If you end up making it let me know in the comments below. As always, go create, have fun, and “find the beauty within your home.” Thanks for stopping by the blog today and every day! We love having ya! Until next time friend.