I’m big on art vs. craft. So I would get a lot of white paper and red and blue paint to make it seasonal. Get some kitchen gadgets (potato mashers, spatulas, scrub brushes, plastic forks. Line tour surface with a disposable plastic tablecloth. Squirt the paint in paper plates, then let the kids at it. See what happens! They make beautiful firework style art or they may mush it all around with their hands and make a brown mess, but that’s okay too! Let them have fun, don’t give advice or tell them what it should look like.
—preschool teacher