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4th of July

FREE Patriotic Party Printables

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FREE Patriotic Party Printables! This collection has all the printables you need for a 4th of July or Americana party, including water bottle labels, table tents, cupcake liners, and more!

Don’t spend your money at the party store buying decorations! Use these FREE Patriotic Party Printables as your guide. This set includes water bottle labels, cupcake liners, table tents in a variety of sizes, circle labels, and even a printable banner. Just a few simple printables will dress up your 4th of July party!

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water bottle labels

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Patriotic Chocolate Covered Pretzels

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Patriotic Pretzels are perfect for an American themed party! We love making chocolate covered pretzels with patriotic colors and sprinkles!

These are unbelievably easy and everyone loves them.

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Have you ever bought a bag of chocolate covered pretzels? I did, once. Then I ate the entire bag in one sitting and vowed never to buy one again.

Instead, I just make my own chocolate coated pretzels whenever I feel like them…because they’re easy to make and it’s almost silly to buy them already dipped.

Dipped pretzel rods are actually one of my favorite things to make for any party for a few reasons: everyone loves them, they’re easy to personalize, easy to make, and you can make them ahead of time. Stored in an airtight container these pretzels will last over a week or two (or even longer).

I’ve made these for Christmas with red and green, for a rainbow party with rainbow sprinkles. You can make them for Halloween or St. Patrick’s Day or any holiday just by changing the color of the candy and the sprinkles.

If you’re afraid of dipping things, don’t be. It’s actually really easy to dip pretzel rods; easier than dipping twisted pretzels or truffles or anything like that.

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4th of July Cupcakes

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These Swirl Cupcakes are the perfect 4th of July Cupcake! Swirled frosting dresses up a plain vanilla cupcake so easily, the perfect patriotic dessert for the fourth!

This cupcake would be so fun to make with any colors, but I love patriotic red and blue best.

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close up of 4th of July swirl cupcake

The Fourth of July is such a fun day – it’s America’s birthday! And how better to celebrate America than with cupcakes?

Patriotic cupcakes are such a fun dessert for a 4th of July party. During summer parties and BBQs it’s easiest to serve things that don’t need cutting or slicing. Cupcakes are the perfect option for that!

When I think of traditional 4th of July foods, I think about apple pie, fluff, watermelon, and punch, along with hot dogs and grilled pizza. We usually set up a huge party area for food and drinks and then people just grab and go and cupcakes are perfect for that.

If you’re looking for a fun red, white, and blue cupcake recipe, I’ve got you covered. Between these Swirled 4th of July Cupcakes and Fireworks Cupcakes there is a cupcake for everyone. And don’t forget about this Funfetti Flag Cake, which would be a great addition to a party too.

The key to making these cupcakes is the swirled frosting. Making a swirl frosting is easy and can dress up even the most basic cupcakes. You can use your favorite cupcake recipe, but if you want to use a box mix or even buy store-bought cupcakes, no one will be the wiser once they see the frosting.

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Fireworks Cupcakes

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Fireworks Cupcakes are an easy Fourth of July cupcake recipe! Fill yellow cupcakes with red, white, and blue sprinkles for a fun patriotic dessert.

Everyone loves piñata cupcakes like these!

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cut open fireworks cupcake with sprinkles inside

It’s June which means the Fourth of July is next month! July 4 is such a special holiday: it’s America’s birthday. And birthdays require CUPCAKES!

If you’re looking for July 4th cupcake decorating ideas, look no further, because I have your cupcake right here. It’s easy to make and so fun because it’s full of sprinkles. Everyone I know loves sprinkles!

These cupcakes are a fluffy yellow cake topped with a rich vanilla frosting. The fireworks part comes from the filling: sprinkles.

Have you seen piñata cupcakes or cake before? I’ve seen them all over social media lately and knew I needed to get on board. A piñata cake is what it sounds like: it’s a cake full of something special. Where a piñata is full of candy, a piñata cupcake is full of sprinkles.

Take a bite and the sprinkles explode like fireworks!

(So, maybe eat these over a plate…or outside at a Fourth of July BBQ!)

Patriotic cupcakes are a dime a dozen these days, but these are something special. And they’re so easy to make!

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Berry Bellinis

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Berry Bellinis combine champagne, vodka, and fresh berries! This easy cocktail recipe is not only festive but delicious. I couldn’t just drink one!

Bellini cocktail recipes are just as good as mimosas, but you get to drink them all day!

Berry bellini in stemless flute

I didn’t have a bellini until I was well into my 20s. I was in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay (there used to be a bar there called the Red Square). It was a vodka bar and they served the best peach bellinis, which I loved even though I don’t like peach.

While mimosas are great, bellinis are even better. I’m not a huge fan of juice, so a bellini is the champagne cocktail for me.

What is the difference between a bellini and a mimosa?

While both are made with champagne or prosecco or some other sparkling wine, mimosas are also made with juice. A bellini is traditionally made without juice, but with peach puree and/or peach schnapps. The term bellini has come to signify more than just a peach champagne cocktail, however. Bellinis can be made with any fruit and any liquor.

How do you make a bellini?

Bellinis are as easy as pouring cocktails. A traditional one will have fruit puree, liquor, and bubbles. This recipe instead uses mashed berries and strawberry vodka, for a fun and festive cocktail that’s not too heavy on the calories or sweetness. A berry bellini can be made with crushed fruit, although you can puree it if you want. I just love the look of the crushed fruit in this cocktail.

Not only is this drink lighter than a traditional bellini, it’s just as tasty and it’s festive for, say, Memorial Day or the 4th of July.

vodka and champagne bottles

With just 3 ingredients, a Berry Bellini will be a hit at your next brunch or party. Strawberry vodka, champagne, and muddled berries combine for a refreshing champagne cocktail!

I love adding vodka to my mimosas and bellinis. For this berry bellini, I added Strawberry Vodka.

You can buy strawberry vodka at the liquor store, but you can also substitute raspberry or any other flavor you want. I know I’ve seen raspberry vodka at regular grocery stores recently. You could even use peach to make this taste even more traditional.

I love using prosecco, because I like it more than champagne, but use your favorite version of sparkling wine. Just make sure it’s chilled!

To start this cocktail, you just add the berries to the vodka and muddle them a little. (Muddling your berries is just a fancy word for crushing them a bit.)

This cocktail tastes like one of those fruit infused waters, but with bubbles!

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Funfetti Flag Cake

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Making a flag cake is so easy! Turn a funfetti cake into a flag cake for Memorial Day parties or the 4th of July.

Just some sprinkles turn a cake into funfetti cake, and you can make an easy flag cake by simply adding berries on top of white frosting!

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Funfetti Flag Cake

Patriotic colors are my favorite. I know some people love red and green (Christmas) or pastel (Easter), but my favorite color combination is red, white, and blue. In fact, the 4th of July is my favorite holiday. It’s no pressure, full of fun food, and it’s got my favorite color scheme.

I know everyone looks at red, white, and blue food and thinks of July 4, but don’t forget about Memorial Day. Memorial Day isn’t just the first big BBQ holiday of the year; it’s a day we remember our service men and women and thank them for all they’ve done (and continue to do) for us.

That’s why, on Memorial Day, I like to make red, white, and blue desserts like a flag cake, to show my appreciation to my dad and all the other men and women keeping us safe.

A flag cake is probably the easiest way to make a patriotic dessert. You can make it from scratch or take some liberties by using a box mix. All you have to do is decorate the outside to look like our American flag!

This cake goes ones step further though – its’ not just a flag cake on the outside. It’s sparkling on the inside too because it’s a funfetti cake, full of red white and blue sprinkles!

flag cake overhead shot

There are so many American flag cake ideas out there online. You can use frosting, berries, or sprinkles to decorate the top. Some people even tie-dye the inside to make it even more festive. A Jell-O flag cake like that is so fun, but I love just adding sprinkles to my cake batter to make my own funfetti cake.

This American flag sheet cake is so easy to make!

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