The Fourth of July has always been one of my most favorite holidays!

To celebrate our country's independence and freedom through honoring our nation's heroes, makes me proud to be an American.  

I found this adorable idea on Pinterest (of course!) and the linked blog is here, but I simplified it as I was doing this a bit last minute (found the idea yesterday, supplies last night, and put them together before work in my classroom this morning).  I do not have a Cricut (yet...), and the majority of my crafting is all by hand, so I had to do what a crafting girl's gotta do ... I improvised.

Items I used:

toy shovels (found in groups of three at the dollar store) 

cellophane gift bags (found at Walmart in the Wilton section)

Blue and Red ribbon (Walmart)

Hershey Kisses (Walmart)

Tags (Hobby Lobby)

On the tags, I used a Navy Blue fine tipped Sharpie. ~ I "DIG" the USA!! Happy 4th of July!! with stars underneath.  Sparkle star stickers would have been cute, but I didn't think of it until now. :)

Simple, yet very appreciated and loved!

Happy 4th of July and be safe!!