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Your Fourth of July party guide

Treat your friends to festive food, inventive decorations, and sparkling drinks

Fun decorations for July 4

Light up the weekend with a star-spangled lantern, red-white-and-blue tabletop, and more

Star lanterns

Make star luminarias

White bags and vellum stars make festive outdoor lanterns.

Use a star stencil and colored vellum to make red and blue stars. Glue them to white paper bags. For beautiful (and safe) illumination, use a small tap light instead of a candle.

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