Decorations Ideas For Bikes For Fourth Of July

Your children have likely seen the Christmas parade and commented that they’d like to participate. Maybe you don’t want to have your children riding their bikes for the entire length of a parade in the cold.

Besides that, your children may not really want to be a part of a long, drawn out, cold parade, but still want a chance to show off their bicycles, especially if you nine year old boy has a Mongoose Montana Boy's Mountain Bike 24 Inch Wheels!

Plan a mini-parade for the neighborhood children and they can use some of these Fourth of July bike decorations ideas to make their bikes stand out.

Perhaps your child already has a bike in one of the patriotic colors – red, white or blue. If that’s the case, they can wrap streamers of the other colors around their bike to make it more patriotic. This can be done whether your child rides a tricycle or a bicycle.

Here’s what they’ll need to decorate their bikes no matter what color it is:

• Red crepe paper roll
• White crepe paper roll
• Blue crepe paper roll
• Scissors to cut the crepe paper to the right length
• Tape to adhere it

What to do:

1. Beginning at the front of your child’s Mongoose Montana Boy's Mountain Bike 24 Inch Wheels, or the bike your kids has, wrap one color of crepe paper around the frame. Be sure to cover the frame completely and tape it at both ends to secure it to the bike.
2. Next, take a second color and wrap it around the frame but leave enough space so the first color shows and will allow for a third color.
3. Then, wrap the third color of crepe paper around the frame so you can see the red, white and blue pattern on the frame.

Another idea, streamers:

1. You can also take three foot pieces of the different colored crepe paper to make streamers.
2. Gather one of each color to make a patriotic streamer and adhere it with tape to the handle bars.
3. You may also want to place one on the back of the seat.

One without streamers:

Maybe your child doesn’t like streamers. If they have a basket on their bike they could place red, white and blue Christmas ribbons on their basket. Christmas ribbons are usually more metallic looking, so they will show off your child’s distinct style.

Hang a small flag on the back of your child’s seat, or criss-cross two flags and secure them across the front of the handle bars. They could also weave red, white and blue streamers through the spokes on their tires.

Your child may have other Fourth of July bike decorations ideas that aren’t listed here. Listen to them and then help them create the decorated bike they’ve been thinking of. Then step out of their way and let them show off their handiwork and their bike.