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HOLIDAY PACKAGE: Celebrating Independence Day

Help your readers create new holiday traditions with this Fourth of July package, which includes stories, photos and illustrations.

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FRESH LIVING: Salute our nation's independence with these effortless entertaining ideas _ all showcasing the iconic imagery of the Fourth. Star Spangled: Pound cake gets the star treatment. Set of 7 cookie cutters from 1" to 3-{", $13; 800-678-5752.

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Festoon a plain white cake stand in the holiday's signature bunting.

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Festoon a plain white cake stand in the holiday's signature bunting.

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Put a modern touch on flying the colors: Hot-glue red, white, and blue rickrack ribbon to a paper lantern.

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Skip the complicated flower arrangement and let these paper lanterns "vases" march down the table instead.

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Star spangled Pound cake gets the star treatment.

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Remember those stiff bracelets you used to "slap" onto your wrist?

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Give a serving tray a temporary makeover.

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ILLUSTRATION: Writing the Declaration of Independence

300 dpi Chris Ware color illustration: framed "picture" of the framers of the Declaration of Independence working on their draft amidst soft drinks, pizza boxes and crumpled papers; pictured are Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.

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ILLUSTRATION: Benjamin Franklin sparkler

300 dpi Chris Ware color illustration of Benjamin Franklin holding a Fourth of July sparkler.

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arts and crafts

At your Fourth of July celebrations this year make a few firecracker favors using images from Victorian postcards at http://www.countryliving.com/crafts/projects/july-4th-crafts-0707-2 on the Web.

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HOLIDAY CRAFT: PATRIOTIC POM-POMS

Cheer on the Fourth of July parade with a red-white-and-blue pom-pom made from plastic shopping bags. Stack four or five red-and-white plastic bags in a neat, flat pile. For the fringe, cut 2-inch-wide strips into the unstapled end of the bags.

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Faux firecrackers celebrate freedom

If there is one thing Americans should agree on, it is their appreciation of the men and women who risked their lives more than 200 years ago in a war with Great Britain to earn the freedoms we enjoy today.

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Hype: Mix-and-match flip-flops and Fourth of July themed hair care

FLOP INTO THE FOURTH. Cute sun dress, check. If you like to dress in red, white and blue these could work any time of the year, or the brand has many other color options to choose from.

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Respectful ways to display the flag on the Fourth

Hosting a Fourth of July party?  The U.S. flag cannot be flown underneath another country's flag. For parties, the flag cannot be used as a tablecloth.

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A lofty table topper for the Fourth of July

Jazz up your Independence Day picnic with a utensil-holding hot-air balloon that really rises to the occasion. ___ 2009, FamilyFun. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. _____ TO SUBSCRIBE TO ENTERTAINING.

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American flag honors veterans

For many years, especially before air transportation became the norm for people entering the country, their first sight of America was the Statue of Liberty, seen from a boat as it sailed into New York Harbor.

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KIDSKRAFTS

You can make a hanging American flag to place on your front door that will last past Memorial Day to the Fourth of July and right through to Labor Day in September.

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