July 4th Children’s Card Game Printable, History the Fun Way

Celebrate July 4th with our free Children’s Card Game printable.
The Name-It Game teaches American history the fun way!

Red, white and blue from coast to coast.

Sparklers, fireworks and gunshots.

Parades, ceremonies and parties.

Back in 1776, the famous men who wrote, signed and ratified the Declaration of Independence wanted great celebrations to happen yearly so America would never forget the great thing that had just happened.

John Adams, one of the signers of the document, wrote to his wife Abigail that July 2 “will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival” and that the celebration should include “Pomp and Parade…Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other.”

Turns out July 2 became July 4th, but America still celebrates just the way John Adams and the rest planned it.

Well, sort of. Some of the fanfare may have calmed down.

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How do you celebrate July 4th?

Where we live, just about the only outdoor thing you want to do on Independence Day is swim. Even after dark, when the fireworks begin all around in the 6 or more towns within 10 miles of our house, the temp is still triple digits.

So indoor ways to celebrate July 4th are welcome with our littles.

That’s why we made this little “Spot It” style game. Play it as a fun matching game that’s faster and more exciting than Memory Game, or use it as a history teaching game.

Each card has one main picture of United States history, with smaller ones all around it.

We’ll call it the July 4th Name-It Game.

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July 4th Name-It Printable Card Game

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Print the PDF onto white cardstock, about 110# weight, or as heavy as your printer can handle.

Cut out the squares. Divide the squares with pictures from the squares with words. To play the game Spot-It style, use only the photo cards.

Note: If you study the word squares first, players will know what to name the pictures. When you find the same photo on 3 cards, you can yell the right name for the photo. If you see the horse and rider with a tri-corn hat, you call out “Paul Revere’s ride.” If you collect 3 cards with the 2 crossed flags with hats, you call out “American Revolution.”

So you see how this is an Independence Day history lesson and a fun game all in one!

And believe it, this is an exciting game for anyone over the age of 3 to play. It is truly amazing.

Enjoy!