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Persia Lou

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Watercolor Fourth of July Temporary Tattoos

Make your own Fourth of July temporary tattoos! My free watercolor designs are pretty, patriotic, and ready to use!

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

Guys. I’m kind of obsessed with temporary tattoos lately. Like I can’t stop making them.

First, I made some for Bunco night, and then I made some crafty tatts for a blogging conference last month. And now, I’m making some for the Fourth of July!

Here’s the thing, guys. It turns out that temporary tattoos are actually super easy to make. All you need is a sweet design and some special paper. Annnnnnd, good news! I’ve got the sweet designs all ready for you, so you are already halfway there. You’re welcome. 😉

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

These pretty floral watercolor designs make perfect patriotic tattoos. Whip some up for your Fourth of July celebration and help everyone rep the red, white, and blue in style. Ready to make some ?

Fourth of July temporary tattoos Supplies:

  • My Watercolor Fourth of July Tattoos Download (Free for Personal Use Only)
  • Temporary Tattoo Paper (I have used and like the Silhouette brand)
  • Color Printer (Ink Jet and Laser both work)
  • Scissors or Cutting Machine
  • Scraper Tool or old credit card



The temporary tattoo paper comes with two types of paper: a white piece of paper with one glossy side and an adhesive sheet with a green backing. Start by downloading my image and printing it out on the glossy side of the white paper. Whatever image you print out for your tattoo needs to be flipped to a mirror image for the final tattoo to work correctly. My tattoo designs are already flipped for you, so you don’t have to worry about it with these, but it’s good to know for future reference.

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

Next, peel off the strip of green backing from the adhesive sheet. Then press that edge of the adhesive down on one edge of the glossy side of the white paper.

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

Peel off the green backing with one hand while you smooth the adhesive down onto the print out with the other. When all the backing has been removed and the adhesive as been applied to the paper, use a scraper or old credit card to make sure the adhesive has been firmly applied to the entire sheet.

Now you are all ready to cut out your tattoos! You can use a Silhouette to cut the tattoos if you like, but good ol’ scissors work just fine too.

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

To apply the tattoos, first peel off the clear plastic top sheet. Then place the tattoo image side down on the skin.

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

Cover the tattoo with a wet cloth or sponge and press it against the skin for about 30 seconds. When the paper is thoroughly wet, gently peel the paper backing off, and Voila! Tattoo!

I designed a few different tattoos that are all available for download. They all have a watercolor look and red, white, and blue color scheme. The “land that I love” tattoo comes in red and blue and two sizes.

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

I also painted a floral “sweet land of liberty” design that comes in two sizes.

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

A smaller floral “freedom” tattoo is also included in two sizes.

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July TattoosDIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

There are also a few watercolor stars in red and blue. Plenty of patriotic pretties to choose from. Yay!

The Fourth of July temporary tattoos file is for personal use only. Please do not sell or redistribute the file. If you want to share the file, please share the link to this post. Thank you! 🙂

If you make your own Fourth of July temporary tattoos, I would LOVE to see them! Please tag me on instagram or post to my facebook page.

UPDATE! I just added some of these Fourth of July designs to my Society6 shop! I would love if you came by and checked it out.

Cute watercolor t-shirt designs for the fourth of july

DIY Watercolor Fourth of July temporary tattoos. These are so cute! Click through to download the printable to make your own.

June 11, 2015 8:00 am Alexis 28 Comments Filed Under: Celebrate

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Comments

  1. Kiki Comin says

    June 11, 2015 at 10:21 am

    LOVE these, alexis! They are perfect…girl..you are SO talented. xoxo

    Reply
    • persialou says

      June 11, 2015 at 10:23 am

      That is the best compliment ever coming from you! I’m such a fan of your work! Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Kelly of Simply Kelly Designs says

    June 11, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    These tattoos looks super awesome Alexis. I use temporary tattoo paper all the time but never thought to create the designs with watercolors. Consider my mind blown. You do great work!

    Reply
    • persialou says

      June 11, 2015 at 2:16 pm

      Thank you, Kelly!! You are so sweet!

      Reply
  3. Gwen says

    June 11, 2015 at 2:46 pm

    Love these, girl! They’re so fun!

    Reply
    • persialou says

      June 12, 2015 at 7:38 am

      Thank you, Gwen! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Michele @ The Scrap Shoppe says

    June 11, 2015 at 3:54 pm

    These are SOOOOO fun!! We will for sure be using them for the 4th. 🙂

    Reply
    • persialou says

      June 12, 2015 at 7:38 am

      Yay! I hope you like them!

      Reply
  5. Sarah says

    June 12, 2015 at 7:25 am

    I love these tattoos! What a fantastic and fun idea! Thanks!

    Reply
    • persialou says

      June 12, 2015 at 2:57 pm

      Thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Denise says

    July 2, 2015 at 9:57 am

    Hi Persia,
    We are having a memorial for my Mom who passed recently, and at every family reunion, we would apply temporary tatoo’s (store bought). I have a photo of a toy helmet that my Mom used to wear with the grandkids and I’d love to somehow make that into a tatoo for everyone….she would be smiling down on us! Is there a way to transfer a photograph onto the transfer paper?? Thanks for any help you can give me!
    Denise

    Reply
    • persialou says

      July 2, 2015 at 12:33 pm

      Hi Denise! I am sorry to hear about your loss. I think the helmet tattoos are a sweet way to remember her. As for your question, yes, you could definitely do that! You would need to scan the photo into your computer, reverse the image, and then print it out on the paper. If you have someone who has a little experience with photo editing that could help you, it will not be difficult at all. Good luck!

      Reply
  7. Tayla Scott says

    September 3, 2015 at 4:08 am

    Hi Persia, have you ever tried to use this method to make metallic temp tattoos?

    Reply
    • persialou says

      September 3, 2015 at 4:26 pm

      Hi Tayla! I have thought a lot about how to make a metallic temporary tattoo, and I haven’t come up with a method yet. I think you would need metallic ink, and I don’t have access to that. I thought about foiling the print and then adding the temporary tattoo adhesive, but since the image reverses, the metallic part would be facing your skin, so that doesn’t work. I will keep brainstorming, but so far I don’t have a solution. Let me know if you come up with one! Good luck!

      Reply
  8. Nana says

    November 2, 2015 at 4:45 am

    Can these be printed on a laser printer? Or does it work best when printed with an injet printer? Thank you!

    Reply
    • persialou says

      November 2, 2015 at 9:19 am

      I have used both inkjet and laster printers with the tattoo paper and I’ve had good results with both. Enjoy!

      Reply
  9. Zoe says

    June 7, 2016 at 9:19 am

    Hi! These are so cool and I would love to make them but have never made them before. What temporary tattoo paper did you use for this? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Alexis says

      June 7, 2016 at 10:07 am

      Hi! I used the Silhouette Brand Tattoo Paper, which you can buy right here: http://amzn.to/1VKvx74 Enjoy!

      Reply

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