Check it out on RealSimple.com. We put together some fun bike decorating ideas for a Fourth of July party–you can host your own neighborhood parade or invite your friends and their kids over. For a bike basket, attach some simple decorations and these festive flowers. And for something with a little more spark, make your own firecrackers to tie to the back of a bike or your own shiny pom poms (get our firecracker printable at Real Simple).

Photos by Nicole Hill Gerulat. Graphic design ©One Charming Party.