Flag Day
Today’s post is the first of many guest posts by talented bloggers, teachers and moms who have graciously offered their expertise while I prepare for the birth of my daughter . I will still be posting and commenting, returning emails ( as quickly as I can) and be around to answer questions but want to make sure that all of you still have fresh new activities to enjoy! This post is from Shannon a former preschool teacher , curriculum writer and mom .
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We did some fun Flag activities last week since today is Flag day and 4th of July is coming up also. We had fun with the sensory activities and LOVED making painters tape flags. Plus by doing our flag activities earlier then we usually do they get to stay up longer for all to enjoy!
Red, Blue and White play dough: we used our favorite play dough recipe. We also added glitter to the white after they played with it the first time. The recipe is super simple: 1 cup water, 1 cup salt, 1 cup flour, 2 TBSP oil and coloring( for this i used sugar free jello! smells so yummy! but you can use food paste or coloring, kool aid or paint.) stir all the ingredients till smooth,cook on med heat till it pulls away from the
pan, cool for a bit, knead still smooth and play!
Red, White and Blue colored rice bin I added 4th of July confetti to it: To color the rice I divided a bag of rice equally into baggies, added red food coloring to 1, blue to 1 and let the other white (to that one i added the 4th of July sequins). Zipped up the baggies and let my 2 girls shake and knead the coloring into the rice. After they were all colored I laid them out onto wax paper to dry. added to our Rubbermaid container and both girls have had a blast playing with it ever since.
Painters Tape Flag:
Need:
white construction paper
painters tape
red paint
paint brush
blue construction paper square
4th if July confetti or star stickers
To Make:
Place painters tape strips on the construction paper.
Squirt Red paint down the center and let child paint the paper red, let dry before removing painters tape.
While the paint is drying let child glue or stick stars on their blue square.
After you remove the painters tape let them glue the blue square with stars on and let everything dry.
I hope you enjoyed some of the highlights from our flag week. If you would like the whole curriculum to do with your kids just go to my blogger profile page and click the email me link. It is filled with super fun, super easy activities using most supplies you already have around the house.
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Shannon blogs at Welcome To Our Wonderland where she share’s books and sometimes activities to go with the children’s books. She taught prek for 11 years and become a stay at home mom 10 years ago when her oldest was born.
Voter Flag!
I am not sure how many of my readers know but I am Canadian living in the US, so I am unable to vote in this American election. However I can still remind all of you who are able to get out, get in line and VOTE! Today we made a fun flag, well I made most of it, my son was taken with coloring the pole which was fine too. We are going to take it around town today to remind all of those who can vote, to have their say!
- Gather your materials. You will need 3 pieces of white paper, 1 blue, 1 red , markers, glue, scissors , a star paper punch and a gift wrap roll.
- Start by having your child use blue and red markers to color the pole. If they are older they can write words like “vote” “America” “election” etc… on it. My son loved this step so much it’s all he did!
- While they do this you do the craft, oh wait that was just us. While they color you can cut out the paper shapes, if they are older have them help or do this all on their own. You will need 4 short and 4 long red stripes
, one blue square ( well it’s really a fat rectangle..),
and a whole bunch of white stars.
My son took a break from coloring to try the paper punch.
- Start by gluing the blue section on.
- Add the stripes
- Add the stars
- Check on my son who is still coloring the pole , and a little bit of my kitchen table.
- Let dry
- Using the last piece of white paper – write a message. Campaign if you want , or just write something like we did ” Vote Today!!”
- Glue that to the back of the flag, add some clear tape for stability.
- Glue the flag to the pole
- Get your message out, be heard!
Stars and Stripes!
June 14th is Flag Day in the United States
Here are two fun flag crafts!
Here are two fun flag crafts!
- Gather your materials. For this flag on the top you will need some white paper, blue construction paper, a sponge, red and white paint and scissors.
- Cut the sponge into a long strip and a star. As you can see the star doesn’t need to be perfect!
- Cut a small square out of the blue construction paper.
- Using the white paint sponge paint white stars on the blue paper. Set aside.
- Using the long sponge and red paint paint red stripes onto a white paper.
- Glue the Blue paper onto the red and white one and voila you made a cool flag!
- Gather your materials. For this flag you will need some white paper, a white crayon , blue and red paint and a paint brush.
- Using your white crayons draw lots of long stripes, leaving the area for the stars blank. Then add the stars. This can be hard to do but remember to press hard so that there is a lot of wax.
- Carefully paint with blue paint over JUST the stars.
- Carefully with red paint paint over the stripes. If the stripes or stars aren’t showing through keep wiping off any extra paint and the crayon should appear.
Posted in Age 2-3 years, Age 3-5 years, Age 5 and older, Crafts, Flag Day, Fourth of July | 
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