Fourth of July Flag Crafts

Looking for some quick crafts and activities for the Fourth of July? These flag crafts are easy and lots of fun for kids in the summer.

This easy handprint American Flag shirt from Down Redbud Drive is perfect to make and wear on the Fourth. I could totally see doing the same thing with a handprint for the maple leaf on a Canadian flag for Canada Day.

Another cute handprint craft makes a cute wall hanging or trivet. This one is from The Soccer Mom Blog.

Or use the handprint to make the whole flag like on this one from In the Playroom. So cute and easy to make with little ones.

Make a flag out of Popsicle sticks for kids to paint with this tutorial from Jinxy Kids.

Crafts on Sea has a couple of fun flag crafts, including a sponge printed flag and a paper plate flag craft.

Add a little STEM fun to your crafting with this fun American flag craft from From Engineer to SAHM, which uses water science in two different ways to make the parts of the flag. And don’t miss this cool optical illusion flag craft from Mommy Evolution. We love a little learning with our summer fun!

Looking for 4th of July decorations? Check these supplies out.

We also have 100’s of 4th of July Patriotic crafts and 4th of July recipes too.

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Leaf Reading and Writing Activities

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

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