Easy Patriotic Flags For Kids To Make

July 2, 2010 by Kristen Stephens Leave a Comment

These flags are really cute and perfect for the young ones on the 4th of July. Who doesn’t love a craft that involves using the glue stick the whole time! Check out A Crafty Escape for her step by step how to.

These sweet little kiddie flags are a wonderfully simple Fourth of July craft for toddlers, preschoolers, and younger elementary children who love any excuse to get busy with paper, glue sticks, and a bit of red, white, and blue creativity. It’s the kind of patriotic kids’ craft that doesn’t need fancy supplies or complicated instructions, which is always a win when you’re planning a classroom activity, homeschool project, summer camp craft, or something easy to keep little hands busy before the fireworks begin.

What I love about this 4th of July flag craft is that it gives children a chance to make something festive and recognisable while still being very achievable for small hands. There’s cutting, sticking, arranging, and plenty of room for wonky stripes and enthusiastic glue application — which, let’s be honest, is usually the best part for them. These handmade flags would be fun to wave at a family barbecue, use as table decorations, or add to a patriotic bulletin board.

If you’re looking for more easy Fourth of July activities for kids, you might also like these kid-friendly 4th of July activities, this roundup of patriotic crafts for kids, or these Fourth of July printable games and worksheets for a low-prep holiday lesson plan. Simple, festive, and glue-stick friendly — this is exactly the sort of project that makes holiday crafting with kids feel fun instead of frantic.

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Shark Week Learning for Kids

Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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