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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Easy Pen and Paper Games for Road Trips and Beyond

When my daughter was younger I would spend a lot of time trying to come up with activities she could do in the car on long road trips and things to entertain her when we were waiting at restaurants and things that didn’t involve screens.

But it turns out there are a lot of great activities you can do with just a piece of paper and a pen.

What Do We Do All Day has a great collection of pen and paper games, including some that can be done with just one person, though they’re all more fun if you have at least two.

There are some classics on here like hangman and dots and boxes, but there are also quite a few I hadn’t heard of before.

I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you because you should definitely click over there and look around, but I will share about the one that you see pictured above.

This game is called Bridges, and you start by making the big random shape and the dividing it into a bunch of sections (the post says 30-50 sections is ideal but I think this one is smaller than that).

Each player gets their own color marker and you take turns drawing bridges from one space to another, crossing a third. Once there’s a bridge, no other bridges can start, end or cross in those spaces. Keep going until no more bridges can be built, and the person who makes the last bridge wins.

Check out the post over at What We Do All Day for more great ideas for no or almost-no prep games you can play with your kids or that kids can play together. I’d love to know if you have a favorite paper and pen game, whether it’s on this list or a different one.

[Photo: What We Do All Day]

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