Learning about Flag Day for Kids

June 4, 2024 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Flag Day is sort of a weird holiday, but it celebrates the adoption of the official American flag back on June 14, 1777. Of course the flag has changed a lot through the years, because although there have always been 13 stripes to honor the original 13 colonies, the number of stars has changed as the number of states changed.

You can learn more about Flag Day in this Flag Day activities post, and make sure you check out the Flag Day unit study and printable flip book as well.

Flag Day is a great time to learn a little bit about the history of the flag and explore (virtually or otherwise) the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia.

Now’s the time to pull out all your red, white and blue craft supplies and make flags and other projects, which are a great way to decorate in the summer, at least through the Fourth of July but really straight on through Labor Day.

I love this button flag craft from Glued to My Crafts. If you don’t already have a ton of red, white and blue buttons in your stash you can probably find them at the dollar store, or use beads, pompoms, or a collection of patriotically colored stuff to make a similar design.

Kids can practice their fine motor skills by filling in the flag printables from 3 Dinosaurs with dot markers, using a cotton ball or cotton swab dabbed in the appropriate color, or even just coloring in the dots with regular markers or crayons.

And you can learn more fun facts about the American flag with this cute flag cootie catcher quiz from Red Ted Art. When you fold it up the outside quadrants make an American flag, and inside you’ll find some questions about the flag such as when it was last updated or what the original flag was called.

Printable Flag Day Flip Book

Easy American Flag Craft

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Turkey in Disguise Activities

Every year at my daughter’s school I think it’s the second or third graders do an activity where they have to disguise a turkey to keep it from being eaten at Thanksgiving. The kids draw the disguise and write a little bit about why they thing that would be an effective way for the turkey to hide. There were some really creative ideas, including one year one was dressed as an eraser for some reason?

If this is an activity you’d like to try with kids in the classroom or at home, check out these turkey in disguise printables to get you started.

If you want to keep it totally basic you can just print out a turkey in disguise coloring sheet like these from The Best Ideas for Kids. There are a few different options kids can use to decorate and they write in what their turkey is disguised as.

My Bored Toddler has a similar printable that just asks what the child will cover the turkey with to hide it. This one would be fun to use in a plastic sleeve or laminated, then you can use it with playdough, cover it with leaves or glass gems or draw on it and use it again.

Easy Peasy and Fun has a paper doll-inspired take on turkey disguises, with printable costumes you can take on and off to hide your turkey quickly. The disguise is attached to the regular turkey with a tab so you can flip it up and down to have a regular turkey or one disguised as a peacock, football player, astronaut and more. This one includes a writing activity so students can explain why they picked the disguise they did and why they think it will work.

Red Ted Art has a set of 12 disguises you can buy (or you can get six random costumes for free) that come in both color and black and white. Kids can just assemble the turkeys or they can color them and then put them together. The set includes a basketball player, pirate, chef, unicorn, mermaid, robot and more. It doesn’t include a writing activity but you could also have kids write about which character they picked and why.

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