Patriotic Crafts for Kids

With Memorial Day right around the corner, it feels like we are hitting patriotic crafting season in the United States. We happen to have lots of patriotic holidays during the summer, so anything red, white and blue fits right in. Of course these colors are used by a lot of countries, so just because you’re not American doesn’t mean you can’t use some of these patriotic crafts or adapt them for the colors and symbols of your nation.

This patriotic window decoration from Kinder Craze is a great example. If your flag has a star you can change up the colors, or even just do it with stripes if your flag only has solid colors.

Speaking of stars, this red white and blue star fingerprint craft from Our Kid Things was made for Memorial Day, but it’s great to make any time in the patriotic holiday season. If you’re in a different country and stars aren’t part of your flag, you can just make a fun star craft that isn’t necessarily patriotic.

The red white and blue spinner craft from Crafty Morning is made out of a paper plate and could of course be made in any colors and even with a different shape instead of the star. So cute and a great way to practice scissors skills!

Buggy and Buddy has a cute idea for patriotic wands you can make with leftover ribbons and things if you have the right colors in the house. This version uses a wooden dowel with a screw eye, but you could also just tie the ribbons to a stick if you don’t have a screw eye handy.

Kids can help roll the tubes for this paper wreath craft from Home Talk, but it uses a lot of hot glue so an adult or older kid should be in charge of the assembly. Or practice fine motor skills by making a red, white and blue clothespin wreath, like this one from Kippi at Home.

You can also keep it classic and make a paper chain to use as decor for all your cookouts and patriotic holidays. This one from A Pumpkin and a Princess used striped scrapbook paper and star stickers, but you could do it with just red, white and blue construction paper as well.

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Simple 4th of July Shaker

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Lots of Americans seem to think that May 5 is Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on Sept. 16.

May 5 is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans defeated the French in 1862. Independence Day marks the beginning of their fight for independence from Spain in 1810. That was the day of what’s known as El Grito de Dolores, or the cry of Dolores, for when the Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the church bells at his church in Dolores and declared that Mexico should be free from Spanish rule.

They would fight for their freedom until 1821 when they finally gained independence.

Fabulous Classroom has a little of the history and ideas for celebrating the holiday for all age groups. There’s also a link to a good video in that post about the real story of Mexican Independence Day.

Twinkl also has a good tops about the history and different activities, discussion ideas, crafts and foods that can be incorporated into lessons at school or used at home.

I also found a few pins that no longer link to a website but include good information on Mexican Independence Day, including some questions for students to answer based on the reading. You can find more printables and questions for kids from TX Homeschool Mama on Etsy (also available in Spanish).

You can find a lot more paid resources about Mexican Independence Day at Teachers Pay Teachers.

Mexican flag crafts are a fun option for celebrating Mexican Independence Day (though the current iteration of their flag has only been in use since 1968). Kids Activities Blog has a free Mexican flag printable and a few different ideas for decorating it including dot markers and torn tissue paper.

You can also find some great Mexican crafts at Red Ted Art. The post includes all sorts of Mexican inspired projects including Day of the Dead crafts, Frida Kahlo pinatas and upcycled musical instruments. I love the giant paper flowers they shared from Honestly WTF.

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