With the 4th of July fast approaching, I wanted to share a little history about our nation’s flag with the girls. The book I picked is Red, White, and Blue by John Herman (it is actually a beginning reader — Level 2). It very gently tells the story of how our nation’s flag was created and shares basic historical facts.
With our focus on the flag, I picked a simple flag craft. Tearing paper is great for strengthening little hands in preparation for writing and scissor skills.
Torn Paper Flag Craft
Supplies:
- Construction paper scraps
- White paper
- Glue
1) Share a book about flags with your child. Give your child a blank, white sheet of paper. Show them how to tear paper and let them design a flag!!
sbswtp says
What a fun project 🙂
Kara says
Very nice! I was going to make something similar with my daughter but I like the idea of her doing the tearing- thanks for the inspiration!
-Kara
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An Almost Unschooling Mom says
Great project for little hands! I think that's one of the books we had on hold for Flag Day, that never made it in – I'll have to check, and see if it's in now 🙂
Charlene says
Great Flag! Sounds like a great book too!
MamaGames says
What a great project. I could never convince my son to do much paper-tearing, but my daughter (now 3 1/2) is much more open to the idea. We'll have to try this!
JDaniel4's Mom says
The flag came out so well. I like how you didn't focus on all the stars and stripes. It would have been overwhelming.
Stacie says
Thanks everyone! The flags are hanging in the window, so I'm sure they'll fade fast — but they'll make it through the 4th at least!