Fun-A-Day!

fun & meaningful learning every day

  • About
    • Terms of Use
    • Printing Help
  • Privacy
  • Newsletter
  • Home
  • Early Learning
    • Art and Crafts
    • Literacy
      • Letters & Words
    • Math
    • Music
    • Science
    • Sensory
  • Themes
    • Holidays & Seasons
      • Summer
      • Fall
  • Teacher Tips
  • Free Printables
  • Slime
We use affiliate links and may earn commission from purchases made through those links.

Simple American Flag Craft

Shared by Mary Catherine 7 Comments

American flag craft with kids, American flag craft with preschoolers, Preschool America theme

As part of our mini-unit about America, we had a very basic craft at the free art center.  Mary Poppins and I placed strips of red and white construction paper out on the table, along with blue rectangles, star stickers, and glue.  This American flag craft gave the children the chance to recreate the American flag on their own.

American flag craft with kids, American flag craft with preschoolers, Preschool America theme

While I didn’t interfere in their craft time, I had fun watching the kiddos!  It was nice to sit back and observe as they set about using the paper and stickers to make their own version of the flag.  In particular, I was entertained by the attention to detail they showed!  Some of them even brought our class flag over to use as a point of reference.  They counted the stripes on the flag, noted that there were more red stripes than white stripes, and many observed the patterns in the stripes.

American flag craft with kids, American flag craft in preschool, Preschool America theme

I heard things like, “Hey!  It’s like a pattern here!” and “Well, that’s a lot of stars!”  During our mini-unit, we had already discussed the American flag, it’s colors, and the meaning behind the stars and stripes.  Still, it was nice to hear the observations they made on their own.  I think the kids did a great job, and all of the flags turned out so well!

American flag craft with kids, American flag craft in preschool, Preschool America theme

Even though each child was given the same materials, each flag was almost as individual as the kiddos!  Some were incredibly long flags, while others were rather misaligned.  Still others were as accurate as the children could make them.  I’m actually surprised that a few of the students didn’t sit and count out 50 stars.  I was impressed with how all of the kids really took their time with this craft.  There was no rushing off, even by the students who aren’t too into arts and crafts.

American flag craft with kids, American flag craft with preschoolers, preschool America theme

Have you ever done an art or craft project involving the American flag with your children/students?  How did it go?

Shared at Tuesday Tots, Tot School Tuesdays

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Previous article:
« 10 Ideas for a Preschool Patriotic Theme
Next article:
Open-Ended Art with Styrofoam, Toothpicks, & Golf Tees »

Comments

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  1. Chrissy says

    March 3, 2013 at 9:52 pm

    LOVE the flag craft! Doesn’t it make you feel good when they work on other projects and you hear things like the patterns comments? It makes you feel like “Yes! I TAUGHT them something they RETAINED!” 🙂

    Found your blog via the Virginia linkup on Fifth in the Middle’s linky.

    Come stop by my blog sometime!
    http://www.adventuresn2grade.blogspot.com

    Reply
    • MaryC says

      March 3, 2013 at 10:06 pm

      Hahaha . . . yes, it does make me feel like that! 🙂 I just popped over to your blog and I LOVE the elephants in the design. Looking forward to reading more in the future. Thanks for coming by.

      Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Memorial Day for Kids {A Few Ideas} - Fun-A-Day! says:
    May 24, 2013 at 11:09 pm

    […] A Simple American Flag Craft can help set the groundwork when discussing America.  It lets the children get hands-on with our […]

    Reply
  2. 10 Ideas for a Preschool Patriotic Theme - Fun-A-Day! says:
    June 20, 2013 at 10:45 am

    […] American Flag Craft This was an incredibly simple craft for the students.  I simply set out red and white strips of paper, some star stickers, and blue rectangles.  Then I suggested they make their own American flags, and I left them to it!  I’m proud of what a great job they did on this independent craft activity! […]

    Reply
  3. 30 American Flag Crafts - Kids Activities Blog says:
    June 3, 2014 at 7:01 pm

    […] Simple American Flag Paper Strip Craft – This is such a great beginning Fourth of July craft for the littler ones in your world – not that kids of all ages wouldn’t enjoy it. […]

    Reply
  4. American Flag Crafts for Kids - Crafts on Sea says:
    June 8, 2018 at 8:09 am

    […] has a simple flag craft that’s easiest enough for even young […]

    Reply
  5. 25 Amazing and easy American flag crafts for kids - Non-Toy Gifts says:
    June 29, 2018 at 11:35 pm

    […] Simple paper flag | Fun-A-Day […]

    Reply

My name is Mary Catherine, and I love to share meaningful {and fun} learning activities for kiddos! Feel free to browse and stay awhile!

Recent Fun!

  • Christmas Preschool Songs the Kids are Going to Love
  • The Best Christmas Five Senses Book Free Printable
  • Corn Painting is a Fun, Easy Process Art Activity for Kids
  • Preschool Thanksgiving Activities to Help Plan Your Thanksgiving Theme
  • 30 Fabulous Fall Art Projects Sure to Be a Hit With the Kids
child-made book images with text that reads five senses book for christmas
collage of pumpkin art with text that reads pumpkin crafts for preschoolers

Past Fun!

Search the Fun!

Fun by Categories!

Copyright ©2019, Fun-A-Day!. All Rights Reserved. Custom design by Pixel Me Designs