Materials
Flag of any kind
White poster board cut into rectangular pieces
Construction paper in various colors
Glue
Shallow containers
Small paintbrushes
Instructions
1. Beforehand, draw the design of the flag onto a small piece of poster board for each child. Tearconstruction paper in the colors of the flag into small bits. Display a real flag where the childrencan easily see it.
2. Pour glue into shallow containers. Have the children apply glue to their poster board using abrush.
3. Ask the children to follow the design of the flag and position the pieces of construction paperon the poster board.
4. Set the flags aside for several hours to dry. Display around the room.More to doCircle time: Talk about the colors and meaning of small flags that the children bring from home.Games: Make a floor puzzle from a crayon drawing of a flag on large poster board; laminate theboard and cut it into pieces. Provide the children with small flags from around the world and pretendyou are in the Olympic Games; have an opening processional and ask the children to representa country in various Olympic events.More art: Make flags of all sizes to celebrate the seasons and holidays with scraps of fabric.Outdoors: Take a walk in the neighborhood and see how many flags are displayed.
