It's a holiday weekend!!! I found instructions for a simple Rolled Paper Flag and thought it'd be perfect to make flags, not only for the 4th of July, but also for Canada Day since Daddy is from Canada and we still have family there! Koen loved this project and carefully made each flag. Tysen wasn't too enthusiastic about making anything so he half-heartedly made one flag before scooting off to find trouble elsewhere.
I cut 12in. x18in. pieces of paper from an IKEA paper roll we had around. Then I had the boys fold each one in half twice (short side-to-short side both times) to make four sections. I traced one section with a pen so it was obvious where they had to cut since one section needed to be removed. Koen had no problem with this step, but Ty got frustrated with the cutting which didn't help his already-wandering interest.
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| Ty holds his paper flag in front of his grumpy face. |
Next, we decorated the flags. Koen knew how each flag should look, so he immediately began painting a blue square and red stripes for the USA flag, reserving the silver star stickers from after the paint dried. He then painted the red blocks on the sides of his Canadian flag before painting his hand red and making his hand print the Maple Leaf in the center (I saw this idea on a few different websites...I can't claim it as my own idea but thought it was brilliant!). The flags turned out great (see below)! Happy Patriotic Holidays! :) |
| Brielle had fun putting the star stickers on the scrap papers. |
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| The finished flags! Aren't they great?!? |
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