American Flag Art Project We haven't studied American History yet. Alex loves flags (like his Mommy:) So when he said he wanted to have his new room "decorated to look like the American Flag" I had to come up with a plan. So we came up with some projects to hang on the wall. This is my favorite of them.
1. You need red, white, blue & silver paper, foam, craft paper, wrapping paper. You don't need it all - but look around and see what you have. Construction paper will fade pretty fast - so I would avoid that. Scrapbook card stock is heavier and comes in a variety of colors.
2. cut the papers of red, white and blue into 1 inch squares. It actually looks cuter if all the squares on not the exact same size.
3. Take a large sheet of white paper (I always love to frame up the kid's stuff in those inexpensive frames from Micheal's. So when starting an art project I always make sure my paper will fit into one of my frames) Draw off the flag. Large rectangle in top right, 13 stripes. The first stripe is red. There are 7 stripes next to the blue rectangle and the rest are under it.
4. I wrote a B where the blue squares went, R for red and W for white.
5. Alex, in Pre K at the time and learning his letters, could remember what went where.
6. Glue stick over the area you want to cover. We started with the blue and then went down the page alternating the red and the white stripes.
7. I free hand cut out some silver stars from wrapping paper. I told Alex there were 50 - but didn't insist he put that many on there. The result (because we used the foam pieces too) is a picture that is very rich with texture. It looks kinda folk artie.
8. This project took Alex 3 days to complete because he was so young and his attention span waned after about 3 stripes. We did talk about American History, songs about the flag, who made it, why we respect the flag. American and World History, Art, following directions, improving fine motor skills, communication. K
