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Memorial Day Craft Projects for Kids
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items Unlock your creativity with these inspiring crafts that will contribute to a meaningful observance.
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TODDLERS
For toddlers...
Make small troops out of popsicle sticks to delight your toddlers. Allow their imaginations to run wild as they design their soldiers’ uniforms and faces. This hands-on activity not only strengthens their motor skills but also teaches them the value ...
How to Make a Popsicle Stick Toy Soldier Ornament
Have the kids dip their hands in red paint and position them on paper to create the petals of a poppy, a symbol of remembrance for fallen heroes. Complete it with the addition of a black center and a green stem. This craft lets them express their cre...
Handprint poppy
Begin by outlining the American flag on tissue paper. Give your toddlers squares in red, white, and blue, as well as a glue stick. Watch as they attach the tissue paper squares within the lines of the flag, creating a wonderful mosaic effect.
Tissue Paper Flag 4th of July Craft
Make this Memorial Day memorable for your toddler by creating a festive ribbon wand. Make them out of wooden dowels or sticks and attach red, white, and blue ribbons to one end. When they’re finished, you can gather the toddlers and lead them in a mi...
Easy Red White and Blue Patriotic Ribbon Wand
Provide sponges cut into star shapes as well as red, white, and blue paint. Set up a large piece of paper or cloth and instruct your toddler to dip sponge stars in paint and press them onto the canvas to create a starry design. This hands-on project ...
Stars and Stripes Sponge Painting - joyful parenting
Make Memorial Day special for your toddlers with a handprint flag painting activity. This craft combines fun and patriotism as toddlers dip their hands in red, white, and blue paint to create charming handprint flags on a canvas. It’s an excellent wa...
Handprint Flag Craft For Kids
PRESCHOOLERS
For preschoolers...
Make a majestic crown out of a paper plate and encourage the kids to design it with patriotic colors and classic symbols. You can tell them stories about the Statue of Liberty and the values that it represents while they wear their crown. This creati...
Easy Memorial Day Crafts for Kids
Glue popsicle sticks together to form the “body” and paint it brown. Glue on various cutouts to form the wings and the head, and connect popsicle sticks to the rear of the body to transform them into puppets. With this activity, the kids can learn ab...
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Glue popsicle sticks together and create the “hat” by painting them red, white, and blue. Add a white handprint cut-out to represent the beard, add googly eyes, a nose cut-out, and your Uncle Sam decoration is ready to display around the house.
Popsicle Stick Patriotic Craft
Begin by cutting a square piece of red, white, and blue paper from strong paper or cardstock. Make diagonal cuts from each corner approximately two-thirds of the way toward the center. Fold alternate corners to the center and secure with a staple or ...
How To Make 4th of July Pinwheels and Flags (EASY PATRIOTIC CRAFTS)
Encourage your preschoolers’ creativity this Memorial Day by having them make rockets out of cardboard tubes. With this hands-on activity, kids can turn cardboard tubes into make-believe rockets. They can give the tubes a cosmic feel by painting them...
Memorial Day Craft Roll Rockets
This activity encourages lots of artistic creativity. Using red, white, and blue materials such as paper, ribbons, and streamers, the kids can create colorful windsocks that flutter in the breeze to represent the freedom and unity of their country.
Printable Patriotic Windsock Craft
Instruct the kids to paint red rectangles on a white paper plate; then, draw stars in the upper left corner; and finally, stick buttons to the red stripes. The finished product is a simple yet creative version of the American flag.
Paper Plate Flag Craft
Kids can paint cardboard and attach them to paper plates with Uncle Sam’s iconic red, white, and blue color scheme. Complete the appearance with a tall top hat and a white beard. This hands-on activity fosters creativity and inventive play, as childr...
Uncle Sam Paper Plate Mask: Easy 4th of July Craft
Using wooden stars or cardboard star cutouts, preschoolers can create a textured and colorful design by wrapping red, white, and blue yarn around them. This hands-on activity promotes dexterity and introduces national symbols. The completed stars can...
Yarn Wrapped Stars for 4th of July.
Provide red, white, and blue Lego bricks and instruct the kids to recreate the flag’s stars and stripes pattern. This interactive activity promotes the development of fine motor skills, color recognition, and cognitive skills as children learn about ...
Build A LEGO American Flag