With July Fourth quickly approaching we decided to do a few simple and festive flag painting projects.
First we talked about the historical significance of Independence Day. We discussed why there are 13 stripes on the flag. (Wait, there are 13 stripes on the flag?! Thanks to David for that tidbit; my knowledge of American History is sorely lacking. I’m enjoying learning along with our daughter!)
We talked about the original 13 colonies and the Betsy Ross legend.
Then we decided to make two types of flags.
One from circa 1776 (in the Betsy Ross style), on the left, and one for today:
(Oh, how I love those stars that she drew!)
She wanted to color in the California state flag too:
We then set about designing our own flags just for fun:
Above is a drawing of the house she wants to live in when she grows up. It’s an actual house located on Jesse Street; in her eyes that street’s named after Jessie, her favorite character from The Boxcar Children book series. (Any time we head into town she asks if we can “take Jessie street.” As long as it’s not too far out of the way, I try to oblige her.) How sweet that she wanted her flag to depict that house!
You girls have so much fun!!!!! What fantastic learning activities!
Good project! (I love the Jessie St. story.) I loved making flags in school from fabric and remember having to each pick a state flag. I chose Alaska because it’s the coolest. If you look it up you’ll see why. :)