Togetherness Flag
Materials Needed:
Red, white and blue paint
Paintbrush
Paint Trays
Sheet of paper 2'x3'

What to do: 1. On the large sheet of paper, draw lines for stripes and paint a blue square in the upper left corner. 2. Have the children fill in the bottom stripe by dipping their hands in the red paint and pressing them end to end within the lines of the stripe. Using the white paint, have them make a white stripe just above it the same way. 3. Continue until you have all 13 stripes filled with hand prints. 4. Have the children dip their fingertips in paint and make the "stars" in the blue square.

More to do: Have children make our country's very first flag the same way and explain why it looks different from the flag we have today.

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