4th of July Flags

This is a fun craft and you can take the opportunity to teach you child about the flag.
We used these items for each flag:
red, blue and white contruction paper
4 pipe cleaners red, white and blue
1 bead
glue stick
a hole punch

Pre-cut the shapes:
1 large white rectangle
1 small blue square
14 red stripes

I let my girls use a small hole puncher to punch out 50 stars. This is a great opportunity to pratice counting and talk about why the flag has 50 stars.
Next they glued on the blue square and the stripes.
Then, we braided three pipe cleaners together. Slide one large bead on to the top of the pipe cleaner. Fold the pipe cleaner back uder the bead to hide the sharp wires and keep the flag from falling off.
Punch two holes in the flag (top and bottom) and slide the flag through them.
Fold the bottom of the pipe cleaner up a bit to hide the sharp ends and wrap the last pipe cleaner around it to make a handle.

Now your kids will have a fun and safe flag to wave at the parade or 4th of July celebration.