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Make a Canadian Flag

Use a straw and printable templates to make your own Canadian Flag!  We made this craft with the girls in Kaitlyn's Sparks group (Age 5/6 group in Canadian Girl Guides).  They all loved it!

 Canada Flag craft

Materials:

bulletstraw
bulletprinter
bulletpaper  (I like printing the B&W version on red and white colored construction paper)
bullet(optional)  something to color with
bulletstapler
bulletglue

Instructions:

bulletPrint the template of choice
 
bulletCut out the template pieces  (can be done by adults prior to craft time -- I like to roughly cut apart all the pieces and then cut out the maple leaves.  The blocks can be cut by the children.)
 

Making a Canadian Flag – Leader Instructions

Project to be done in small groups (about 5 children and 1 adult)

Skills:  Social Studies, Basic Colors, Fine Motor

bulletInstruct children to cut out the large white piece. 
  
bulletInstruct children to print their names on the back of the large white piece.
  
bulletCollect white pieces from the children.
  
bulletWhile you staple the white pieces to the straw (two staples per flag), instruct the children to cut out their red pieces.  (The maple leaves are precut, so it’s just the borders they need to work on)
  
bulletRedistribute the white pieces (with straws attached).
  
bulletInstruct the children to glue the red borders to the left and right sides of the flag.
  
bulletInstruct the children to glue the maple leaf in the center of the flag.

Templates:  

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
   
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

 

Template (largest piece) - makes two flags   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template (borders and leaf) - makes two flags   (color)   or   (B&W)

 

 

 
Printable Version of these instructions