Make a patriotic pebble with your child this Memorial Day
Memorial Day Art Activities
This Memorial Day, make Memorial Day art activities with your students that teach them the meaning of working together to create something special.
Use my FREE American Flag collaborative poster to have each student color one part of the flag and then let the kids watch in amazement as the poster is put together. Kids LOVE being part of something like this, and they will always be able to tell you exactly what part of the flag they worked on.
If you are looking for something unique for your Patriotic events for Memorial Day, you might like my newest line of resources, agamographs. My agamographs are really fun because I’ve taken a technique usually only found in the art room, and I’ve removed as much of the “prep and mess” and made it really easy for classroom teachers to provide to their students.
For patriotic events like Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day, I have created an image that morphs from an American Flag into an image of soldiers and back again when you walk from side to side. This project is great because it makes for a captivating art display when it’s complete–there is a huge WOW factor to this project! When you display these outside your classroom, I guarantee it will get your entire school talking about art. You can see all of my agamographs HERE.
The process is very easy for teachers. I have already spliced the images together and assigned colors to each section of the project. Each design includes two pages of paper that the kids color according to a key I have assigned.
I provide all the written instructions needed and a short video that walks the kids through the entire process. I made the video so that you can show it to your students to let ME do the teaching. When the agamograph is put together, it will look like this from the front. However…when you walk from side to side, the image will change from one image into the next.
Another popular Memorial Day project teachers like using with their kids are my Patriotic interactive colorings sheets. These coloring sheets are a big hit for just about any holiday or event because they are unique. No two will ever come out the same. Unlike traditional coloring sheets where the sky is blue and the grass is green (on each child’s artwork), these sheets require that the children do ALL of the designing and coloring.
Kids really enjoy getting to be the master of their own ideas and playing with patterns, shapes, and colors to make an interesting composition. See all of my interactive coloring sheets HERE or check out my heavily discounted Interactive Coloring Book BUNDLE.
There are many designs included in this set for various patriotic events. These are just some of them that are included. A favorite project among classroom teachers and art teachers for Memorial Day is my collaborative poster of a soldier.
Last year for Veterans Day, many teachers used this soldier poster. To this day, I still get comments in my Teachers Pay Teachers store about how much teachers enjoyed having a collaborative project for the kids to work on that had so much meaning when put together. Also, teachers told me (and still do) that they used this poster for various assemblies and events they held at their school for our soldiers. If you like this one, you can also see my other collaborative posters HERE.
There are 20 grid pieces included, and the final poster is approximately 28″ x 35″, depending on your printer settings. If you have more than 20 kids in your class, you could combine my soldier poster with my “Thank You” poster or have two kids work on one sheet. Teachers always find creative ways to use my resources, and I’m always amazed. Whatever you are doing for Memorial Day, it will be great. If you are using one of my resources, I thank you for allowing me to have a small part in such an important day. Mostly I thank you for making art with your kids for meaningful events like Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It’s an important message sent to the kids when they realize that sometimes words can’t do what images and art can. Best, Jenny K.
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Kids Crafts Materials
Red paper – we like getting a construction paper pack
- Apply glue stick to the red paper and use the paper to cover the base of the album.
- Cut out two thick stripes from the white paper. You can make lovely patterns on the borders of each paper.
- Use glue stick to overlay the white pieces for the stripes.
- Trace a triangle on the blue paper and cut it to use as a firecracker tip.
- Add the ribbons, star stickers, and adhesive letters.
- Fill the album with your photos or patriotic photos.
Patriotic Plant Pot
Plant gorgeous blooms in creative patriotic pots!
Image via – Etsy – Pots and Stuff Store – Patriotic Crafts
Materials
- Paint the flowerpot’s rim blue and the lower part white or vise versa.
- Apply the white paint again for added depth.
- Add red stripes to the white part and white stars to the blue part.
These Memorial Day kids’ crafts can be done by children in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school. They are a great way to show off your American pride as you grill some barbecue and enjoy the hot weather. Make them with your kids and create wonderful memories together.
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