Supplies Needed: Small Clay Pot Paint (red, blue and white) Paint Brush Newspaper
#1: Prepare your work environment by laying out newspaper or plastic to help protect from the paint #2: Place your clay pot and paint on the newspaper #3: Get creative and decorate your clay pot for Presidents Day.
Decorating ideas: Paint each section of the pot a different color (saucer white, rim of pot red, middle of pot blue) Paint the pot blue with red and white stars Paint the pot with red and white stripes. Paint the pot to look like an American flag Write the names of the Presidents on your pot
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Supplies Needed: Empty Paper Towel Roll Ribbon (string or yarn) Markers, Crayons or Paint Hole Punch Scissors
#1: Take an empty paper towel roll and use the hole punch to create holes along the top rim of your paper towel roll #2: Cut your ribbon about seven inches long. #3: Thread your ribbon through the holes you made on the top rim of the paper towel roll and knot the ribbon #4: Decorate the paper towel roll. You can draw stars. Paint it to look like an American flag or any creative design you can come up with.
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Supplies Needed: 28 Craft Sticks or Popsicle Sticks Paint or Markers Glue
#1: Take 3 craft sticks and place them on the table side by side varying in height next to each other. This will be how the flag is held together. #2: Lay all 26 craft sticks on top of the 3 craft sticks. Make sure all 26 craft sticks are touching one of the 3 back craft sticks. You may need to use more craft sticks on the back of the flag to hold it together. #3: Once all 26 sticks are in place glue them to the back 3 craft sticks. #4: Allow glue to dry #5: Use a pencil to draw a small box in the top left hand corner of the craft sticks. This will be where the stars of the US flag will go. #6: Paint the bottom stick red and then alternate between red and white until you reach the top. Be careful not to paint inside the box you drew for the stars. #7: Allow paint to dry #8: Paint the part of the craft sticks that you made a box blue. #9: Allow to dry #10: Draw stars on top of the blue paint.
Additional Flag Information: *The fifty stars on the flag represent the fifty U.S. states and the thirteen stripes represent the original thirteen colonies that rebelled against the British Crown and became the first states in the Union *Nicknames for the flag include the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, and The Star-Spangled Banner. *The flag has been changed 26 times since the new, 13-state union adopted it.
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Supplies Needed:
Pencil or Pen
United States Constitution Cryptogram Handout: United States Constitution Cryptogram.pdf (57.28 kb)
#1: Print out the United States Constitution Cryptogram.
#2: At the top of the handout is the key that list the letter A-Z with numbers in the box below. Each of the letters corresponds with a number. The bottom part contains secret phrases. Each of the blanks has a number underneath it. Fill in the letter that corresponds to the numbers to solve the phrase.
3X5 Index Cards
Glue
Scissors
President Handout: Presidents of the United States.pdf (35.85 kb)
#1: Print out the President Handout
#2: Cut out each Presidents Name
#3: Glue each Presidents Name to the index card
#4: Mix up the President cards and see if you can put them back in order. Starting with the first president.