Fourth of July Crepe Paper Flag Craft

This Fourth of July crepe paper flag craft is a fun way to celebrate with your kids. This inexpensive Independence Day activity can be used as a decoration for your festivities.

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Fourth of July Crepe Paper Flag Craft

Fourth of July is coming up around the bend. It’s time to start doing crafts and making decorations that teach about our country, our history, and the meaning behind the symbols.

This American flag craft is a great activity to teach about the symbolism behind our flag. We had a lot of fun making this American flag out of crepe paper we bought from Dollar Tree, and we hope you do too.

This is done on tag board, so it is big enough to be a great decoration for any Fourth of July party. Kenzie and I did this one together while Abby was at school and Corban was napping.

Materials Needed for this Fourth of July Crepe Paper Flag Craft

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How to Make an American Flag out of Crepe Paper

Do one stripe at a time. You want to work quickly, painting the Mod Podge onto the tagboard in stripes as thick as the crepe paper.

2. Unroll the crepe paper in stripes. It is that simple. Do the 6 bottom stripes of the flag, alternating white and red.

3. Draw a line to separate where you want the blue box to go so the proprtion looks right.

4. Continue down the full piece of tag board until the rest of the stripes are done. There are seven shorter stripes at the top of the flag. The crepe paper fits the tag board almost perfectly. You can trim your own piece to size.

5. The next step was to fill in the blue area by similarly laying the blue crepe paper. I did the stripes in a different direction for contrast in the striping. You can do it however you think looks best.

6. Once you are done laying the blue, stick down the 50 stars.

There you have a great American flag craft that your kids can do to help decorate for your next Fourth of July party. Not hosting? That doesn’t need to stop you from doing a fun craft for this holiday to celebrate the independence of our country and teach your kids about the symbolism behind the flag.

What is the Symbolism of the Stripes, Stars, and Colors on the American Flag?

Do you know the symbolism? The 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies. The 50 stars represent the 50 states. That I did know.

I didn’t know the colors had meaning as well until I looked it up today. This is what I found: Red symbolizes hardiness and valor. White symbolizes purity and innocence. Blue represents vigilance, perseverance, and justice. Hopefully, we have parents out there trying to raise their children with these character qualities.

While you create flag art with your kids, make sure to share with them all of the symbolism involved in the creation of our flag.