Hand Print Flag

With the fourth of July looming on the horizon, I thought it would be a good idea to start talking about our flag with Kate.  We've talked about the colors in our flag - red, white, and blue - and we've looked at what colors the stripes are and what color the stars are.  We've also talked about how many stars on on the flag and what the represent - the 50 states!

To really hit this little learning lesson home, I thought it would be a good idea to create our own flag, so over the last couple nights we embarked on a little hand print flag project!  This little momento will be something that we will keep forever and display proudly each and every fourth of July.  Plus, it was super easy and fun for all of us.

I took a blank canvas and used masking tape to tape off the
areas where we did NOT want the red paint.

Then I let Kate do her thang!

I put the paint on the canvas and she went to town.

Girlfriend gets in a ZONE when she is painting!

Painting the roses canvas red!

Love that little tush!  Even though we are
wearing a smock, this is how we roll!

We explored with the paint a tad bit after we painted with the red
because painting is just too fun to only use one color!

I let the paint dry overnight and then peeled the tape off.

Then I covered the areas already painted with old
construction paper and left the area that we would
be painting blue open.

And, once again, I let Kate do her thing!

I mean, she's a pro by now with the amount of painting we do!

Once the blue was dry, I painted her hand and we stamped it
right where the stars would go!

And when it was 100% dry, we put it up for decoration!

I love this!  We will certainly be making another one of these for Little Sister at some point!  And, like I said, we will keep it forever and display it proudly each and every fourth of July!

Plus, it was a great learning experience and Kate has since pointed out the flags to me that she sees around the neighborhood or on signs, etc.  It is incredible to see our little lady so engaged and learning and then using her new skills outside of the activity we were doing!  She continues to amaze me!