Canada Day is the perfect time to celebrate your patriotism with easy activities that kids can help make.
Red and white and cute all over, these five quick crafts are simple to make and will bring a smile to your little one’s face. Grab your art supplies and get started!
Canada Day Pinwheels
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This craft is eco-friendly, as well as reusable, and it’s easy to make with stuff you already have around the house. They will be the main attraction at your outdoor event, and will keep children safe and entertained. Fill cups with colored stones and put a pinwheel in to create a fancy Canada Day centrepiece, or line the pinwheels along your driveway to welcome your guests.
Materials:
Paper
Printer
Coloring Materials
Unsharpened Pencil With Eraser
Push Pin/Straight Pin
Instructions:
Print or draw a Canada Day template of your choice.
Fold to make a square decorated on both sides; glue the sides.
Cut diagonally, not all the way to the middle.
Bend each corner to centre.
Push a pin through centre into the eraser of a pencil.
Blow edges to make the pinwheel spin.
Canada Day Beaver Hat
Beaver hat/ canadianliving
This is one craft that children will adore. This cute beaver hat will let children show off their creations while making for great photo opportunities. This craft takes a bit more time and effort, but it’s easy for children to help, and will be well worth it when you see the look of excitement from your child as they wear their new favourite hat.
Materials:
Small Canadian Flag
Red Baseball Cap
Craft Foam (9” x 12”): 2 brown, 1 white, 1/8 sheet black
Cardboard/Card Stock Sheet (9” x 12”)
Masking/Duct Tape
Tacky/White Glue
Low-Temperature Glue Gun
White Pipe Cleaner (12”)
Black Fine/Medium Permanent Marker
Paint (red, white)
Scissors
Pencil
Canada Day Beaver Hat Template
Instructions:
Print/draw beaver template (adjust size to fill piece of craft foam).
Trace beaver onto brown craft foam, cut out. Repeat with cardboard. Use a second brown craft foam sheet to trace paw and tail. Cut.
Trace T-shirt onto white craft foam. Cut.
Trace maple leaf onto red craft foam. Cut.
Trace eyes onto white & black craft foam. Cut.
Glue cardboard backing to back of beaver.
Use a black marker to outline all pieces of beaver, t-shirt, and face.
Glue facial parts (eyes, nose, teeth).
On backside of flag, bend pipe cleaner to run up the flagpole, holding in an outstretched position. Add glue to hold flag at top of flagpole.
Make holes in T-shirt, insert flag. Use tape to secure flag on back of shirt.
Glue T-shirt onto beaver.
Use gun glue to stick the crown of hat to the beaver.
Maple Leaf Scribble Lanterns
Canada Day lanterns/ valariebudayr
Scribble lanterns are an easy way for all of your children to contribute, as the steps are easy and fun to manage. The little ones get to scribble on paper with six to eight different colors, while the older ones can help you with tracing maple leaves. You can place LED lights inside of the lanterns to imitate the flickering of candles.
Materials:
18” x 12” Manila Drawing Paper
Tissue Paper (different colors)
Double Stick Tape and Scotch Tape
Glue Dots
Scissors
Poster Board
Pencil
Crayons
Instructions:
Scribble over Manila paper with different colours.
Fold bottom 1 1/2 – 2”.
On bottom fold, cut 1” slits along bottom up to fold line. Fold both sides of paper.
Fold down top. Trace maple leaf pattern on backside (no colour).
Cut pattern.
Cut square to cover leaf with tissue paper. Tape over cut out.
Hold paper with tissue facing you. Bring sides together by hooking tops into one another, taping into place. Use double-sided tape, put under top part overlapping. Adjust lantern so it is a cylinder.
Using top of lantern, place it on poster board, and trace a circle. Cut. This is the bottom of the lantern.
Turn lantern upside down, fringe on top. Put double stick tape on bottom.
Place glue dots around bottom posterboard piece of lantern. Place piece on top of double stick tape. Affix to lantern.
Place LED lights inside.
Canada Day Maple Leaf Headbands
Maple leaf headband/ walmartlivebetter
These headbands bring out the festive side of Canada Day, while letting your children play dress up in their own creations. Glitter, ribbons and maple leaves will make your child feel like the centre of attention.
Materials:
Plastic Headband
Scissors
Red Glitter Glue
Paint Brush
Red and White Pipe Cleaners and Ribbon
White Glue
Instructions:
Trace and cut two maple leaves, paint on glitter glue.
Wrap pipe cleaner around top of headband. Repeat with other cleaner.
Twist and twirl pipes to your design.
Tape ends of pipe cleaners to back of maple leaves.
Curl strands of ribbon, tape to back of leaves.
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