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American Flag Hand Project

Show your patriotic spirit with these great family crafts taken from About Family Crafts.

American Flag

Craft Project Directions:
To make this project you will need red, white, and blue construction paper, one large blue rectangular piece of paper, scissors, a pen, and some glue. First trace your handprints on white and red paper and cut them out. Next cut out a number of stars from the white paper. Now arrange the handprints on the blue background piece of paper, leaving a blue rectangular in the top left corner, to create red and white stripes. Now add the stars to the blue rectangle to finish your flag! Add a craft stick or dowel pole or simply hang your flag someplace special.

Candy Flag

What You Need:

* Sheet of typing paper
* Pencil
* Tape
* Waxed paper
* Cookie sheet
* Almond bark (four squares)
* Resealable plastic bag and scissors
* Red and blue cake-decorating sprinkles


Instructions:

1. Draw a stars-and-stripes flag design on a sheet of typing paper. Cover your design with a piece of waxed paper, and tape both pieces to a cookie sheet.

2. Melt the almond bark as directed on the package. Spoon the melted candy into a plastic bag, and cut a small hole in one corner of the bag.

3. Pipe the candy over the stars and stripes in your design. Before it hardens, add blue sprinkles to the stars and red sprinkles to some of the stripes.