Colored Shape Flag
By: Amanda Formaro
Difficulty: Very Easy
Age: 4 and up
Kids can celebrate the Olympics in style by making this colored shape flag.
The real Olympic flag has a white background and five different colored intersecting rings (red, green, blue, yellow, and black), and represents every color that appears in a country flag worldwide.
The joining of these colors in the flag symbolizes unity amongst the nations of the world. The five rings also represent the five continents of the world (there are 7, but North and South America are counted as one [The Americas] and Antarctica is excluded).
In our version, we use the same colors of the Olympic flag, but with a stencil of your favorite shape.
For more winning crafts, interviews, and activities visit our section devoted to honoring the Olympics. Take our quiz: What’s Your Winter Olympics IQ?
What you'll need:
- 1 sheet of white copy paper or construction paper
- Clear tape
- 2 drinking straws
- Acrylic paint OR crayons in red, yellow, blue, green, and black
- Your choice of shaped stencil
How to make it:
- Fold paper in half.
- If using crayons, trace around your stencil VERY lightly with a pencil to create shapes for the flag. Trace the shape around five times -- you can interlock the shapes, do a row of shapes, etc.
- If using paint, place your paint color of choice on a plate, about the size of a quarter.
- Use a paintbrush or your fingers to paint over one of the shapes you drew with the pencil, or use a colored crayon to trace over the pencil marks.
- Repeat steps 3 through 4 for each color ring you want on the flag.
- Tape two straws together, end to end, to make one long straw.
- Trim the paper to fit the flag shape and be sure to leave some extra on the left for wrapping around the straw.
- Fold the left end of the white paper flag around the straw and tape in place.
Tips:
- Draw the shapes on a separate piece of paper using a black marker and use this as a pattern. Place another piece of white paper over the top and trace with crayon or use as a guide to stamp your paint.
- Try carving out a potato to make a fun paint stamp.
- Make double sided flags by taping two together or folding the paper in half and using smaller circles.
Related Crafts:
• Ceremonial Olympic Torch
• Gold Medals
• Olympic Medals
• Olympic Olive Wreath
Related Links:
• Olympics
• Olympics Crafts
• Quiz: What’s Your Olympics IQ?
