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Kids can celebrate the Olympics in style by making a colored ring 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).

For more winning crafts, interviews, and activities visit our section devoted to honoring the Olympics.

What you'll need:

How to make it:

1. Fold paper in half.
2. If using crayons, trace around cardboard tube VERY lightly with a pencil to create the rings for the flag. Trace the pencil lines with crayon.
3. If using paint, place your paint color of choice on a plate, about the size of a quarter.
4. Place one of the five cardboard tube rings on top of the paint and drag back and forth to cover the end of the tube.
5. Carefully press the tube onto the white paper creating the first ring. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each color ring you want on the flag.
6. Tape two straws together, end to end, to make one long straw.
7. Trim the paper to fit the flag shape and be sure to leave some extra on the left for wrapping around the straw.
8. Fold the left end of the white paper flag around the straw and tape in place.

Tips:

• Draw the rings onto 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.

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