One of my goals for the month of November as a classroom teacher was to make sure my students understood the importance of Veterans Day. I really wanted my students to understand that it’s not just another day off of school.
In this lesson, I would take my students back to the history of the holiday and how it’s celebrated throughout our country. Finally, after using my writing and discussion prompt (which you can find here in my shop) we created a Veterans Day art project.
You can create this really easily with your students. Here’s the step-by-step process for the art project.
Supply List for the Veterans Day Art Project
You’ll just need red, white, and blue construction paper and a glue stick.
You’ll also need to download the veteran outline. You can grab it here.
Step 1
Tear the red paper into stripes. Place them accordingly on the white paper to make a flag.
Step 2
Tear the blue paper into a square. Place it on top of the flag in the correct position.
Step 3
Tear white paper into little pieces. These will be the stars on the blue square.
Step 4
Cut out the veteran (there are three to choose from) and glue it in the center of the flag.
Step 5
Once the writing is complete, glue it on the back of the art project.
You can hang them from your ceiling with some ceiling hooks. Click here to grab some for your classroom using my affiliate link.
If you’d like to teach the writing and mini-history lesson, you can find it here!
