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July 2, 2012

Fingerprint and Footprint Flags!

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Last year we made these fun fingerprint and footprint flags for Flag Day!  The kids had a blast and they hung on our back doors through the 4th of July.

This was the one my then 5 year old made.  She only used one foot for the footprints so she wouldn’t get red paint on the white stripes.  🙂

The then 3 year old obviously had to put both feet in the paint, but still managed to walk in a pretty straight line!  They also did 50 blue fingerprints to represent the stars.

I’m excited to see what this year’s flags look like!  Can’t wait to compare!

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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  1. Hailey Barger says

    July 4, 2013 at 12:52 am

    I just have to say I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this. I will be doing it with my 3 year old tomorrow ( with a little help and a little variation on it). It will be a birthday gift for his PawPaw whose birthday is just a few days after the 4th and he is also a veteran so I thought it would be a neat gift from my little boy. Thank you for this idea!

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      July 4, 2013 at 4:20 pm

      Oh Hailey thanks so much!!! That sounds like it will be a perfect gift! I know others who have hung them up when someone was returning from a deployment and the flags were a huge hit! I hope his Paw Paw loves it!

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