20 Easy Independence Day Craft Ideas for Kids
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Independence Day is an exciting day for us! It is our beloved national holiday and a day we spend together as a family. It is also quite an interesting time for kids, as they get to learn more about our country, its rich history, and its people’s struggle for freedom. We can teach our kids through lots of fun and simple art and craft projects that reflect our national flag and tricolours! Read on below to find 18 Independence Day craft ideas for kids and preschoolers.
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Independence Day Crafts for Children
Here are 20 simple, colourful, and exciting craft ideas for children on Independence Day!
1. A Tricolour Bookmark
What better way to bring together knowledge and patriotism in a single go!
What You Will Need
- White hard paper
- Paints
- A punching machine
- A golden ribbon
How to Make It
- Take the white hard paper and cut out a rectangular section that is roughly 4 inches in length and 1 inch in breadth.
- Now, gently cut the corners of one side of the rectangle in a rounded shape.
- Place the top edge of the rounded side under the punching machine and punch a hole exactly in the centre of it.
- Take a clean tray and pour out orange and green coloured paints onto it. Keep the paint as thick as possible, adding water only if needed.
- Make three sections on the paper. Now, dip your fingers in orange paint, and cover the top section (the section with the punched hole) with orange fingerprints. Similarly, cover the bottom-most section with green fingerprints.
- In the middle section, draw the Ashoka chakra using a dark blue sketch-pen.
- Now, use the golden ribbon to string it through the hole. Your bookmark is ready.
2. A Tea-Coaster Resembling the Indian Flag
A wonderful way to begin the morning with a cup of tea and the tricolour.
What You Will Need
- Ice cream sticks
- Paints
- Glue
How to Make It
- Take four ice-cream sticks and apply glue to each of their ends.
- Place two sticks parallel to each other and place the other two in such a way so as to form a square frame.
- Keep the square frame below and apply glue all over it.
- Now start placing the ice-cream sticks next to each other till you cover up the square frame completely.
- Divide the total number of ice-cream sticks you stuck on into 3 equal parts. Paint the upper part in orange, the bottom part in green, and the middle part in white.
- You can also add a blue coloured chakra in the centre of the coaster too.
- Let the paint dry. Your coaster is ready to be used.
3. An Indian Flag Made Using a Handprint
Bringing a unique and personal touch to showing your patriotism for the nation.
What You Will Need
- White paper
- A wooden stick
- Glue
- Paints
How to Make It
- Place the white paper on a surface firmly secured so that it stays flat.
- In another area, place a rough newspaper and keep the paints on it.
- Clean your hands and dry them.
- Now, you have to paint one hand in the colours of the flag. Divide your palm into three sections: first including the thumb and index finger (and the section of the palm associated with it), second being the middle finger (and the section of the palm just beneath it) and the third being the ring-finger and little finger (and the rest of the palm).
- Paint the sections of the palm in the colours of the flag, and ‘print’ it on the white paper sheet.
- Using a marker, draw the Ashoka chakra on the ‘white’ portion of the handprint.
- Cut the printout, and attach an ice cream stick to the bottom side. Your hand-printed flag is ready.
4. The Tricolour Flag Made Using Crayon Shavings
Giving the flag an artistic look with the wonderful texture of crayon shavings.
What You Will Need
How to Make It
- Using the pencil, lightly sketch the outline of the flag and divide it into three horizontal sections.
- Take the orange crayon and use the sharpener to collect shavings.
- Apply glue to the upper section of the flag. Then gently drop the shavings on it in such a way that they are evenly covered.
- Repeat the same for the lower section by creating shavings of the green crayon and covering them evenly in the bottom area.
- If you’ve sketched a circle in the centre of the flag, you can apply glue in that area and then use the sharpener to make blue coloured crayon shavings.
- Let the glue dry and press the shavings gently so that they remain stuck firmly.
- Now, glue the wooden stick to the edge of the paper and your flag is ready.
5. An Interlocked Chain in Flag Colours
Turn this interlocked chain into a decorative item or even a small garland.
What You Will Need
- Thick paper in orange, white, and green colours
- Glue
How to Make It
- Cut the coloured papers into strips that are at least an inch wide or so.
- Take an orange strip and apply glue to one end of the strip.
- Bend the strip and connect the other end to the glued part to form a loop.
- Now take the white coloured strip and apply glue to one end of it.
- Pull it through the orange loop and then paste the ends of the white strip together. This will create an interlocked pair of two loops.
- Do the same with the green coloured strip, interlocking it with the white strip.
- Repeat the entire process to make a chain as long as you want, connecting the appropriate colours in the right order.
6. An Indian Wristband for All Patriots
Make numerous bands and distribute them amongst your friends.
What You Will Need
- Threads in orange, white and green colours
How to Make It
- Take the saffron and white threads and interlace them together.
- Now interlace the green thread with the previous combination to complete the band.
- Tie a knot on either end to keep the band taut. You can even use multiple threads to make the band thicker, and glue other decorative items on it.
7. Patriotic Slogans on Large Indian Boards
This is a great way to remember the brave thoughts of our freedom fighters.
What You Will Need
- Large thermocol sheets
- Different paints and brushes
- A pencil or a marker
How to Make It
- Place the thermocol sheets flat on the table. Paint them to resemble the colours of the national flag.
- Once the colours have dried, use your history textbooks or the Internet to find some great quotes from various freedom fighters.
- Use a pencil or a marker to write them gently on the board, and then trace them using black paint and a brush.
- You can use these boards outside your home or at any Independence Day event.
8. Making the National Flower of India Using Paper
Gift people with a paper lotus instead of roses on this Independence Day.
What You Will Need
- Coloured papers in orange and pink shades and green
- A pair of scissors
- Glue
How to Make It
- Cut out petals from the coloured papers using scissors. The petals should be of the same shape, but of increasing size.
- Use a twig of a wooden skewer as the stem. paint it green (or cover it with green paper).
- Use glue to stick the petals together in such a way that they resemble a lotus, starting by sticking the smaller petals on the stick first, and moving to the bigger petals later.
- For the outer petals, fold them a little at the base so they remain ‘open’.
- Make multiple flowers like these and gift them to people.
9. The National Heritage Walk
Bring all the popular monuments together on paper!
What You Will Need
- Cutouts or printed layouts of different monuments
- A large white paper
- Glue
- Crayons
How to Make It
- Stick the white paper on a wall.
- Sketch out the map of India with a light outline, then make it dark with a crayon.
- Remember where each monument is and glue the monuments accordingly in those areas.
- Use crayons to create roads and add information about each area.
10. Tricolour Face Painting
One of the best ways to get your kid and his friends to have a merry time.
What You Will Need
- Child safe skin-friendly paints
How to Make It
- Gather all kids together and let them dip one finger in either saffron, white and green.
- Pair up the kids and let them colour each other’s faces making art in the best way they know.
- They can make flags, or circular patterns, or any other wonderful ideas using the colours.
11. National Flag With Tricolour Pulses
This fun craft is hands-on and exciting for everyone!
What You Will Need
- Sheet of white paper
- Pencil
- Glue
- Blue crayon/paint
- Orange masoor dal
- White rice/sabudana pearls
- Green moong dal
- Brown/maroon rajma
How to Make It
- On a sheet of paper, draw the shape of the Indian flag, with the lines denoted for the three colours. Draw a circle in the middle of the flag for the Chakra, and also draw a pole.
- Let your child colour the Chakra in blue.
- Lay out the three coloured pulses on a plate, ready to use.
- Next, apply glue all over the flag, and help your child sprinkle or paste the orange pulses on top of the flag, the white grains in the middle of the flag, and the green pulses at the bottom.
- Then, glue the rajma to the pole.
- Let the craft dry, then display it!
12. Tricolour Paper Folded Flag
This interesting craft will keep your child focused and excited.
What You Will Need
- Paper and pencil
- Orange, blue, white, green crayons/paints
- Sticky tape
- Two wooden popsicle sticks
How to Make It
- On a sheet of paper, draw a horizontally long flag (this will make it easier to fold). Cut it out if necessary, and let your child colour/paint the flag.
- Next, in accordion style, start folding the flag evenly and neatly from one end of the short side (right to left). Fold it all the way.
- Then, use the sticky tape to tape up the green end of the folded flag.
- Next, glue the two wooden sticks to each open end of the flag, such that they pop out at the ends (so that your child can hold them).
- Lastly, carefully open out the flag using the popsicle sticks, and your circular paper folded flag is ready!
13. Coin Traced Flag
Trace out different coins in the tricolours to make the Indian flag.
What You Will Need
- White paper and a pencil
- Four different coins
- Orange, blue, green, and brown colour pencils
How to Make It
- Draw faint outlines of the Indian flag and its pole on the paper.
- Keep one type of coin under the paper where the flag begins, and help your child colour the impression of the coin with the orange pencil. Repeat this till the saffron part of the flag is filled in.
- Repeat this for the green part as well.
- For the Chakra, colour in the impression of one coin in the middle of the flag. For the pole, colour the coin in a vertical line.
14. Tricolour Crown
Make simple paper crowns for your little one!
What You Will Need
- Paper and pencil
- Orange, white, blue, and green paints/crayons
- Glue/sticky tape
How to Make It
- Measure a sheet of paper around your child’s forehead. Let the ends overlap, mark the measurement, and cut out that length of the paper, with sufficient breadth as well.
- Help your child colour or paint the paper strip to make the Indian flag. The white paint will be useful if using newspaper or non-white paper.
- Lastly, measure the flag around your child’s head once again, and secure the ends with glue or sticky tape!
15. Patriotic Tricolour Butterflies
This activity is super fun and engaging, and is a delight for your kiddo!
What You Will Need
- Orange, white, and green paper
- Pencil
- A pair of scissors
- Glue
How to Make It
- First, help your child draw the shape of a butterfly on the orange paper. Copy this shape 2 or 3 times on the paper. Cut it out carefully. Keep aside.
- On the white paper, draw the shape of a smaller butterfly, and copy this 2 or 3 times as well. Cut it out carefully, and keep it aside.
- On the green paper, draw an even smaller butterfly, copy it, and cut it out.
- Alternatively, if you do not have coloured paper, you can draw and cut the 3 butterfly sizes, and your child can colour the biggest butterfly in orange paint, the middle one in white, and the smallest one in green.
- Now, gently fold each butterfly in half. Don’t make a sharp crease; fold it just enough to get the shape.
- Apply glue to the soft crease of a white butterfly, and paste it along the inner crease of an orange butterfly. Let dry.
- Then, take a small green butterfly, and paste it along the inner crease of the white butterfly. Let dry.
- Repeat this with the rest of the coloured cut-outs, and your tricolour butterflies are ready to display!
16. Colourful Paper Tearings Flag
This craft is a good way to recycle colourful pages.
What You Will Need
- Orange, white, blue, and green papers
- Sheet of paper
- Pencil
- Glue
How to Make It
- On a sheet of paper, draw an outline of the Indian flag with the Chakra, and keep it aside.
- Take the coloured papers, and help your child tear them into small pieces.
- Then, using the glue, help your child paste the orange pieces on top of the flag, the blue pieces in the Chakra, the white pieces in the middle of the flag, and the green pieces at the bottom.
- Let dry, and then display this masterpiece!
17. National Flag With Tricolour Fruits
This edible craft is exciting to make!
What You Will Need
- A plate or tray
- Oranges
- Bananas
- Kiwis or green grapes
- Black raisins or grapes
How to Make It
- Peel the oranges and bananas. Separate the oranges into its individual segments, and slice the bananas into rounds.
- If using kiwis, slice them into rounds. If using grapes, keep them whole, or slice them in half vertically.
- Now, take a plate, and arrange the fruits in the form of the tricolour Indian flag. Arrange the orange slices for the saffron part of the flag, and the raisins or black grapes in a circle for the Chakra under the oranges. Arrange the sliced bananas around the Chakra, and finish the flag with the sliced kiwis or green grapes!
18. Pipe Cleaner and Feather Peacock
This glittery creation is an absolute fun craft idea!
What You Will Need
- Blue glitter paper
- Blue and gree long feathers
- Green and blue tinsel pipe cleaners
- Blue sequins
- Yellow paper
- Google eyes
- Glue gun
- Scissors
- Icecream stick
How to Make It
- First, arrange the long feathers – blue and green together in a fan-like structure. You can use six feathers (four blue, two green).
- Now, glue them onto the ice cream stick with the help of the hot glue gun.
- The next layer of the peacock is the shiny pipe cleaner feathers. You can use 4 feathers – again two green and two blue. Cut them in half and fold them into a leaf-like structure. Do alternate the colours – Green feathers first and then the blue feather on top and so on.
- Next, get ready to prepare the peacock body. Cut out a bowling pin-shaped portion from the blue-coloured glitter paper. Stick it in place using a glue gun.
- Add a foam crest and beak made from the yellow paper. Next, paste the googly eyes.
- Next, add the coloured sequins. Put glue dots on the body and then arrange the sequins one by one.
- Now, stick the entire body on top of the feathers.
- Your peacock is now ready!
19. National Flag Using Popsicles Sticks
Make a national flag using popsicle sticks.
What You Will Need
- Ice-cream sticks
- Acrylic colours
- Paintbrush
- Glue
- Ribbon
How to Make It
- Paint three ice-cream sticks, each, with saffron, white and green colour.
- Now take two ice-cream sticks and paint them with blue colour, and then start pasting the painted sticks on them to make a national flag.
- Take the blue colour and draw a chakra in the middle of the flag.
- Now tie a ribbon on the sticks so that you can hang your national flag.20
20. Tricolour Quilled Key Chain
A wonderful gift you can give to your mother or father this Independence Day.
What You Will Need
- Quilling tool
- Chart Papers
- Key chain
- Glue
- Scissors
How to Make It
- Cut thin stripes from chart papers of orange, white and green colour.
- Using a quilling tool, quill the papers and make small tricolour rolls.
- Put the quilled colour rolls in a wire in tricolour order.
- Now bend the end of the wire to make a hook shape and tuck it in a key chain.
Independence Day crafts for kindergarten kids and children of all ages can make this day more than just a holiday. Not only does it keep them engaged in fun-filled activities, but it also instils a sense of patriotism and belonging to the country, thus helping them to understand their own identity.
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Indian Independence Day Information for Kids
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