Craft Activity for Kids on Independence Day: Learn About Paper Craft & More

Independence Day is celebrated because India became an independent nation on 15th August 1947. In the year 2021, we are going to commemorate 75 years of Independence. For the Indians, Independence day is the most important day of their life. On this day, they get a chance to show their nationalism through various modes. For example, kids get to show their nationalism through papercraft activities.

Craftworks make an individual placate and creative. Kids can show their creativity by making numerous things with waste material and other things related to Independence day.

The celebrations on the eve of Independence Day have been done in a pompous way. We will be celebrating the day with a slew of programs. The jollity of the day will be throughout the nation, performing various activities.

The activities have been done according to the different age groups. Kids can make a plethora of things by using their creative minds. In this article, we will be talking about craft activities for kids on Independence Day.

Kids Activities for Independence Day

Craft activities are made using waste material like newspapers, ice-cream sticks, ice-cream spoons, Waste paper, etc. There are various things which Kids can make by themselves. One can find the Independence day activities by searching them on google, you-tube, Pinterest, etc. However, instead of searching for ideas on the internet, kids can make anything just by using their creativity. Creativity and imagination make kids grow in the direction of positivity and develop their minds to the fullest.

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Activities from Waste Material

Below mentioned are the three activities formed from waste material that will help kids to innovate and transform the aura :

1.  Firstly

You have to take a waste newspaper, pencil, colours (watercolours and oil pastel) and gum. Then one can tear half one side of the newspaper and roll it systematically. After rolling the newspaper to the last end of the paper.

Paste the tip of the paper with gum. After pasting, it will stick and does not open. Now, make 4-5 bars similar to the first one with the newspaper. After completing all the sticks. Measure them and make their size equal.

Now, take a paintbrush and try to colour them. colour one bar with orange, white, green, and two sticks brown. Directly paste the two brown sticks firmly, and paste them on the paper. After pasting the two brown sticks on plain white paper, then paste the orange sticker on the top, the white stick in the middle, and the green stick at the bottom.

After pasting all the sticks make a circle between the white lines with 24 straight inter-cutting lines inhibited in it. It will make the Indian National Flag with waste material.

2. Secondly

Through waste material, one can make a hat coloured in the Indian Flag shade. Material required is waste newspaper, watercolours, paintbrush, tape, and glue. First, take the newspaper and make a big open circle with it. And paste the end of the connecting newspaper with glue or tape.

Now colour the outside of the paper with green colour. Now, make a similar circle with the paper and paint it white but do not forget to make a circle with 24 lines in it at the front face of the hat.

At last, make a similar third circle with the paper and colour it orange. This will create a tricolour Indian National Flag with waste material for the kids.

3. Thirdly

One more craft activity for kids that can be done with the usage of waste material is that one can make a dress with the waste newspaper. The size of the dress must be of a kind shape and size. Then, one can colour that newspaper dress in the tricolour of the Indian National Flag,i.e., saffron, white and green.

After colouring it and making it dry for some time, it will be easy to wear, and kids can wear that dress and even the hat described above. This will create a kid to have a full-fledged dress of the Indian National colour, and it will be more attractive to people.

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Independence Day Activity Ideas

There are countless activities regarding Independence Day and especially for the kids. Activities make an individual to be creative and also freshens the mind. However, few activities are new in the idea, and kids will love to perform them. Some of them are:

To perform the activity in a new and innovative way, one needs a rough notebook or register, watercolours, a paintbrush, and glue. Now divide the register pages into three portions or three halves, further, after dividing the pages into three sections. Fold one page into half like you want to tear it, and fold the next page in a triangle shape and do the same for the rest of the pages, which means for the full register.

Now colour the first section of pages into saffron colour, paint the next section with white colour and give a gist of blue on it. Lastly, paint the end section with green colour. After painting the whole waste register, it will appear to be in the form of an Indian National Flag. Now make that register stand properly, and it will be an eye-catching figure if you showcase it in your living room.

You can even make a lamp from waste paper by pasting the ends of the paper and making a semicircle stick to hold the lamp and paste it on the top of the lamp and colour the lamp in the tri-colour, i.e., an Indian National Flag and after making it properly. Stand this lamp in either your room or living room. It will be an eye-catching, lovable, and easy craft for the kids.

Conclusion

Therefore, in a nutshell, we can say that the above given are fascinating, innovative, creative, and eye-catching activities for the kids they can make on Independence Day. 15th August Celebration in India is like a festival. Every person takes an active part to show their nationalism and love towards their nations. Therefore, Independence Day for kids must be informative because they may get to learn things about their history and so that they will take an active part in all the activities.