Young children learn about Remembrance Day at school – and maybe even earlier, if we teach them about it at home or at preschool. You can start by making momstown‘s Flanders Field craft – with poppies that are easy to make, and could be a way to start to explain a bit about the history of our country.
What you need:
- Popsicle sticks
- Construction paper
- Glue
- Scissors
- Green playdough
- Green marker
Start by colouring your popsicle stick green (with marker). Then cut out two circles – a large red one and a smaller black one.
Glue them on to the popsicle stick.
Glue two plain white popsicle sticks together for crosses.
Green playdough makes the field. Insert the poppies and playdough into the field.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Click here for tips on how to talk to your young child about Remembrance Day and why poppies are a symbol of remembrance.
