What is Canada Day?
Canada Day is a special holiday that celebrates the birthday of Canada! It marks the day in 1867 when Canada became a country.
On July 1st every year, people all over Canada have fun and celebrate with their friends and family. It’s like a big party for the whole country!
There are parades, fireworks, and lots of red and white decorations, which are the colors of the Canadian flag. It’s a day to feel proud of being Canadian and to enjoy the beautiful country we live in.
How to Celebrate Canada Day
Celebrating Canada Day is all about having fun and showing your love for Canada!
You can start by wearing red and white clothes, just like the colors of the Canadian flag. You can make fun crafts like paper flags or beaver puppets. Going to a local parade is exciting, and watching fireworks at night is super cool. You can also play games, have a picnic, or even go on a scavenger hunt.
Don’t forget to sing “O Canada” and maybe even have some maple syrup treats. It’s a day to celebrate with your family and friends and enjoy all the things that make Canada awesome!
Supplies Needed
- Paper plate
- Scissors
- Red, paint
- Paint brush
- Red and white streamers
- Double sided tape
- Hole punch
- String or pipe cleaners
- Red construction paper
How to Make A Canada Day Paper Plate Flag Craft (step by step guide)
- Fold and cut a white paper plate in half. Measure the plate and divide it into three section. Use can use a pencil and ruler to create three equal sections. Paint the first and last section red. Save the other half for another craft. Once the half is painted, set it aside to dry.
- Cut white and red streamers between 12 and 15 inches long. You will need about five to six red and two or three white. Enough to cover the length of the paper plate.Once the paper plate is dry, measure and cut a piece of double sided tape and stick it on to the bottom or straight edge of the paper plate.
- Stick the red streamers below the red sections of the paper plate. Repeat with the white streamers.
- Use the maple leaf template to trace and cut out a maple leaf from red construction paper. Glue it to the middle of the white section.
- Using a hole punch punch a hole at the very top of the paper plate flag. Tie a piece of string through the hole. Hang your flag in a protected area outside where the wind can catch the streamers
Happy Canada Day!
My Books
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
