The Top free patriotic crafts, ideas, and free patterns and Presidents Day Facts

• Approximately half a bag of cotton balls per wig
• Paper painter's cap
• Black ribbon
• White craft glue
• Safety scissors

1. Give the painter's hat a little more shape by stuffing some rags or towels inside it to make it stand as though it will when placed on your child's head.
   
   
2. Glue cotton balls directly to the hat as if they were the curls of a wig. Cover the entire hat.
   
   
3. Cut enough of the ribbon to tie a small bow. Glue the bow to the cotton balls as if a ponytail that would hang over the nape of the neck.
   
   
4. Let your child wear and feel like a true American patriot.

• Paper Plate
• A copy or pattern of the Obama "O" logo
• Acrylic paint in red, white, and blue
• paintbrush

1. Draw the Obama "o" pattern on the paper plate. The middle part of the plate should become the white of the O inside the outer ridge.
   
   
2. Paint the top portion of the outer ridge blue and the horizontal stripes red and white like the American flag.
   
   
3. Allow to dry completely. Have your child learn a few facts about President Obama. Discuss with them the historical importance of his election to office.

• Presidents Day, also known as Washington's Birthday or Washington and Lincoln Day, is a United States Federal Holiday, celebrated the third Monday of February.
  
  
• Presidents' Day is also known as a day to celebrate General Washington's creation of the first military badge of merit for the common soldier the Purple Heart which was revived on Washington's 200 th birthday in 1932. Many people honor US veterans over Washington's birthday weekend.
  
  
• In New Mexico, President's Day, as a state government paid holiday, is observed on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
  
  
• Because Presidents Day is not the official name for the federal holiday, many spellings are accepted with no right or wrong. President's Day, Presidents Day, and Presidents' Day are all commonly used spellings of the holiday's name.