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October 30, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Remembrance Day Poppy Activities

Remembrance Day Poppy Activities

Remembrance Day is an important day to explain the significance of why we wear poppies. It’s an ideal time to do some simple crafting with the children to open up some conversation about why we remember. Here are a few ideas you could try…

Epic Beach Activity

We used empty milk cartons which we decorated with poppies using permanent marker pens. We bought some simple strings of fairy lights to place underneath them and headed to the beach to set them up as the sun went down. It was the perfect way to spend some time together as a family and talk about remembrance.

Here’s how we put together our Remembrance Day Beach Activity.

Remembrance Day Poppy Activities - Epic Remembrance Day Beach Activity

 

Huge Beach Poppy Art

We decided to head to the beach again with our rakes and rake some poppies into the sand. It was a lovely day and the children did a fantastic job while we took time to reflect on history.

See our finished (and utterly huge!) Remembrance Day Beach Poppy Art.

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Paper Poppies in a Vase

Remembrance Day Poppy Activities - Paper Poppies in a Vase

Draw and colour-in some paper poppies, cut them out and stick them to straws to make a lovely vase full.

Remembrance Day Poppy Activities - Paper Poppies in a Vase

Remembrance Day Poppy Lantern

Remembrance Day Poppy Activities - Remembrance Day Poppy Lantern

Check out our other Milk Carton, Bottles and Jar Ideas.

Remembrance Jar Lantern

Glue some paper poppies to the outside of an empty jar to make a lantern.

Remembrance Day Poppy Activities - Remembrance Jar Lantern

Paper Poppy Wreath

Cut out some paper poppies and use sticky tape to stick them to the wall in a wreath shape.14900459_10211416987727369_2806387069210141266_n

Remembrance Oreos

Remembrance Day Poppy Activities - Remembrance Oreos

Sparkle Poppy

Add a little sparkle to your poppy with some nail varnish or dust with glue and sprinkle on glitter.

Remembrance Day Poppy Activities - Sparkle Poppy

 

Autumn Leaf Poppy

How about going out and collecting some beautifully coloured autumn leaves and making a remembrance poppy..

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