18 beautiful and easy to create poppy crafts for Remembrance Day, Veterans Day or Anzac Day for kids to create and to remember those that gave their lives to preserve our freedoms.
These are wonderful ways to help the next generation of citizens understand and learn about the sacrifices previous generations made for their country.
A Day of Remembrance
November 11th is Remembrance Day in Canada and United States its called Veteran’s Day. It is also observed in the UK on the closest Sunday to November 11th. in Australia Anzac Day is commemorated on April 25th and marks the anniversary of the first key military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.
What is Remembrance Day?
Remembrance Day is celebrated on November 11th of every year to honor and memorialize both soldiers and civilians who lost their lives in times of war.
Why Poppies as the symbol of Remembrance?
In 1915, a Canadian doctor, John McCrae, wrote a poem about the horrors he saw in the Flanders area of Belgium and in northern France during the First World War. What he saw in the war torn country deeply affected hime. The land was destroyed by large battles, and many soldiers were buried there.
However, despite the devastation of war, the wild poppies survived, thrived and grew. Dr McCrae’s poem was published in Punch magazine, and the poppy quickly became the symbol of remembrance.
How to explain Remembrance Day to Kids?
When I used to do Remembrance Day crafts with my toddlers, I kept the conversation on why were making poppy crafts simple. We are making poppies to help remember soldiers who fought for Canada. Lots of questions came after that of course! What’s a solider? Who did they fight? I told her that soldiers were people who sign up to defend country and help people inside Canada and outside. They fought because some people outside Canada needed out help.
For little kids, keep it simple and you can add further details as they get older. The important thing is to make sure that they understand that on Remembrance Day our job is to simply remember those soldiers and what they did.
Remembrance Day Crafts
I remember Remembrance Day celebration as a child in school and when my kids were home with me full time, I wanted to make sure that we honored the day even if we didn’t attend a formal event. These crafts are the perfect way to allow little ones to get involved in this special day the remember those stepped up when their country called upon them.
Check out these fun and easy poppy crafts for kids.
Remembrance and Veteran Day Printable Crafts
Create, reflect, and remember with our Remembrance Day printable crafts. From poppy templates to thoughtful art activities, these easy projects help children explore the meaning of remembrance and the importance of peace.
- This Romero Britto-inspired poppy art activity using our free poppy printable, lets kids create patterns, lines, and colour while creating a thoughtful piece of art for Remembrance Day.
- Use our free q-tip painting poppy printable, to color poppies.
- My Remembrance Day coloring pages offer kids a quiet, creative activity to have the gentle conversations about poppies, remembrance, and peace.
- Create a thoughtful symbol of remembrance with this printable poppy wreath craft.
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Remembrance and Veteran Day Crafts
- Crumple or twist tissue paper to create soft, textured poppies with this Puffy Tissue Paper Poppy craft.
- Turn a paper plate into a bold red poppy with paint and a black paper centre.
- Transform egg cartons into painted poppies to add to a wreath, artwork, or handmade bouquet.
- Explore weaving with a paper plate poppy craft that brings texture to your Remembrance Day creations.
- Layer red cupcake liners and add a craft stick stem to make a simple remembrance poppy.
- Add a personal touch to Remembrance Day with a poppy wreath featuring children’s handprints.
- Paint watercolour petals and add layered paper centres to create poppies with a lovely 3D effect.
- Try a creative use for pool noodles with this Remembrance Day poppy art activity.
- Dip corks into watercolour paint to print red poppies, then add stems and black centres.
- Give paper poppies extra dimension with curled red petals and fringed black centres that stand out from the page.
- Turn everyday coffee filters into delicate poppies with red paint, crinkled petals, and button centres.
- Explore paper tearing with a poppy craft that invites little hands to create their own remembrance artwork.
- Little thumbprints become red poppy petals in this painting activity, finished with dark centres and green stems.
- Stamp red poppies onto a soft watercolour landscape using a recycled bottle cap to create a field of remembrance.
- Make your own remembrance poppies with this craft inspired by the flowers of Flanders Fields.
- Let sunlight shine through red tissue paper poppies for a thoughtful Remembrance Day suncatcher.
- Combine green painted popsicle sticks, a red paper flower, and a black button to make a handmade poppy.
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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.
