Families With Cambodian Children

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Families with Cambodian Children

FAMCAM CULTURE CLASS
Make A Cambodian Flag!
Contributed by Beth Kanter

Harry and Botum show off the flag they made at the
Feb. 7th FamCam Culture Class

This is a great crafts project to do with younger children ages 2-4 to teach them about the Cambodian flag and to make one.

It is helpful to show the flag and have your kids touch it. I purchased an inexpensive flag online. I showed it to my children and asked them to describe it.

Some questions you can ask:
What colors are in the flag?
What do you think the thing in middle is? (Angkor Wat)

I showed my children a photo of Angkor Wat. I did a little research about the flag and shared some of the information with them. Here's my notes.

To make the flag, you'll need:

Red construction paper (8.5 x 11)
Blue construction paper (8.5 x 11)
Angkor Wat illustration - use template
Glue stick

Cut two 3.5 x 11 strips of the blue paper
Download the template and print onto white paper and cut out Angkor Wat illustrations into 3x5 squares. Have the kids past the strips of paper onto the red paper to make the flag.

You can also have them "paint" a flag using red and blue tempra paint.