Ways to Honor, Remember, and Celebrate Our Presidents

Ways to Honor, Remember, and Celebrate Our Presidents

President's Day Craft Idea

It is a day to honor, remember, and celebrate. It’s President’s Day. I am sure some of you are ready to go out shopping to get your great deals. President’s Day is also important to celebrate for other reasons. I know not everyone likes our current president. We are not here to get in a big debate about everything going right or wrong. No matter what, honestly, I cannot imagine the pressures of being the president. This President’s Day, we are going to focus on creative ways to honor, remember, and celebrate our presidents over time.

President’s Day is a perfect time to reflect on the past. History is important so that we do not make the same mistakes twice. We want to learn from those who have gone before us, from those who lead us, and from those who are making an impact in the world. I was one of those students who used to sit in my history classes, thinking, “when does this class end?” Now, as I am older, I have a deep respect for history and wish I payed attention more in class. Sometimes it can be helpful to find creative ways to make learning fun and memorable.

Time Capsules Teach

Have kids write what they think it would be like to be the president. Interview your own family members and ask them what they remember about the presidents when they grew up? How was the world different in the past, with those presidents. President’s Day is a time to reconnect and reminisce about the leaders who have changed this country. My parents always taught me the importance of honoring our leaders. One fun way to do that is through a time capsule.

A time capsule is all about reminiscing about our past. The time capsule could be used as a teaching tool for parents and teachers in school. Help the kids create a history timeline about the past presidents. For a creative example of this, check out this link.

President's Day Worksheet

Leaders Teach about Positive Traits

Leaders, like our presidents can teach us all about positive traits we should aspire to have. What better way to teach your kids about positive virtues and characteristic traits are important to have, to make an impact in this world or to better themselves in the future. As you teach about these important traits, you can help your child dress up like our great presidents in the past using old toilet paper rolls, seen in the picture above. Have fun bonding as a family, and teaching your child about history at the same time. What traits would you like to see in your child? Who in their lives are influencing them for the better? Teach your kids to constantly find friends and adult to be around who are wise, educated, positive influences, etc.

President's Day Traits

 

 

What to Make and Put in a President’s Day Time Capsule 

Have kids answer questions about President’s Day on fun worksheets, or write an essay about what they think the President does all day. You could also have the kids talk about what they think the future world will look like, and how the President will run the country. Have the kids write a letter to the president. You may be surprised by some of the answers, depending on the age of the child. Can you imagine what the reaction of that child would be years in the future, when the President’s Day Time Capsule was opened by their elementary teacher, who then mailed their old essays to the adults 20 years later to read? It is amazing how different we think as children, compared to when we are adults. Save these fun letters, worksheets, essays, and kids crafts in the time capsule. Also save other mementos and memorabilia to open 20, 30, or 50 years later. It will be interesting to see which kids predictions come true about future presidents when the time capsule is opened in the future. Get your own “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule today to make your own President’s Day Time Capsule or a time capsule for any other topic or event you want.

Family History - Any Occasion DIY Time Capsule - Be a Part of History

 

So if you wrote a letter to the President, what would you say? Comment below.

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