Kids activities for memorial day: 13 Memorial Day activities for kids
13 Memorial Day activities for kids
The Memorial Day holiday often heralds the arrival of summer, but this year, take some time to teach kids about what this holiday actually celebrates: Remembering all the people who have given their lives in service to the U.S. Armed Forces. And a great, kid-friendly way to do just that is have a few Memorial Day kids crafts, videos and activities on hand.
Here are 13 fun and educational kids Memorial Day activities guaranteed to be a hit. And the best part? They’re all easy — and inexpensive — to boot!
1. Read all about it
So many of us forget why we actually mark Memorial Day on our calendars. If you need some help explaining it to kids, these three books talk about the holiday in clear language that kids will understand:
- “Memorial Day Surprise” by Theresa Martin Golding – Ages 5-7
- “Memorial Day” by Mir Tamim Ansary – Ages 6-8
- “The Wall” by Eve Bunting – All ages
Or visit The History Channel’s website for more interesting facts and information.
2. Make “popsicles”
Image via Simply Sweet and Messy/Instagram
Popsicles out of popsicle sticks — genius! This America popsicle craft from Simply Sweet and Messy is one of the best preschool activities for Memorial Day. And definitely one that will go in the memory box.
3. Tie-dye a patriotic t-shirt
Image via Mom Endeavors
It’s the kids Memorial Day gift that keeps on giving! These patriotic tie dye shirts from Mom Endeavors aren’t just fun to make for Memorial Day, the kids will get use out of them all summer long. Win-win!
4. Have a (patriotic) picnic
Image via Pikniks on the Land/Instagram
Sure, most people head to barbecues on Memorial Day, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a small Memorial Day picnic in the days prior — a great place to talk about the true meaning of the holiday! And if you’re going to have a picnic, make sure to make it thematic, like this red, white and blue stunner from Pikniks on the Land.
5. Make an egg carton poppy wreath
Image via Kitchen Counter Chronicles
The red poppy flower is associated with Memorial Day.
While some folks choose to wear a red poppy pin to honor those who have lost their lives, another great way to incorporate the flower is this egg carton poppy wreath from Kitchen Counter Chronicles.
6. Create a red, white and blue craft kit
Image via Little Love Box NY
Memorial Day for kids often means crafts. Lots of cute crafts. Why not let your little ones take the reins by throwing together a red, white and blue craft kit, like this one from Little Love Box NY? See what they create!
7. Serve up patriotic drinks
Image via Mandy Drinkie/Instagram
Who doesn’t love a festive drink? No one, that’s who. Consider making (non-alcoholic) red, white and blue drinks for Memorial Day, like this cutie from Mandy Drinkie.
8. Send a letter to a soldier overseas
Image via Coffee Cups and Crayons
As the folks at Coffee Cups and Crayons demonstrate, a thank-you letter or care package sent to a soldier stationed overseas is a wonderful way to show appreciation for the brave people who serve our country.
If you don’t know anyone specifically stationed abroad, there are many nonprofit organizations dedicated to this effort, such as Operation USO Care Package, Any Soldier and A Million Thanks.
9. Make a patriotic star sun-catcher
Image via Crafts by Amanda
This simple star suncatcher from Crafts by Amanda is one of the sweetest Memorial day activities for preschoolers. You just need a few supplies and boom! Adorable kiddie art coming right up.
10. Serve a patriotic meal
Really, is there anything more appropriate than a patriotic meal? Especially one of French fries and ketchup? (Yes, we get the irony of the fries.) Whether you’re serving fries and ketchup or a fruit salad, arrange it in the shape of a flag and it’s sure to delight kids.
11. Visit a local cemetery or memorial
Many families visit cemeteries annually on Memorial Day to pay respect to loved ones who served their country. Most communities also have some sort of cemetery or memorial dedicated to honoring fallen members of our Armed Forces with special commemorations on this holiday.
Even if you don’t have loved ones in these cemeteries, your kids can still honor these fallen service members by placing flowers or flags at headstones that don’t have any.
12. Say ‘Hi!’ to a vet
Today is a great day to give back to the people who have served this country. Consider visiting a local veterans hospital or pop by and say hi to a veteran who lives on your block or near by.
13. Check out this Memorial Day video
The creators of the Hey! Guess What YouTube channel have a great, straight-forward, five-minute video on Memorial Day for kids. It breaks down the holiday in easy-to-understand terms.
19 Memorial Day Crafts & Activities For Kids
by happytoddlerplaytime
Check out these 19 fun and easy Memorial Day crafts and activities for kids of all ages to do to celebration Memorial Day.
Easy and creative ideas to honor the red, white and blue.
What is Memorial Day?
Memorial Day is a holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died in course of performing their military duties while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Memorial Day Traditions
Many people visit cemeteries and memorials on Memorial Day to honor and mourn those who died while serving in the U.S. Military. Many volunteers place an American flag on graves of military personnel in national cemeteries. What is your Memorial Day tradition?
When is the Memorial Day?
Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It is also considered the unofficial start of summer!
Memorial Day Crafts
- Patriotic Suncatcher Kids Craft for Memorial Day – A Little Pinch of Perfect
- Patriotic Paper Plate Wind Catcher – Crafty Mornings
- Mess Free Patriotic Star Painting – Toddler Approved
- Patriotic Necklace Craft – Buggy and Buddy
- Popsicle Stick Button Flag – Patriotic Kid Craft – Glued to My Craft Blog
- Pom-Pom American Flag Painting Craft for Kids – Crafty Mornings
- Crepe Paper Flag Craft – Meaningful Mama
- Patriotic Wand Craft – Buggy and Buddy
- Easy Red Poppy Craft & Other Memorial Day Activities – Carrots are Orange
- Ice Paint American Flag Craft – B-Inspired Mama
Memorial Day Activities
- Simple Patriotic Slime Science for Kids – Little Bin for Little Hands
- Patriotic Crayon Salt Dough Recipe – The OT Tool Box
- LEGO American Flag Building Idea for Kids – Little Bin for Little Hands
- Patriotic Glow in the Dark Sensory Bottles – Kcedventures
- Fluffy Patriotic Slime for Red White and Blue Fun! – Steamsational
- Red, White and Blue Patriotic Sensory Spaghetti Play – Views From A Step Stool
- How to Make Confetti Eggs – J Daniel 4s Mom
- Fabulous Red, White and Blue Patriotic Sensory Bin – Life Over Cs
- Patriotic Monster Cookie Recipe – The Preschool Tool Box
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Date of, time |
Location of the event |
nine0006 Organizer Events |
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1 |
Laying flowers at the memorial sign in Pervomaiskaya grove |
June 20
12. |
Pervomaiskaya grove |
Administration of the Proletarsky district in the city of Tver |
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2 |
“Be worthy of the memory of the fallen” youth action |
22nd of June 03.30 |
Square at obelisk of Victory |
Department for Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs of the Administration of the City of Tver |
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3 |
Laying flowers at the memorial complex of the Hero of the Soviet Union Stepan Gorobets |
22nd of June 09.50 |
Square on the street. Kirov |
Administration of the Proletarsky district in the city of Tver |
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four |
Laying wreaths and flowers at the mass graves |
nine0006 22nd of June
10. |
Smolensk mass grave, Bobachevsky Bor, pos. Elevator, pos. Ceramic factory, Volyn mass grave, Cherkasy mass grave, pos. Sakharovo |
Administration of the Moskovsky district in the city of Tver,
administration of the Zavolzhsky district in the city of Tver |
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five |
Laying flowers to the fraternal military burial Migalovo |
22nd of June 10.00 |
nine0006 Fraternal military burial Migalovo |
Administration of the Proletarsky district in the city of Tver |
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6 |
Ceremony of laying flowers at the mass grave on the square. |
22nd of June 10.20 |
sq. Lenin |
Administration of the Central District in the city of Tver |
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7 |
Flower laying ceremony dedicated to the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow |
22nd of June 11.00 |
Square at obelisk of Victory |
Department for Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs of the Administration of the City of Tver |
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Events held in municipal budgetary institutions of culture, youth policy nine0008 | ||||
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8 |
Literary program dedicated to the Day of memory and sorrow |
June 20
10. 11.00 12.00 22nd of June nine0006 12.00 June 26 11.00 |
Central City Library. A.I. Herzen, children’s room (Tverskoy Ave., 5) |
MBUK “MBS Tver” nine0008 |
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nine |
“Flower of Memory” master class |
June 20 10.30 |
MBU “DK pos. Sakharovo” (settlement Sakharovo, st. Marshal Vasilevsky,
d. 13) |
MBU “DK pos. Sakharovo” |
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10 |
“What do we know about the war” quiz about the Great Patriotic War |
June 20
11. |
Family Reading Library of Sakharovo village (branch No. 34, Sakharovo village, Marshal Vasilevsky st., 13) |
MBUK “MBS Tver” |
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eleven |
“Childhood scorched by war” film lectures based on the film of the same name |
21st of June 11.00 |
MBUK “MBS Tver” |
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12 |
“Girl of Legend” a lesson in courage |
21, 22 June 11.00 |
Family Reading Library of the microdistrict Yunost (branch No. |
MBUK “MBS Tver” |
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13 |
21st of June 12.00 |
Library them. CM. Kirov (branch No. 3, st. Bobkova, d. 12) |
MBUK
“MBS Tver” |
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fourteen |
“And tomorrow there was a war” information program |
June 21 12.00 |
MBU “DK” settlement Elevator” (St. Centralnaya, 12) |
nine0006 MBU “DK” settlement Elevator” |
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15 |
Screening of documentary film dedicated to the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow |
21st of June
12. |
nine0006 MBUK DC “Istoki” (Petersburg highway, 95, building 1) |
MBUK DC “Istoki”, MOU secondary school No. 50 |
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sixteen |
Information hour about the beginning of the Great Patriotic War |
21st of June nine0006 |
Club at the place of residence “Childhood” (29 Tsanova blvd., apt. 3) |
MBU “Adolescent and Youth Center” |
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17 |
“At first there was trouble, Victory came later …” thematic meeting of the ensemble of Russian romance “Soul” |
22nd of June 09.30 |
MBU DC “Mir”
(street Mozhayskogo, d. |
MBU DC “Mir” |
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eighteen |
“Hour of Remembrance”, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow |
22 June 10.00 |
MBU “DK” settlement Elevator” (St. Centralnaya, 12) |
MBU “DK” settlement Elevator” |
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nineteen |
22nd of June 11.00 |
MBU DC “Mir” (street Mozhayskogo, d. 63) |
MBU DC “Mir” |
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20 |
“Ivan’s childhood” film lectures based on the film of the same name |
22nd of June
11. |
Library of family reading of the village of Litvinki (branch No. 36, settlement Litvinki) |
nine0006 “MBS Tver” |
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21 |
“Zarnitsa” military patriotic event |
22nd of June 11.00 |
Club at the place of residence “Chaika” (Prospect Pobedy, 65, apt. 38), Bobachevskaya grove |
MBU “Adolescent and Youth Center” |
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22 |
“They fought for the Motherland” film lectures based on the film of the same name |
22nd of June
11.00 |
GBU “Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adolescents with Disabilities” (Gorkogo street, 79/2) |
MBUK “MBS Tver”,
family reading library on Gorbatka (branch No. |
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23 |
“We live by this memory…” thematic hour “Girl looking for a father” film screening |
22nd of June 11.00 11.30 |
MBU DK “Zaveretsky” nine0006 |
MBU DK “Zaveretsky” |
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24 |
“War is familiar to us from books” thematic conversation “Once upon a time there was a girl” film lectures based on the film of the same name |
22nd of June 11.00 11.30 |
Library of family reading of the village of Elevator (branch No. 13, village of Elevator, 1st lane, 1) |
MBUK “MBS Tver” |
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25 |
22nd of June
11. |
MBU “DK pos. Litvinki” (settlement of Litvinki) |
MBU “DK pos. Litvinki” nine0008 | |
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26 |
“Through the pages of our history” military – patriotic game |
22nd of June 12.00 |
MBUK DC “Istoki” (Petersburg highway, 95, building 1) |
MBUK DC “Istoki”, MOU secondary school No. 50 |
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27 |
“Glory Worthy of Remembrance” Hour of Remembrance |
22nd of June 12.00 |
Children’s Library (branch No. 29, Bogdanova St., 22 building 1) nine0008 |
MBUK “MBS Tver” |
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28 |
“The war broke out terribly . |
22nd of June 12.00 |
Library of family reading of the village of Khiminstituta (branch No. 16, pos. Himinstituta, d. 26) |
MBUK “MBS Tver” |
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29 |
“Where there is memory, there is a tear” Hour of memory |
22nd of June
14.00 |
Family Reading Library of Yuzhny microdistrict (branch No. 27, b-r Guseva, d.8) |
MBUK “MBS Tver” |
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thirty |
“No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten” a lesson in courage |
22nd of June
14. |
Club at the place of residence “Youth” (B-R Guseva, d. 8) |
MBU “Adolescent and Youth Center” |
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31 |
nine0006 Master class for children on making tank models with a movable element in the technique of paper modeling “My Great War” screening of a documentary from the cycle |
June 22 14.00 14.30 |
MBUK TGMVTS Lecture hall (street Sovetskaya, 54) |
MBUK TGMVTS |
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32 |
“Remember, believe, keep” a lesson in courage |
22nd of June
15. |
Club at the place of residence “Spark” (Stroiteley st., 16) |
MBU “Adolescent and Youth Center” |
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33 |
“We remember our ancestors!” a lesson in courage and an excursion to the obelisk of Victory nine0008 |
22nd of June 17.00 |
Club at the place of residence “Matrix” (emb. A. Nikitina, 24), obelisk of Victory |
MBU “Adolescent and Youth Center” |
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34 |
“Wars start suddenly” memory hour |
June 23 11.00 |
Tver branch of the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. |
MBUK “MBS Tver” |
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35 |
“Only Stones Speak Here” Hour of Remembrance |
June 23 12.00 |
Multimedia Library Center (branch number 19, st. S. Perovskoy, 12) nine0008 |
MBUK “MBS Tver” |
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Lenin
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30, Artyukhina St., 15, building D)
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V.Ya. Kikotya (st. Krivichskaya, 12)
Scenario of the event “Day of memory and sorrow” | Material (senior group):
Scenario of a thematic event with children of senior preschool age “Day of Memory and Sorrow”
Songs about the war sound.
The children are seated.
On the screen – a slide about the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow.
Host: Today is the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow. Every day on June 22 at exactly 4 am in our country, people light millions of candles and carry them to memorials. In Moscow, they are carried to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, then to the memorial on Poklonnaya Hill. On this day, flags are flown at half mast at state institutions, all entertainment events are cancelled. Today, on the day of Remembrance and Sorrow, the whole country remembers the most terrible date in the history of our country – on this day, June 22, 1941 years old, the Great Patriotic War began.
Presentation “Day of Remembrance and Sorrow”
Moderator:
Children, Remember!
Through the centuries,
Through the years –
Remember!
About those who will never come
Never –
Remember!
Be worthy of the memory of the fallen!
Forever worthy!
People!
As long as hearts are knocking – remember
At what price happiness is won –
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Remember!
Tell your children about them so that
they will remember!
Tell the children of children about them.
So that they also remember!
Remember!
Through the centuries, through the years –
Remember!
About those who will never come again –
Remember!
In memory of the fallen, be worthy!
Forever worthy!
June 22, 1941. Fascist Germany has dealt a terrible blow to our country. This is a deadly avalanche of highly trained, disciplined German soldiers. They have already taken over Europe. nineteen0 divisions (5.5 million people, about 5 thousand aircraft, over 3 thousand tanks spewing fire and lead – all this moved towards us, towards your grandparents, who were young just like you and me.
Host:
In the first days of the war, in order to support people, composer Alexandrov and poet Lebedev-Kumach composed a heroic song “Get up, the country is huge.” Let’s listen to it.
Listening to the song “Get up, the country is huge” Hitler declared: “It is not enough for us to defeat the Russian army and capture Leningrad, Moscow and the Caucasus.
We must wipe this country off the face of the earth and destroy its people.”
June 22, 1941 is a terrible date. The day when for millions of inhabitants of our vast country all plans for the future collapsed – vacations, exams, weddings. All life turned upside down. Everything drooped, went somewhere very far, into the past, before the ominous word “war”.
Our country did not expect an attack, because we have concluded a non-aggression pact with Germany. We were not ready for war. But already on June 22, death claimed the lives of people. Already on June 22, the ground was buzzing under the caterpillars of tanks, bursting with shells, making its way through automatic bursts. The count has begun – 1418 bloody days of the Great Patriotic War. nine0007
The whole country rose up to fight the Nazis. Everyone stood up who could hold weapons in their hands, who could defend their homeland. Yesterday’s schoolchildren besieged military registration and enlistment offices, asked to go to the front, adding a year or two to themselves.
And they left not to return. Almost the entire school graduation of 1941 did not return from the front.
Music video “Children of War”
Educator: You know from films, books –
There was a war with the Nazis.
To cope with the Nazi yoke,
The whole country united. nine0007
1. All those who defended their Motherland,
Glorifies our people.
About the heroes who fell in battles,
Eternal memory lives on!
2. To those who stood and survived,
To those who were young and brave,
Who fought in severe battles,
Who sat at the desk,
we give our soul.
We compose verses for you,
We sing songs for you.
4. For the native country people. nine0007
They gave their lives.
We will never forget,
Fallen, in a valiant battle.
5. A fire is burning at the obelisk,
The birch trees are sad in silence,
And we bowed low – low
Here an unknown soldier sleeps.
Host:
Every year, on June 22 and May 9, people lay flowers at the graves of fallen soldiers.
Eternal Flame burns in every city and village. Eternal is the one that always burns, never goes out and reminds people of the terrible word “War” and that this should never happen again, because adults and children need peace on the whole planet. nine0007
Let’s sing a song about this, which is called: “Eternal Flame”
Song “Eternal Flame” (senior group)
Host: Today we again remember that war. But not in order to hate those who brought death and suffering to our land, but in order to remember all those who did everything so that we, who live now, could laugh and cry, rejoice and grieve, study, work – and just to live, rejoicing in the world around us.
Song “Spring” (senior group)
Narrator: We have no right to forget the horrors of this war, lest they happen again. We have no right to forget those soldiers who died so that we can live now.
We have no right. We have to remember everything.
6. We will be brave, like grandfathers,
We will defend our native land,
And the bright sun of Victory
We will not give it to anyone.
7. Let there be no war ever.
Let calm cities sleep.
Let the sirens scream
Doesn’t sound over my head.
8. Let no one burst a shell,
No one scribbles a machine gun.
Let our forests announce
Only the voices of birds and children.
9. May there never be a war,
No more trouble will touch us!
And let the years pass peacefully.
Let there be no war ever!
Host: People! As long as hearts are beating, remember!
At what cost is happiness won – remember! nine0007
When you send your song into flight, remember!
Remember those who will never sing again!
Tell your children about them so that they remember them!
Tell the children of children about them so that they also remember!
Carry your dream through the years and fill it with life!
But for those who will never come again, I conjure – remember!
“Minute of silence”.