Colonial Drummer Boy With Betsy Ross Flag

A colonial soldier in a three-cornered hat stands in profile, holding a drumstick in his right hand over a large rope-tensioned drum. He wears a long coat with a row of buttons down the front, wide cuffs, and a flap pocket near the hip. Behind him, a big flag waves on a tall pole with a tassel hanging from the top. The flag has a circle of stars in the upper left corner and wavy stripes across the rest. The lines are clean and the shapes are fairly large, so it works well for a range of ages. Try coloring the coat a deep blue and leaving the cuffs and buttons a contrasting shade, then count the stars in the circle together and talk about what they stood for in early American history. Printing it before Independence Day makes a nice quiet activity.