Although the French flag contains the same colors as the American flag, they are arranged in a completely different way. When teaching children about France, you can demonstrate how the French flag appears by helping students make a mosaic flag out of old magazines. Cut out pictures from magazines that contain the colors red, white, and blue. Separate the colors, and cut them into small pieces. Place a sheet of white paper horizontally in front of you, and cover the entire sheet with craft glue. Cover the left third of the sheet with blue pieces of magazine pages, the middle third with white pieces, and the right third with red pieces. Allow the sheet to dry completely before displaying your mosaic flag.
The Eiffel Tower is one of the most widely recognized French landmarks and can be created by students using craft sticks, cardboard boxes, and craft glue. Cut a cardboard box so you have two halves. Each of the box halves will have three sides. Cut one side out of each of the halves so the halves can stand upright when turned over. Place one of the halves upside down, and glue four craft sticks onto its surface in a square pattern. Glue four more craft sticks at each of the corners, standing them up vertically. Allow the craft sticks to dry completely. Place four more craft sticks flat onto the four vertical sticks, gluing them down. Glue three more craft sticks vertically on top of the flat sticks. Allow them to dry. Cut two craft sticks in half, then glue them flat onto the tops of the vertical sticks. Glue three craft sticks vertically on top of the flat square. Allow the sticks to dry. Continue with this pattern, shortening a stick every time you rise higher, until you are left with a point. Once dry, you can paint the craft stick Eiffel Tower, then display it.
Recreate Marie Antoinette's famous royal face with a paper bag, white construction paper, and markers. Cut 20 to 30 strips of white construction paper to measure 2-inches wide by 12-inches long. Place a paper grocery bag onto a flat surface, and lay the folded side down. Cut eye holes out of the bag. Under the eye holes, draw on a nose and a mouth with markers. Add pink blush and black eye make-up, including a small mole around one eye, which was fashionable during the period. Curl each white strip of paper around your finger. This will cause the paper strips to remain slightly curled naturally. Glue one end of each strip around the top of the bag. This will be the powdered wig. Once dry, you can put on the mask.