Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

One of the things I loved about History Camp were the projects we did with the kids. During the first session, I had come across twenty one-dollar flags at A.C. Moore's. It was a stick with canvas attached to it. Pretty simple, right?

So, after we visited the Arsenal on the first of many muggy Fridays, the acrylic paints were broken out, the bowls filled with water, the paintbrushes laid out.

We made pirate flags!

This is based on a real pirate flag, except my book about pirates is out in the garage (and it's late, I don't want to leave my room). Not all of my kids made pirate flags, some made American flags, some made flags about their elementary schools, and I'm sure there were a few imaginary countries created by my campers.