Learn Together

Gay Pride helps us remember to express ourselves, and learn about others! The rainbow pride flag represents the LGBTQ+ community, and reminds us that everyone matters, no matter who you are, what you look like, or how you feel!

Materials

  • Paper towel
  • Rubber bands
  • Washable markers
  • Spray bottle
  • Sheet pan (optional)

Make Together

First let’s make a DIY rainbow pride flag!

  1. Roll up your paper towel so it looks like a long snake. You can roll up the short side or the long side, but you can add more colors rolling the long side.
  2. Tie 4-5 rubber bands evenly spaced along your paper towel snake. If you tie 5 rubber bands, you can use all colors of the rainbow!
  3. Use washable markers to color between the rubber bands. Going from one end to the other, color the spaces red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
  4. Fill a spray bottle with water and spray your colorful paper towel snake.
  5. Take the rubber bands off.
  6. Unroll your paper towel to reveal your rainbow tie dye pride flag!
Visual instructions for a Paper Towel Pride Flag.

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Wave your pride flag while you listen to CMOM educator Jasmine read Worm Loves Worm by J. J. Austrian. 

Now it’s your turn to tell your own story! Think of a few characteristics that make up who you are. Then, pick a color to represent each characteristic and do this project again to create a flag that represents you. 

Share your story with a family.