Create and Craft - ANZAC Day

December 2021

ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day

Recommended books

Anzac Biscuits by Phil Cummings  

ANZAC Day

by Phil Cummings and Owen Swan

Rachel is in the kitchen, warm and safe. Her father is in the trenches, cold and afraid. When Rachel makes biscuits for her father, she adds the love, warmth and hope that he needs.

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Breaming soldiers by Catherine Bauer and Shane McGrath  

Dreaming soldiers

by Catherine Bauer, illustrated by Shane McGrath

Poignantly weaves tales of childhood adventures and battlefield challenges with gentle Dreaming themes. This is a touching friendship story about Jimmy and Johnno, two young Australian boys in the 1900s, mates who do everything together, sharing adventures and growing up side by side in the dusty cattle yards of an Outback South Australian station and later on the dusty WWI battlefields of the Middle East. The simple story-telling combines with stunning images to honour the service and contribution of Australian veterans, and Indigenous soldiers.

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My grandad marches on Anzac Day by Catriona Hoy & Benjamin Johnson  

My grandad marches on ANZAC Day

by Catriona Hoy & Benjamin Johnson

A simple, moving look at Anzac Day and its significance, through the eyes of a little girl. A gentle story about families and the importance of sharing memories and remembering.

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Memorial by Gary Crew and Shaun Tan  

Memorial

by Gary Crew & Shaun Tan

When the soldiers return from the Great War in 1918, a memorial tree is planted... 'Lest We Forget'. But generations later, what do those who pause in the shadows of the tree's immense branches remember? Years on, the tree has grown to be huge and unruly, dislodging the statue next to it and creating a traffic hazard in what is now a much larger, busier town. A decision is made by a local council to cut the tree down...

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The soldier's gift by Tony Palmer and Jane Tanner  

The soldier's gift

by Tony Palmer & Jane Tanner

The Soldier's Gift is a moving story of one family's courage and endurance during the First World War, the terrible losses at Gallipoli and a time that changed Australia forever.

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Anzac Ted by Belinda Landsberry  

Anzac Ted

by Belinda Landsberry

Anzac Ted is the powerful, poignant story of a little boy's teddy bear that was passed down to him from his grandfather. Battered, torn, missing an eye and an ear, he might look scary but he's got a great story to tell. For Anzac Ted went to war, keeping soldiers company and giving them comfort.

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We have a Create & Craft video on how to make some red poppies.

For this craft you will need

  • 3x pop sticks
  • 9x red cupcake liners

Access to scissors, glue, textas

Directions

  • Flatten the three cupcake liners, keep one aside
  • Cut around the second cupcake liner in a wobbly line (this is great for children to practice their cutting skills)
  • Cut around the third cupcake liner and make it smaller than the second.
  • Glue the second liner inside the first and then the third liner inside the second.
  • Glue the pop stick onto the back
  • Use the texta to draw a squiggle inside the poppy
  • Repeat two more times to make three poppies total

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