Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day ;)

Today is July 1, which is Canada's birthday. We have been clebrating all week by making lots of red, white and Canadian crafts and baking some Canadian themed treats :) We will continue celebrating today with a barbeque meal and maybe watch some fireworks later tonight.

I thought I would share with you today some interesting Canadian facts (but hopefully I won't bore you with too many) and some great Canada Day themed crafts, clothing and recipes that I have found.

- Canada Day was formerly known as Dominion Day
-July 1 is the anniversary of the passing of the Constitution Act of 1867, which granted Canada some independance from England and joined together Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec into one country. It was made an official holiday in 1982, when Canada was given total independance from England
-Canada has 10 provinces (Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba) and 3 territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
-Canada is named from the Huron and Iroquios word "kanata" which means village

Before we get to the craft and activity links, I just had to share this video with you :) It is my favourite Canadian commercial. I just love it :)

And yes, I have had to answer some of these questions for various people over the years.
No, I don't have a pet beaver, actually I've never even seen a real , live beaver.
I don't live in an igloo or have snow all year round. I have worn shorts with a hoodie and used the heat and air conditioning in the same day. My kids do usually wear a snowsuit or at least a winter jacket under their Halloween costumes.
I do say "eh", usually without even realizing that I said it.
I don't like playing hockey or even watching it.
I love ketchup chips, smarties, Coffee Crisp chocolate bars and poutine.
My Pepsi is a pop, not a soda.

Now for some of the great Canada Day themed crafts and recipes that I've found and would love to share with you :)

Here are some great Canada Day decorations:

Almost Unschoolers made these great Canada Flag suncatchers

My girls made these cute Canadian pinwheels

Sammie made this pretty red & white wind tube

This awesome Canada Day Banner was made by East Coast Mommy

Here are some crafted versions of the Canada flag

We made this simple handprint Canada flag

The girls ar Kitchen Counter Chronicles made these handprint Canada flags

This was tissue paper Canadian flag was made by Sammie

These adorable handprint flags were made by My Buddies and I

We made this Canada flag with melted crayons and wax paper

Some Canada Day clothes and accessories made by some great bloggers

These adorable handprint Canada flag t-shirts were made by Crafting and Creativity

Mama Pea Pod made these super pretty hair accessories

I really like these Canada flag t-shirts made on the workmanfamily blog

Some Canada Day foods that would be great to add to your Canada Day BBQ or picnic :)

These delicious looking Maple Leaf Sugar Cookies were made by Crafting and Creativity

Vixen Made has a free printable for these adorable Canadian cupcake flags. There are also lots of other Canada Day crafts on this post

These Canada Day rice crispy squares were so yummy :)

I just love the look of this Canada Day cake by Crafting and Creativity

And Kitchen Counter Chronicles shares their perfect Canadian burger. It looks so delicious :)

What a great bunch of recipes and crafts, eh? ;)

I hope you have enjoyed this Canada week here at 2 Big 2 Little with the crafts and recipes that we have shared :) If you make some of these crafts, please share pictures as I would love to see them

Hope you have a great Canada Day,whether you are Canadian or not :)

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