• The South Korean flag makes for an appropriate collage or coloring project.south korea flag icon. (with clipping path) image by Andrey Zyk from Fotolia.com
  
  Hands-on projects, like arts and crafts, help children learn about new topics in ways more stimulating than traditional lectures. If you are teaching your children or your classroom about South Korea, crafts that depict traditional and modern South Korean life can help kids grasp and retain facts.
  
  

South Koren Flag

• Children can make the South Korean flag using a variety of craft materials, including construction paper and glue. Kids can also make flags from fabric pieces, paint, markers or found objects. For an educational challenge, have kids research what the flag looks like.
  
  

Coloring Pages

• Coloring pages are a no-fuss craft project that can teach kids a great deal about South Korean culture. Choose coloring pages of maps to help kids learn where South Korea is located. Coloring pages of South Korean landscapes can help children learn what the country and its geographical features look like. Haetae, traditional South Korean mythological dog can help teach children about South Korean history and beliefs. Rainbowkids.com offers a variety of coloring pages relating to South Korean life.
  
  

Musical Instruments

• Create traditional South Korean musical instruments, such as the erhu and the drum. Craft drums from a variety of objects, like old tissue boxes, or empty coffee cans. Craft erhus from paper towel tubes and string or rubber bands. Play examples of the types of music these instruments created.
  
  

Paper Dolls

• Craft paper dolls that display traditional South Korean dress or important South Korean figures. Explore what South Koreans wore historically and why, and compare that with current South Korean culture. Include accessories of daily life, such as types of food, traditional tools, hats and more than one style of traditional dress.
  
  

Poetry

• The birthday of Confucius, or Seokjeon-daejae, is an important South Korean holiday marked with celebrations twice annually, in the spring and fall. Confucius was an important philosophical leader and had a major influence on the government. He believed strongly in the importance of poetry and music. Have children create colorful poems and illustrate them with collages or paintings that feature traditional Korean themes. Read Korean poems to the children and have them craft illustrations of what they think the poems are saying. .