Brazil: Gisella Nascimento and her host children created the Brazilian flag in legos.  Colombia: Veronica Giraldo created her flag by individually making each of these flowers in thread.  Brazil: Raquel Brun Carvalho.  Raquel built both the Brazilian and American flags in legos-our neighbors!  Ukraine: Olena Petelko used needledwork to depict her country’s flag.  Olena provided some background information for us. South Africa: Marianne Hohls and her two host boys, ages 4 and 5, created her flag from Legos.  New Zealand: Melissa wedgwood designed her flag on a backdrop of the Pavlova dessert which is an icon in New Zealand.  Germany: Julia Kahl and her host children created a crayon drawing of her flag against the background of the Denver sky.  Israel  and Germany: Nitzan Dorenboim and Freddy Eixner combined their country flags with cupcakes.  What an ingenious idea!  The partnering of Germany and Israel won Best Team Entry!  United Kingdom: Hollie Cottrell baked a very delicious-looking cake to represent her flag.  Germany: Mirijam Hinger used frozen yogurt and fruit to show us her flag.  Netherlands:  Carla Van Dijk who is living in Princeton, NJ, placed her flag against the backdrop of Princeton University.  U.S.A: Denise Eliopolus’ cluster created their vision of the U.S. flag on cupcakes.  U.S. A.  This representation of the U.S. flag was done by Katie, age 7,a host child in CT.  Katie used her favorite glitter and sprinkled it on the flag.  Mia, from Malaysi is Katie’s au pair, and Mia’s entry is the next one.  Malaysia: Mia Ng used fruit because it represents her country’s fruit production Many nations: Cindy Garruba, a community counselor on the North Shore of Long Island worked with her au pairs on representing all of their countries on a map of Long Island. The teamwork is awesome!  Denise Eliopolus and her cluster:  Denise is a community counselor in NJ.  This photo shows the au pairs in her cluster who created the USA cupcakes.  Around the world: many nations in Gosia Downes cluster (NJ) are represented by paper dolls.  The next photo shows the au pairs who participated in the Flag Day Contest.