President Cookies | Craftory | PragerU Kids

[Music] welcome to craftery by prageru kids we've got crafts history and your questions i'm jill and today we're decorating cookies to look like two of america's most special and respected presidents george washington and abraham lincoln here's what you'll need plain round cookies big enough to decorate any kind will do vanilla and chocolate frosting for sticking black icing for drawing mini marshmallows chocolate chips and chocolate bars the kind that you can break apart into rectangle sections oh we've got a question why are george washington anywhere famous presidents smart question to date america has had 46 presidents all of them contributing to american life in very different and important ways but historians see george washington and abraham lincoln as presidents who led with a special kind of bravery that shaped our country dramatically let's start with george washington he's considered the father of our country because he led america to independence from great britain by crossing the delaware river as general of the american revolution he also helped write our u.s constitution and served as america's first president from 1789 to 1797. george washington was admired for his integrity and character after america won our freedom some people wanted him to become a king but he refused because he believed that people not a king should rule washington was a farmer loved animals and lived at his estate named mount vernon in virginia he was also very very tall standing at six feet two inches okay let's make our first cookie now george washington had white hair so vanilla frosting marshmallows for those curls some historians actually say that george washington's hair was really red and that he just used powder to make it white [Music] after you've got the hair black icing and it's george washington and he smells like marshmallows you ready for abraham lincoln now this one's got chocolate let's start with something fun president lincoln was famous for his hat get your chocolate frosting across the top [Music] long piece of chocolate and you might have messed ups but you keep going there we go his hat looking good right so an interesting thing about this hat lincoln was known to carry papers and speeches inside of it and today lincoln's top hat is displayed at the national museum of american history in washington d.c now abraham lincoln's family did not have much money and he was actually born in a log cabin in kentucky he educated himself by reading many books and became a lawyer people called him honest abe and he served as america's 16th president from 1861 until 1865 during our country's civil war when the union army in the north was fighting the confederate army in the south lincoln was the president who freed slaves in the south with a very important document called the emancipation proclamation now later that same year he made a very famous speech called the gettysburg address address means speech here's what it said four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal you see score means 20 years so when he said four score in 1863 he was talking about the year 1776 when america with an army led by george washington remember declared our freedom the gettysburg address was only 10 sentences long and lasted two minutes but it changed our country for the better abraham lincoln is the president who abolished slavery let's finish his beard tons of chocolate [Music] because what makes chocolate better chocolate needs a smiley face [Music] he's so cute looks just like him right another cool thing about abraham lincoln well he was even taller than george washington lincoln stood at six feet four inches our tallest president to date presidents washington and lincoln showed individual courage honesty and were two of our most influential leaders who made america what it is today and that's why we celebrate their birthdays every year on what we call president's day the third monday of every february we hope you had fun if you've got ideas or questions for our next craftery send them our way keep crafting keep decorating keep learning and keep celebrating land of the free home of the brave [Music] bye guys these are so good [Music] thank you for watching this video to keep prageru videos free please consider making a tax deductible donation