Fathers Day Craft Ideas

Something that my parents treasured for years were handprint wall hangings (or paperweights) made out of salt dough.

Overall Things You'll Need

Toothpicks
Food Coloring (optional)
Butter Knives
Paper towels
Salt
All-purpose Flour
Rolling Pins
Brushes
Cookie sheets
Aluminum Foil
Poster Paints
Mixing bowls
Ribbon (If making wall hangings instead of paperweights)

Ingredients for the Dough

2 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. salt
3/4 c. water
food coloring (optional)

Steps

1. Mix flour with salt and water in a deep bowl.
2. Knead it until it's doughy.
3. Add food coloring or glitter or wait and paint it when it's dry.
4. Roll the dough into a ball.
5. Put the ball onto a sheet of aluminum foil on a cookie sheet.
6. Roll the ball flat with a rolling pin until it's about 1 inch thick.
7. Spread your fingers and press your hand into the center of the clay, leaving a clear impression then remove your hand from the clay.
8. Use a butter knife to cut a shape such as a circle or a heart around the handprint. Be careful not to tear the foil.
9. Write your name and the date with a toothpick somewhere on the paperweight.
10. If creating a wall hanging, carve a small hole at the top of the project to lace a ribbon through. Make sure not to cut the hole too close to the edge or the weight of the project could cause the bridge of clay to break when hung.
11. Bake the dough at 200 degrees until it's dry (about 10 minutes).
12. Paint the handprint with poster paints if desired.

Tips & Warnings

If the dough is too crumbly, add more water. If it's too sticky, add a little more flour.

Make several batches in different colors.

This dough can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about a week.

Well my husband is a dodgers fan so me and the kids are going to bake a cake and make it white with the blue dodgers writen across it.
In other word food is love so find something they ike and try to cook it . And oooweee its cheap hehe

Here are a few websites you can check out:

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/dad/index.html

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/dad/

http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfea...

Hope these help!

M. *~

Hey there, M.. Looks like you've already gotten some good ideas. Brownies for example -- yum!

For some additional suggestions, you might want to visit the page of Father's Day ideas I host on my website. You'll find it here:

http://www.earthskids.com/holiday-fathersday.htm

Most of the ideas are probably most suitable for age 4 and older. But the hand print crafts, with the cute poems etc., are a great one to do with toddlers. And the T-shirt craft works great with toddlers too. (If you get out the fabric paints however, just pre-plan to contain the mess!)

Have fun!

Fairly easy if you have the stuff on hand: Make brownie cupcakes and let each kid decorate one for Dad, one for "Dad's Friend" (which will probably be them!) to give their Dad's. You could also do Sugar Cookies.

If cooking isn't going to work this time, have them make a coupon book for their Dad. For the little ones just make Hug, Kiss, and I Love You tickets. For the older ones suggest things like "Dad's Right, end of conversation", "Extra Chore for No Pay", and "Control of the Remote", But also include things that are fun for the kids like "You and Me Date Night" so the Dad can take the CHILD out for a special outing of his choice. And "Just Desserts" or “Dessert First” or “Pizza Night” that Dad presents to Mom to “change the dinner plans”. But also be sure that the older kids are including the Hug, Kiss, and “I Love You” certificates. Sometimes the older we get, the harder it is to remember our parents need to see and hear that we do INDEED still love them.

One other gift that you could do is have the kids wrap a SMALL box or piece of wood with wrapping or tissue paper and a piece of ribbon or yarn. Then have them attach the following poem by an author unknown.

This is a very special gift
That you can never see
The reason that it's special
It's just for you from me
Whenever you are lonely
Or when you're feeling blue
You only have to hold this
gift and know I think of you
You never can unwrap it
Please leave the ribbon tied
Just hold this box close to your heart
It's filled with love inside
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Hope it helps~ J.

I can't take credit for this because my girlfriend just did it for our playgroup. She had us make ties out of construction paper. We cut the construction paper in the shape of a tie, let the kids color/decorate them and then punched a hole at the top of the tie. We put a string in the hole that was long enough to let the daddies wear it. My son could'nt wait to show dad. Dad loved it and wears every night for him. : )

Hi M., I know of a website that has craft ideas. They have one for dads, called the Helping Hands Coupon book. They even have suggestions of books to read with the activity.

You can find it at signingtime.com, go to fun stuff, click crafts.

http://www.signingtime.com/article_info.php?articles_id=21

They have a lot of ideas for crafts all year round check them out!

While your there, you can read about using sign language with your kids, Signing Time! are my kids favorite videos.

try www.sharemykidsart.com, I gave my wife a coffee mug with a drawing my son had made for her.... she loved it!