With Father’s Day only being a few days away, I thought I should post one more craft to give you a few more to choose from. This craft is great for children of any age and you can actually tailor it to suit the Dad.

What you will need:

• A box that can be opened and closed (A shipping box that has a flap would probably work best but you could also purchase small plastic boxes for this)
• items to decorate the box with (things like construction paper, magazine pictures, pencil crayons, markers, etc.)
• Mac-tac or any other type of clear contact paper
• Photograph of your child (with Dad)
• Items to put inside (you can put in handmade crafts or even little odds and ends that your husband may need such as things for the office: paper clips, post-its, etc.)
• Glue
• Scissors
• Lots of creativity

Directions:

1. Have your child decorate the box with pictures he or she has drawn or cut out from a magazine. Try to match a theme but it is not necessary to do so.
2. Attach the photograph to the top outside of the box. (Another alternative is to do a photo collage on the inside with a bunch of photos of the children by themselves or with Dad.)
3. Allow the glue to dry.
4. Mac-tac the box so the pictures will withstand use.
5. Fill it with items for dad
6. Wrap and give on Father’s Day.

This is actually an excellent gift that can be tailored to whatever you want.

If Dad is a golfer, make a “Father’s Golf Survival Kit” and fill it with little odds and ends that Dad may need on the golf course. You can make it sweet, practical or funny with little goggles for retrieving those balls in the water hazards, or large tees for those who can’t see. You could also include things like score cards from when the kid’s and Dad went mini golfing or other memorabilia.

This same thought could work with fishing, barbecuing, sailing, or just about anything.

Lastly, if Dad travels a lot or is overseas, you can fill it with mementos to remind Daddy just how much he is loved and how much his children miss him. Put in items like postcards so dad can write home while he is away, a special letter from your child, fingerprints and I love yous. Special things that will remind Dad just how important he is.

All the best

Sirena Van Schaik

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This year, I may give him another tie but I am definately not going to forget the tack. These great little gifts are perfect for the artist in your home and is very simple to make.

What you need:

• Sculpey or Fimo: This is a polymer sculpting clay that is found in many different colors. It is soft and can be baked in a regular oven to harden it. There is no need to paint the clay since the colors hold with the baking process.
• Tie Tack backings (you can find these at most craft stores)
• Epoxy Glue

Directions:

1. Take the polymer clay (hopefully you have many colors) and sculpt a creature or object with it. Keep it fairly small and make sure that it is flat on the back. Things like smiley faces, caterpillars, ladybugs, baseballs (with a flat back) or even fishing hooks.
2. Bake the clay in the oven according to the baking time on the package. Keep a close eye on it because it can burn quickly and all you will have is a dark brown object left.
3. Glue the sculpture to the tie tack and allow to dry.
4. Once it is dry, insert it into a tie, wrap and give to Dad.

This craft is better for older children who have more fine motor skills. The recommended age for Sculpey is 8 and up but I have seen 6 and 7 year olds use it with only minor assistance.

Other than that, create away and don’t stop at just the ties, there are many things that you can do with polymer clay.

Sirena Van Schaik

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Anyway, now that I apologized, let’s get going on a great father’s day craft that is excellent for younger children to create.

What you need:

• a magnetic strip (you can buy these at most craft stores and it usually comes in a roll)
• juice can lid
• Paper
• White glue
• Markers

What you need to do:

1. Cut out a circle from the construction paper that is the same size as the juice can lid.  You can use the juice can lid as a stencil.
2. Have your child decorate it with markers.
3. Cut out a piece of construction paper that looks like a ribbon.
4. Have your child decorate the ribbon.
5. Using white glue, paste the circle into the front of the lid and the ribbon onto the back of the lid so it hangs down like a ribbon. 
6. Glue the magnetic strip to the back and dad can hang it on the fridge or on a filing cabinet in his office.
7. Lastly, write in #1 Dad or have your child write it.
8. Wrap and give to dad.

Since this is such an easy project, I would recommend it for any child age 6 months and up to 3 years.  Of course, the younger your child, the more work you will have to put into it, but it will still be a wonderful gift on Father’s Day.

Sirena Van Schaik

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What you will need:

• Tempura Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Ink Pad
• Double frame (you can buy nice ones just about everywhere.  I went with a folding frame but you could go with one that allows for two pictures or one large picture and one small picture)
• A photograph of your child
• Printer
• the poem at the end of this how-to.

Directions:

1. Allow your child to paint a picture for daddy.  If you child is older, create a frame and have him or her paint the frame.
2. Print out the poem and place it in the center of the picture or in the frame.
3. Take your child’s foot and ink it (it is better if you use a light ink color so you can read the poem through the ink). 
4. Center the foot on the poem and stamp the footprint onto the poem.
5. Set aside to dry
6. Place the footprint/picture/poem into one side of the frame and a photograph of your child on the other side.  (You could also create another painted frame for the photograph.)  Oh, don’t forget to date it.
7. Wrap and give to dad.

And that is it.  Well, except for the poem.  I have added it here and I’m not sure who wrote this poem but I know it wasn’t me.  So for now, it is simply by anonymous.

“Walk a little slower Daddy,”
said a child so small,
“I’m following in your footsteps
and I don’t want to fall.

Sometimes your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they’re hard to see;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.

Someday when I’m all grown up,
You’re what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child
Who’ll want to follow me.

And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true,
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you.”

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