We started by making day out tickets. First I cut a ticket shape out of paper, and then had the kids draw/color things on it that they like doing with their dads, things that they could do on a special day with just dad!
Then we made Finger paintings for them. I wrote World's Best Dad, or #1 Dad on finger paint paper, and let them go at it!
We also made frames for the finger paintings. I cut the frame part out of paper, and then a bunch of different colored shapes from other paper to make a mosaic.
We also made our dad's pencil/pen holders for their desks. We used baby food jars, but you could use toilet paper rolls, cans, things like that. I cut solid colored pieces of magazine paper (ripped out of an old magazine). Then mixed brown paint with glue and water. Then we used the brown glue mixture to glue the papers to the baby food jar. Then added another coat on top. Giving it a faux leather look to the pencil jar!
(the last/finished picture they are still drying, so they are upside down, because that is the easiest way to let the kids do it- put the jar on a piece of paper upside down and give them the paper and brushes!)
And today we made the cards for our dad's. I wrote different poems about dad's and children on the front of a folded card. Then inside, I helped them make a heart with their foot prints. I painted each child's feet- and if you do them "on the wrong foot/backwards" you will have a heart. Think left foot on the right side, and right on the left side! Once those dry, the kids can decorate the cards with markers, stickers, etc! And the older ones can write their names!
And, for a gift bag for all of our gifts for Dad, we will be coloring, and decorating paper bags!
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!
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