Father's Day Crafts~ Tired of the same old ones...

[michellesmunchkins]

Anyone care to share what they are doing for father's day crafts. I'm so tired of the same old ones I use practically every year but haven't seen much in my google searches that would work for my group. My guys are all between 12 months and 18 months except for one who is 2.5...any ideas????

[playfelt]

My gang was sick around easter last year so didn't get to do our usual of decorating egg shaped cookies with various bits and pieces as I was trying to desperately eliminate germ sharing.

What we did instead was come mother's day we spent a week baking and each day made something. One day we made brownies and another muffins. On another I made the cookie dough at night and then we sliced and baked. And on another I baked the cookies and they iced and decorated. I got plates from the dollar store and they arranged their treats on the plate, made a flower to decorate the gift and a card. This would work for father's day too.

For father's day we made lemonade and coasters. We did homemade lemon with them trying to do the squeezing - and me topping it up with lemon juice from a bottle. We mixed it and then I had bought water bottles from dollar store to send it home in. The kids coloured two circles of cardstock, added a few stickers to them and then I laminated them. Cut them out leaving a half inch of plastic to be sure they were well sealed. I had also gotten two plastic glasses from the dollar store - one large and one small. We also made shortbread cookies they could decorate. The idea was to go home and share a glass of lemonade and cookies with dad.

Dad ideas are hard. I find mother's day and father's day hard many years anyways depending on my group. If I have a single parent family it is hard to dwell on the topic and in those years I let it slide more and we just do a treat for someone special and build it into our program such as decorating the cookies in spring colours or cutting them out with a fish or butterfly or flower cookie cutter. Still allows us to acknowledge the day without making anyone feel left out. I do not do grandparents day at all since in this day and age of divorce it isn't uncommon for a child to have half a dozen grandparents and just not starting battles over who gets the one gift nor am I letting one child make 6 just because.

[ECE53]

We made home made bit and bites last year and then I bought big sealable jars from the dollarstore and we made a card to go with it. We painted baseball caps one year, we have made t shirts. You can fabric paint on the cloth tool belts from home depot.
We have decorated mugs from michael's one year. There is always decorating a picture frame and putting in a candid daycare shot, to put on their desk at work. We might make granola for the dads this year, or cookies , my father's seem to really like the snack themed gifts.....

[DaycareLulu]

I thought this was cute or you could get a real rock for them to paint and use stickers to spell dad's rock and the dad's could use it as a paper weight.

website for this crafthttp://www.shelterness.com/dad-rocks...y-kids-crafts/

[withtheweeones]

there are some cute ones on pinterest.... http://pinterest.com/pumpkinpatchcan...ay-gift-ideas/
I like the "back rub" t shirt

[michellesmunchkins]

These are great ideas ladies, thanks so much!

[Crayola kiddies]

I'm took some nice pictures of the kids individually and I'm getting foam picture frames that have magnets on the back and foam stickers from micheals and the kids will decorate the frames and we'll put the pictures inside. My kids are all 2 with one 3.5.

[Inspired by Reggio]

We are doing these
http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2012...bookmarks.html

but we are going to make the tassle with beads in a loop and use a shrinky dink handprint as the focal bead so it can be either a bookmark or to hang from their rear view mirror in the car or where ever.

[Spixie33]

We are doing these
http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2012...bookmarks.html

but we are going to make the tassle with beads in a loop and use a shrinky dink handprint as the focal bead so it can be either a bookmark or to hang from their rear view mirror in the car or where ever.

Very cool. I will do this as a craft or Christmas present for the daycare kids for their parents. Love how the tassle of the bookmark seems so complicated but isn't really