ABC and 123: A Learning Collaborative: Father's Day

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Clever Father's Day Gifts to Make and Give

The air is warmer, the leaves are back on our trees, the kids are counting down the days until school gets out, the plans for Memorial Day festivities are ready to roll and my mind if full of ideas we'd like to add to this year's Summer Fun To-Do list. It doesn't hurt to start thinking about some Father's Day gift and card ideas either! Here are a few cute suggestions to get your gears turning!

Turn your left over Altoid tins into adorable mini toolboxes like these from Alpha Mom.

Use the Soda Can Cover-up printables on The Idea Room to create a special case of cola and coasters for Dad.

Tatertots and Jello presents Dad with a tee-rific round of golf.

The kids at Four Crazy Kings used images from old magazines to make this Motor Trend Dad of the Year card.

Katherine Marie Photography has come up with some clever uses for chocolate on Dad's card.

Send your father's day wishes with a sweet treat in the form of Father's Day Candy Bars, Melissa from Max and Ellie has even made up a PDF for you to download filled with all the candy related messages and ready to print out on standard sized labels. Doesn't get much quicker or easier!

Kaboose has a cute I Love You Daddy poem and card idea.

Sarah at the Fifth Street Palace and her son made this fun fish gift bag, perfect for her fishing guru dad!

Ramblings of a Crazy Women shares the step by steps for putting together a Father's Day acronym card.

Mama Jenn made this decorative saying hanging with her daughter for her husband.

Dollar Store Crafts suggests an idea for framing a personalized word collage.

Running short of time? Try this Father's Day Coupon book from Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.

Boys of all ages will love the outdoor adventure ideas in Jen Murray's new ebook, KidVentures! Make it a Father's Day gift for dad and a summer full of fun for all the guys in your family!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Fathers Day Gifts from Children

A Mama's Two Cents offered a colorful printable for the Super Dad in your life.

2 Love Learning put a different spin on the shirt and tie card.

Inner Child Fun came up with some crafts for the kids to make for dad. The brag book made out of cast off technology is especially clever.

Junk in Their Trunk has printables and freebies for making Dad smile.

Don't miss the paper "iDad" from Charlotte's Fancy.

There are several cute suggestions for Father's Day on Simple Kids. I especially like the "D is for Dad Day" menu.

Her Gardening Blog lists several ideas of gifts kids can make such as a BBQ Kit or a Money Tree.

Brandi has devoted an entire blog to DIY Father's Day craft ideas.

Life of a Modern Mom shares the step by step instructions for creating a folded dress shirt card.

Momania lists their ideas for the Top 10 Inexpensive Father's Day gifts/experiences.

Have fun putting together something special for the Fabulous Fathers in your lives!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Father's Day Gift Ideas: part 2

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All About the Kapengas shared a crabby card idea!

Learning as We Grow put together a colorful trio of handprint tiles.

They also shared with all of us a Father's Day poem craft appropriate for babies and toddlers.

Silly Eagle Books has put together a great list of handmade Father's Day gift ideas, as well as a list of great childrens books for Father's Day.

Chris, Erin & Jayce submitted a fun post for making wooden family blocks. This project would be fun for any occassion, yet an appropriate gift for Dad too!

Maybe Dad would enjoy one of the fun Tie Cakes featured on Tiepedia.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Father's Day Gift Ideas

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We know that a lot of you are crafty and with Father's Day at the end of the month, we know it's never too early to start sharing some ideas for how your kids can give their gifts a handmade touch approaching. Here are some from our community to get you inspired!

Since it's only the beginning of June we hope this will get the wheels in your mind turning and that we'll get enough submissions to have another round of ideas for you. So please send in your handmade gift and card ideas!

Now I (Katie's Nesting Spot) am a little bit embarrassed about these first two. It seems I first found these way back around the holidays, and got started on a handmade gift post. But then I forgot I'd started and ended up "loosing" this post until I was messsing around with the edit post page. Did you know you can search and find all the Drafts you've got?

They are both too good of ideas not to share, and since both were originally Grandparent's Day gifts, I thought they'd also be wonderful Father's Day gifts. Cause Dad's and Grandpa's love pictures and handprints just as much as Moms and Grandmas!

Jessica from Brixton Lane shared this cute popsicle stick photo puzzle gift she made for Grandparent's Day. One side has a darling picture of all the grandkids and on the other side are scripture versus.

How could any grandparent NOT like this sweet Hearts and Handprints art project created at Max and Ellie? A little color change might be required, but we think this would melt the heart of any Grandpa or Daddy!

Speaking of handprints, check out the fish inspired handprint ideas from Amanda! My Dad loves fishing, so I was thinking these would be especially great for him! First there is a colorful handprint card.

It would be perfect to coordinate with either this handprint fish mug or...

this keepsake handprint tile.

She also shares two different footprint crafts with a poem, the one above and another about following in Father's Footsteps. Both would look really great in a simple frame and make a great keepsake that can be hung on the wall.

Show how much your family "ROCKS" by making your own version rock version. Cassie from Our Adventures in Education, says that all the kids ranging in age from 2-12 had a lot of fun making theirs.

Don't forget to email us your ideas so we can feature you in our second Father's Day Gift Ideas Round Up!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Father's Day Gift Ideas

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Card and Gift Wrap Ideas

Kim at Four Crazy Kings used images from old magazines to make this car perfect for the car enthusiast Dad!

Anne at Teaching Two shared the cute card her daughter made at school, we like Best Dad award on the inside.

Katherine Marie Photography has come up with some clever uses for chocolate on Dad's card.

Kaboose has a cute I Love You Daddy poem and card idea.

Sarah at the Fifth Street Palace and her son made this fun fish gift bag, perfect for her fishing guru dad!

Ramblings of a Crazy Women shares the step by steps for putting together a Father's Day acronym card.

Gift Ideas

Clemencia at Storytime and More shares how they turned this painting activity into a lesson on mixing colors while making a Father's Day gift. She also shares links to poems and printables to make a Father's Day card in the same post.

Mama Jenn made this decorative saying hanging with her daughter for her husband.