Contact_FullName:

Don Oakes
Contact_Email:
D_Oakes@MSN.COM
date:
06/3/01
where:
Father's Day Crafts

idea

Father's Day Time Capsule

Decorate the outside of a coffee tin with a picture of the child. Aslo write "A Time
Capsule for Father's Day 2001" and frame with child's artwork.

Inside the "Time Capsule" put the following items.

1)The child's hand print with a hand print poem on a sheet of paper. (If the lid to your
coffee tin is recessed make the hand print out of dough in the lid. This will add to the
decrotive outside).

2)The child's foot print with the poem "Walk A Little Slower Daddy" on a sheet of
paper.

3)An "All About Me" sheet so the father can remember special things about his child at
this age.

4)An "All About My Daddy" sheet

5)Misc. art work done by the child

6)Pull the mother aside and ask her to either give you some special items to put inside
or save them herself and put them in before the child gives the "Time Capsule" to
daddy.

7)etc.

Hint: I plan to start this project the Monday before Father's Day. We will make 1 item a
day.

I think this will make a very nice gift that will be treasured for years to come.

Contact_FullName:
robyn
Contact_Email:
nybor_aussie2hotmail.com
date:
05/28/01
where:
fathers day craft

idea

Items needed: construction paper, scissors, photo of child, yarn, stick (something that
can be used for fishing pole).

Cut out fish shape big enough to fit a child's picture on it. glue to one side.. on flip side
write " I'm Hooked On You Daddy!! Happy Fathers Day ( the year and date)."

Contact_FullName:
Donna Z
Contact_Email:
stvnix717@aol.com
date:
05/31/01
where:
Fathers Day

idea

Buy small size terra cotta flower pots at any craft store (pretty cheap), have children
paint any color or design. Then buy bendable wire to hot glue (teacher, of course) inside
flower pot. Take Children's pictures in different poses and glue/tape to wire that is
sticking out of flower pot. Dad has a bouquet of priceless pictures! I did this with my
pre- schoolers! Dads loved it!

Name:
Stephanie
E-Mail:
Imchilin01@aol.com
date:
051801
where:
Father's Day Gifts

idea

This year my preschoolers will take your everyday frozen juice cans and glue all types
of pasta shells on with tacky glue. They'll choose either gold or silver spray paint and I'll
spray the can for them. These make great pencil/pen holders for his desk.

Name:
Lisa
E-Mail:
rharris406@aol.com
date:
05/25/01
where:
Father's Day

idea

Cut out the shape of a hand saw using constructions paper, wood, or any material you
wish. Print "You're the best Dad I ever SAW!" Add a picture or hand print. Great gift!!!

Name:
Cathy

cathy-davis

3-12-01

We make Weather Rocks suitable for a rock theme or for Father's Day. Have each child
find and wash a good sized rock, preferably a little flat and the size of a small to
medium potato. Cut many (20) lengths of yarn in the color of your choice. Tie the yarn
at the halfway point with another piece of yarn to make a hanger at the top. Divide the
yarn into three sections and braid about halfway down. Insert the rock and continue to
tightly braid leaving just enough for a fringe at the bottom. You can tie the yarn just
above and below the rock to make it more secure. We had the children print and
laminate the following verse to attach to the Weather Rock.

You are now the proud owner of a Weather Rock. Please hang outside on a nail.

If your rock is wet it is raining. If your rock is moving it is windy. If your rock is warm
it is sunny. If your rock is white it is snowing. If your rock is gone you've been ripped
off!

Contact_FullName:
Sue
Contact_Email:
rsue36@juno.com

7-17-00

Cut some brown construction paper in rectangles. Punch holes in one long side and two
short sides of the two pieces. Let children lace the two pieces together. They can
decorate it. This makes a great wallet for dad.

Contact_FullName:
Shelly
Contact_Email:
tdeuter@swnebr.net
7-14-00

For Father's Day , we made frames for our dads. One we took the child's picture with a
stuffed dinosaur and we sponge painted the frame with dinosaur shapes and it read "
You are a "Dino"mite Dad!! and the second frame we dressed up the children in fishing
gear (life jacket, fishing hat and had them hold a fishing pole) and then we took their
picture and wrote "I never have to fish for your love, Dad!" and then I made a fish out
of fun foam and then got some real fishing line and glued it so it looks like the child
caught the fish!! The dads loved them both!!

Contact_FullName:
kristen
Contact_Email:
kris5240

7-12-00

We had the children cut out a head shape from poster board. Then each child was given
paper to draw glasses, mustache, eye color, mouth, nose and hair. We then glued it onto
the dad head cutout and made our very fabulous dads.

Contact_FullName:
Lynda
Contact_Email:
Lynfoote@aol.com

7-10-00

My first grade students created a mini first aid kit for their dads. We decorated a small
Pringles can with a paper that included the poem 'For your bike, your boat or your car.
So you will be MY hero, wherever you are!' Inside we put a pair of latex gloves, 1
darning needle on a paper labeled 'for slivers', 2 antibiotic ointment sleeves, 2 cough
drops, 2 emery boards (1 cut in 2 halves), 3 gauze pads, 4 safety pins, 5 cotton balls, 6
Band-Aids, etc. Great counting lesson as well!

Contact_FullName:
Christie
Contact_Email:
crazycritter16@AOL.com

7-9-00

Materials you need: ~heavy construction paper or poster board ~old magazines
~scissors ~glue
First, cut out a bunch of pictures from the magazines that describe the dad or have to do
with some hobbies he enjoys. Then, glue them on to the paper making a collage of
magazine cutouts. Then cut it out in the shape of a tie. The dad's loved it!

Contact_FullName:
Susanne
Contact_Email:
sue-warren@home.com

7-9-00

Father's Day Card - "MY GREAT DAD" Ask your child the following questions and
record their answers. Perfect with preschool age children as they are old enough to
understand the question but still young enough to give you some priceless answers.

My daddy is years old.

He weighs lbs. and is ft. tall.
His hair is and his eyes are .
My dad loves to relax by and he likes to wear .
He loves to cook .
His favorite household chore is .
His favorite TV show is and his favorite song is .
Daddy always tells me .
It makes him happy when .
When my dad shops, he loves to buy .
If he could go on a trip, he would go to and he would take .
I really love it when my dad .

He's the best! I love you Dad!

By: June, 2000

Contact_FullName:
Linda
Contact_Email:
dehar@infoblvd.net

7-9-00

In working on a Father's Day card with my "just-turned-three" year-old, I wanted to

come up with something easy yet just a little bit different. So we did the standard
construction paper one-fold card, then made a handprint in poster paint on a white sheet
of paper. We cut it out, pasted it to the front of the card, then glued a piece of knotted
yarn to one finger. Inside, I printed, "Who could forget a Daddy like you on Father's
Day"? This could easily be adapted for Mother's Day, Grandparent's Day, etc.

Contact_FullName:
 Kerry
Contact_Email:
Tomthumb09

6-16-00

I ALWAYS make my father's day crafts. For Fathers Day this year I picked out my
Dad's favorite activity (playing piano) and drew him playing it in "Picasso style." This
activity can help youngsters learn about famous artists and let them experiment with
different angles and shapes!

Contact_FullName:
Kim
Contact_Email:
m1ssk1mmy@aol.com

6-12-00

Just like Daddy Frames:

*1"cardboard matting frames from the dollar store *a suit coat, dress shoes & tie *film
& camera *finger-paints *self adhesive magnetic strip

Have the kids each dress up in the outfit and take their pictures in advance. Allow each
child to paint the matting frame and sprinkle with some fine glitter for an extra cool
effect. Gently glue the picture to the back of the frame when finished. Add a strip of self
adhesive magnet to the back top edge of the frame!

Contact_FullName:
Veronica
Contact_Email:
sweetpeaV@yahoo.com

6-11-00

Last year for Father's Day my Pre-K class made cards. We provided them with tracers of
various tools: hammer, screwdriver, saw, and ruler. They traced, cut out and glued their
tools to a sheet of paper with the message: I could not have built a better daddy! The
dads LOVED this!

Contact_FullName:
Rebecca
Contact_Email:
rlc5924@bjc.org

6-11-00
In my 2s class, I helped each child paint their hand with fabric paint, then print it onto a
new handkerchief. I then took a colored permanent marker and wrote a message
including the date, and the child's name. Some kids wanted to dictate their own note to
dad, others I just wrote Happy Father's Day 2000. Love, Cory It was inexpensive and
relatively easy.

Contact_FullName:
kathy
Contact_Email:
RHellerrk@aol.com

6-11-00

I am a 4-H leader. For Father's day we purchased pencil boxes had the kids decorate
them with all kind of things , like nuts bolts and things and made the dad's a first aid kit
for their car, boat or shop we bought a large box of Band-Aids and split them and we
bought boxes of 4x4 gauze and split those also.. things like that and it was less
expensive made great gifts.

Contact_FullName:
Ana
Contact_Email:
joe.curkovic307@home.com

6-9-00

Our preschool had a bunch of key chains printed with the wrong address, so we decided
to use them for Father's day gifts. We covered the side with the wrong address with
sticker paper (in any color). The other side was left blank for the children to glue on all
kinds of buttons. Once the buttons were dry the children painted over them with glitter
glue for an added effect.

Contact_FullName:
Suzanna
Contact_Email:
anglfhr@icqmail.com

6-9-00

When my son was in daycare, they wrote a poem and then put the children's footprints
on either sides of the poem and gave them to all the fathers. The poem is: Footprints
"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."
Contact_FullName:
Michelle
Contact_Email:
ChristmasLadee@aol.com

6-8-00

Last year for Father's Day I did silhouettes of the kid's profiles. I used a clip -on desk
lamp (that what we use during our nap times to do work in the classroom) and directed
the light onto a wall (about 6-8 feet away), had the child sit in a chair looking to the side
(so that I got a shadow of their profile), hung a light colored (white, I tired drwing it on
a black sheet of construction paper, but it didn't show up as well) sheet of paper on the
wall, and then with chalk (yes, chalk, white) I traced their profile. Once I was finished,
the kids helped me lay a sheet of black construction paper over the chalk tracing and
very carefully transferred the silhouette onto the black paper by rubbing over it. Then I
was able to follow the chalk lines and cut out the silhouette. I glued the silhouettes to
whole sheets of construction paper (lt. blue for boys, and pink for girls).

Then I cut out cameo pictures from pictures of them I had taken with fancy scissors and
glued them onto their silhouette.

On the back of the construction paper, we glued a Father's Day poem that I had found
on the web (don't remember which one) and the kids signed (wrote) their names on
them.

I used the gold paint pens and wrote the date in on the front at the bottom of the black
silhouette, and had them laminated.

The dads all loved them. It was a different twist on the usual picture in a picture frame.

Contact_FullName:
Sabrina
Contact_Email:
bettyboo79@aol.com

6-8-00

Materials needed: plain unflavored yogurt, food coloring

We wanted the baby's at the day care to do something for there daddy's so we got yogurt
and colored it with different colored food coloring. We let them finger paint on a paper
then we wrote the child name and age on the bottom. Depending on the child we wrote
happy first or second fathers day. The best part is if they eat it it's ok. it's a kind of
messy clean up but well worth it!

Contact_FullName:
Annie
Contact_Email:
MrsAnnie@Hotmail.com

6-8-00

A Father's Day Gift. We go out to our sand box. The children take off one shoe and
sock. They make a foot print in the sand. (moisten sand if it is too dry, with a spray
bottle) Mix up some faster plaster or plaster of Paris and pour into the foot print. You
can tint the the plaster pink or blue it you like. It takes about 1/2 hour to harden. remove
from the sand and let it dry overnight. Rub off the sand with a paper towel or soft paint
brush. The children can then paint it and give their Dads a great paper weight for
Father's Day. It becomes a real treasure when they are grown!

Contact_FullName:
Veronica
Contact_Email:
JaysVIP@cs.com

6-8-00

On Father's Day last year, the children in my class decorated large-sized cookies (made
by the teachers of course!) with frosting, M&Ms, and other cookie decorations. They
loved making it (and eating the art) and it was greatly appreciated by the dads, uncles,
and "special friends" in their lives.

Contact_FullName:
Diane
Contact_Email:
DianeF1024@aol.com

6-5-00

My preschool class is making change holders for their Dad's for Father's Day. I
purchased packages of plastic ashtrays at "The Dollar Store" (3 ashtrays to a package),
tile grout, and a box of washers, bolts, nuts and screws (at Wal-Mart). The children will
spread the tile grout around the outer edge of the ashtrays. (You could also use empty
tuna fish cans or other containers.) Next, they will select the various hardware items and
press into the grout. (Use close supervision to make sure the children do not put the
pieces in their mouth!) Let dry overnight. When completely dry, they can be decorated
with glitter glue to jazz them up with color. I wrote the following poem to go along with
the gift:

I made this little gift for you I made it by myself

It's for you to keep your change in
And sit upon a shelf
You're the very best daddy
That there could ever be
And one thing that will never "change"
Is how special you are to me.
Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

Have each child sign their own name, if they can.

Contact_FullName:
Traci
Contact_Email:
traci_randall@hotmail.com

6-5-00

Decorate a baby food jar with tissue paper and watered down glue fill with Hershey
kisses and hugs, and attach this poem….

When I am at school, or when we are far apart,

You may get a little sad, But you are always in my heart.
So here are some hugs and kisses for when I am away,
To remember that I love you,
Each and every day.

Contact_FullName:
Rae
Contact_Email:
rmsmash@telusplanet.net

6-4-00

Father's Day Mats you can get mats from carpet companies, Free. children dip feet in
paint, walk across mat, then sponge paint letters DAD. looks great. you will need extra
helpers on this day.

Contact_FullName:
Gina
Contact_Email:
gina_rcl@hotmail.com

6-1-00

Someone donated clean, empty paint cans to our program. We used "apple barrel" paint
to put hand prints on them, then wrote MY DAD CAN FIX ANYTHING on them. We
filled them with paintbrushes , hammers, nails from the dollar store.

Contact_FullName:
April
Contact_Email:
 bernhards@swissonline.ch

5-25-00

Add powder tempera paint to a little bit of shaving cream and then let children draw
pictures with their fingers for their father for Father's Day. After drawing, each work of
art should be allowed to dry over night. It's great fun and it smells great too!

Contact_FullName:
Robin
Contact_Email:
IBPoohGal2@aol.com

5-25-00

Cut out a tie shape from felt or fabric. Have the child make a fist and pant the under side
of the hand with fabric paint and then paint the fingertips to make a footprint do each
hand opposite each other. Then write with a fabric pen " I want to follow in your
footsteps daddy" At the bottom write the child's name and date.

Contact_FullName:
Jackie
Contact_Email:
jp@stny.rr.com

5-25-00

Father's Day Pennants for the Dads who are, and even those who aren't, sports fans: Buy
any color craft foam at a craft store. Cut out a "pennant" shape (about 8 1/2 x 11" size).
Cut a hole for a picture, slightly smaller than the size of the picture. Let the children
decorate the pennant by gluing on small collage items (buttons, macaroni, beads, etc.) or
use something like fabric paint if you wish. When dry, glue child's picture to the back
and cover with construction paper the color of the pennant if you don't want the picture
back to show. On the front, write with marker or pen, "I'm your biggest fan" or
something similar. The child can sign his/her name if they are able to and if they left
enough room! Then, insert 1 colored drinking straw into another drinking straw (to be
the stick that holds the pennant up so you can "wave" it) and hot glue the "stick"
(straws) to the back of the pennant. Please e-mail me if you have any questions!

Contact_FullName:
nancy
Contact_Email:
nannybo32@hotmail.com

5-18-00
We did this last year at my preschool... Get a long stick from a tree, attach a long string
with a fish from construction paper at the end. On the fish write.. "I'm hooked on you
Daddy!!" The children can dress up their fish with googily eyes, or beads. We even put
their pictures on them. The dads loved them!!!

Contact_FullName:
Betty Simmons
Contact_Email:
bettysimmons@hotmail.com

5-18-00

Crazy Tie Decorating The kids can decorate one of dad's most craziest tie depicting his
favorite hobby. Example: Fishing -use fishing gear.

Contact_FullName:
Karri
Contact_Email:
Karritodd@hotmail.com

5-11-00

We made air fresheners for our fathers. We cut out felt and sprayed it with cologne. We
then glued the flannel to a pre-cut out construction paper pattern and added a string. On
the top we glued the same pre-cut pattern and let dry. I placed them in a zip lock bag
with the child's name on it. The children love to give this gift because it smells great.

Contact_FullName:
Amy
Contact_Email:
amyfletch@hotmail.com

5-4-00

Materials Needed.... T-shirt, tempra paint, paint marker

This is a very cute father's day gift. Turn the shirt over to the back side, in the middle of
the shirt have the child put his/her handprint. After the paint dries, above the handprint
write with the paint marker..."My Dad deserves a pat on the back." Put the child's name
and date below the hand print! Cute Father's Day gift!!!

Contact_FullName:
Reyes
Contact_Email:
neice@home.com
5-3-00

Garden Stones-need marbles, old jewelry, broken dishes into small pieces, Hot Wheel
cars, old coins domino playing pieces, seashells of any kind. You will also need a bag of
Quick Crete sold at Home Depot and old buckets to mix it in. Once the mix is ready
then you will pour it into a box about 11x16 or a12x12 about1and1half inches full will
you might have to cut the boxes down so the children can place their objects in the mix.
Once all items are in let dry for about 2 days then peel off the box and place in your
garden.

Contact_FullName:
Kathy
Contact_Email:
kat3668@aol.com

5-1-00

First go to your local dollar store and purchase mats for frames sized 4x6 or 5x7 then let
the children glue puzzle pieces onto the frame. When dried teachers spray with spray
paint any color. Then tape the child's picture onto the back and add the caption I love
my dad to pieces on the front. next take magnetic tape and add to the back to make a
magnet.

Contact_FullName:
Diane
Contact_Email:
bradliv@prodigy.net

4-18-00

Father's Day card. Get a large piece of poster board. Fold in half. Have child do foot
print (right foot on left and left foot on right). Now draw a line down the center and two
lines (dot) and you have a butterfly.

You can also do hand and say "Hands down - best DAD"

Contact_FullName:
Julie
Contact_Email:
hughes75@hotmail.com

Date: 2-29-00

Have the parents send in a daddy size t-shirt. Paint the children's hands with puffy paint
and have them make hand prints all over the shirt. When done write "I can't keep my
hands off my Dad" Fathers love it.
Contact_FullName:
claire
Contact_Email:
sorrie@one.net.au

Date: 1-27-00

I found this at a friends house: this poem printed at the bottom of a piece of paper -

Here are my hands one red, one blue

And a special kiss because I love you!

Children put their hand prints in the middle of the page along with their name. date can
be added e.g. Fathers Day 2000, and name of your center.

Contact_FullName:
Christi
Contact_Email:
cshipman@sheltonbbs.com

Date: 1-19-00

Father's Day T-shirts

Materials: Daddy size white T-shirt, Fabric paint, puff paint, and your child's footprints

On the left side of the shirt or on the pocket you will write with puff paint, My child
(kids) walk(s) all over me. Then in different color fabric paint, paint your child's
footprint and put it all over the shirt going in different directions.

Name:
Maria
E-Mail:
mcalcagno@sprint.ca

Date: 6-30-99

#1 Dad Trophy Cards. Photocopy picture of a trophy. Glue picture onto folded
construction paper to make a card. Cut around the trophy so that some of the
construction paper shows. Allow children to color picture and put gold glitter on it.
Either inside or on cover write #1 Dad.

Name:
Leslee
E-Mail:
leslee@gateway.net
Date: 6-30-99

Father's Day Ties. This activity can be used for even the youngest child to give to
Daddy. Purchase solid colored ties at a dollar store or other "cheap" store. I use the
Dollar General. Using Fabric paints, have the child cover the tie with handprints. (Help
smaller babies and toddlers with this). Then after cleaning hands, using the fabric paint
markers, write, "Mary's Daddy" along with the date. This can also be done on T-shirts,
ball caps, socks or other items.

Name:
Melinda
E-Mail:
melgacc@aol.com

Date: 6-30-99

For Fathers Day we the metal lids from frozen juice cans. Then we took a picture of the
child and cut it to fit on the lid. To decorate we put rick rack around them. After they
were dry we put a magnetic strip on the back. It made a great refrigerator magnet, my
husband put our daughters on his tool box at work.