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This simple craft helps toddlers work on fine motor skills while making a keepsake craft for Father's Day. 

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I printed "Daddy" onto a piece of white cardstock. You could also hand-write it. Any kind of paper works, but I love card stock for durability. Make the printing or writing very large so that if your child places pom poms over the letters you can still read the word.

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I poured the glue into a little dish to make dipping the pom poms easier.

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I showed my child how to dip the pom poms into the glue.

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When he decided he was done, we left the paper to dry. He spent a few more minutes exploring with the glue and some remaining pom poms, making a sort of pom pom and glue soup. 

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I trimmed the paper a bit and added "I love you", the year, and a signature with a sharpie. You can also mount this on some pretty scrapbooking paper or attach a magnet to the back. 

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Make these hand-made cards to send to your friends! You can literally reach out and say hello!

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Fold the paper in half. Face the fold toward yourself. Uses pencil to trace your hand.

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Cut along the traced lines, leaving the fold at the bottom.

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Open the folded hand! Now you can decorate it!

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To add a heart, cut one out and attach it to a strip of folded construction paper.

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Glue the heart to the inside flap of the card. Decorate with heartfelt messages and send to your friends and family!

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This is such a fun and creative gift for your child to make for someone special!

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First, hunt for and find the perfect rock. A flat, oval shaped rock works best but, because it's a gift, let your child choose and make it their own.

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From my experience, painting the rock on a paper plate saves time and mess. The rock has to stay on the plate while you paint it and makes it easy to move to a drying spot.

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Let your child pick the paint colors and paint the rock. She picked blue and red and then quickly discovered that they made purple. The end product was a little dark. I'd recommend a light color like orange, yellow, or white.

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Use the permanent marker to write "My Dad Rocks" or "My Grandma Rocks" or the name of whoever you are making your paperweight for. We added a little glitter to ours. Get creative and add glitter, puff paint, or stickers. Wrap up your gift! Your special someone is sure to love this paperweight—made with love.

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"My Dad Rocks" Paperweight

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We love you because.... is the sentence I had my children finish about their Daddy. We wrote their answers on hearts that we hung all over the house for him to continue to find for days. What a sweet way to say "I love you" on Valentine's Day. Children are so honest, simple, sweet, and innocent... Asking them this question, I got some of the most heart melting and funny answers I ever could have possibly imagined. 


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First, draw as many hearts as you want to fill with sweet thoughts. We made about 25. I sat with my children and asked them, "Why do you love Daddy?" My daughter's was the sweetest: "Because he loves me." 

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After your hearts are filled, you can cut them out. While I did this, the kids starting ripping pieces of masking tape to hang the hearts with. Masking tape is so great for kids. It's easy to tear and easy to remove. I love that!

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They really enjoyed hanging the hearts all over the house. They got so creative on spots, like the blender where Daddy makes smoothies each morning or his gym bag where he wouldn't find the heart until he arrived to the gym.

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They even found a spot that they thought was just perfect!

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With busy lives and full days, sometimes we have to stop and say how grateful we are for each other. I loved filling in these hearts to my dear husband as well. It was an opportunity to say thank you for the simple daily things that he does that get taken for granted a lot of the time. How will you share your appreciation for the people in your life? 

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"We Love You Because..." Treasure Hunt

I love art that captures the sweet drawings of my children. Creating art on a beautiful wood plaque is perfect for any dad on Father's Day.

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You can find these beautiful wood slices in any art store. They work great to create a more substantial piece of art, as opposed to a sheet of paper.

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I first added some ribbon to the back with hot glue. This makes for easy hanging.

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Next, my daughter got to work on a very special drawing for her Dad. You can use markers right on the wood. Paint would work well, too.

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She was so proud of her work and can hardly wait to give it to her Dad.

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Father's Day is a great time to show Dad how much you love him with homemade gifts.  We love these Father's Day collage ties because they let the kids pick as many gifts for Dad as they want and create a truly unique and personalized gift.  My kids are so excited to give these to their Dad and show him all the things they picked out for him!

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Gather all materials.  I like to also let the kids use circulars from the mail and other advertisements that come out around Father's Day.  There are always some great options in there.

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I made this with all of my kids so I drew a basic outline of a tie to use as a template and then let the kids trace a tie of their own.  I had to help my 2-year-old with this part.

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Then, the kids cut their ties out.  This was great scissor practice for my 4-year-old since we used simple straight lines to make our ties.

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After the ties were cut, we used markers and crayons to decorate the ties.  I encouraged the kids to use their Dad's favorite colors and to decorate them with different designs.

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The fun part came when we started looking for pictures of things that the kids would like to buy their Dad if they had all the money in the world.  The kids went through magazines and advertisements and cut out pictures of camping equipment, grills, cars, vacation homes, sports equipment, and all sorts of fun gifts.

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We made a collage of all of their favorite gifts by gluing the pictures onto the ties.

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To personalize the ties, we glued pictures of the kids to one side and wrote Happy Father's Day on them.

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If you wanted these to last, you could use contact paper to laminate them.  I love seeing the difference between the kids and what gifts they would pick for their Dad.  I know it will be a special keepsake that he will treasure because it really shows how much they know and love him.

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My children love when they can use markers on a new type of art canvas. On this day we found these great softballs at a thrift store for under a dollar and turned them into a very special way to say Happy Father's Day!

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We always browse our local thrift store for new and unique things we can use in our art room. When my two-year-old insisted on leaving with a couple of softballs I thought they had the potential to be a great Father's Day gift.

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We pulled out our sharpie's and the kids added some fun personal touches and sweet messages for their Dad. They loved drawing right onto the balls.

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I love that this captured a little piece of my children and this age. It will be very special to sit on my husband's desk.

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