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June 11, 2013 | 10 Comments

Simple Father’s Day Craft

kid made father's day craft Sometimes crafts don’t go exactly as you planned but you roll with it. When my daughter was given a new pack of Do-A-Dot Markers for her birthday I knew what I wanted to use them for. A few years ago my son made my husband a Dad Canvas for Father’s Day and today was my daughter’s turn at this simple Father’s Day craft. As you will see that the project did not turn out as planned but it’s still a great kid made present for Father’s Day. Here is how we made it.

  1. Gather your materials. You will need a canvas , some Dot-A-Dot Markers or any other paint, contact paper, letter stickers, a marker and scissors. father's day craft
  2. Draw a tie on the backing of the contact paper. father's day craft
  3. Cut it out , peel the backing off and press onto the canvas. Add the letter stickers to spell out Dad, Daddy, Papa etc…craft for father's day
  4. Start painting!  My daughter started with a few good whacks of each color.father's day canvas art gift Then she carefully added pink and purple. father's day gift from kids paintingNormally if my daughter says she is done painting I would say great and move on but for a project like this there really needs to be lots of paint at least around the image so you might need a few tricks to keep your little one going . ftaher's day canvasWhat I did with my daughter was to spin the canvas around to encourage her to paint all over, then I asked her to count to 5 while we both make dots , then 10, 11, 12 and then she counted to 27 all on her own.  father's day art when things go wrong
  5. Peel off. Make a sad face, but only for a moment because this isn’t the end of the world.  I had a feeling this was going to happen because my canvas was old and the stickers didn’t stick to it very well. You can always place a heavy book over it and let it sit for a few hours before painting. I left it up to my daughter and she wanted to paint over it. Do not make a child change their art . It’s their creation but if they ask don’t resist, it’s their art . father's day craft oops
  6.   I outlined the tie with a silver Sharpie. Now we just have to hide it until Father’s Day. father's day craft for kids

 

Need more ideas for Father’s Day ? Check out our Father’s Day Rocks Pinterest board. Also don’t forget to swing by our Facebook page because today I will be asking our community about what they are doing for Father’s Day … because I need ideas!

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10 Comments

  1. Eddie - The Usual Mayhem says

    June 11, 2013 at 4:49 am

    I’ll have to remember the Sharpie outline trick! We are terrible aabout peeling the stickers off before the surrounding area’s dry, so this almost always happens 🙂 I love the craft you did – pinning it to my Father’s Day board now.

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  2. mom2kids says

    June 11, 2013 at 11:05 am

    where do you find the canvas?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      June 11, 2013 at 11:23 am

      I think I got ours at Walmart. Any craft store will also have them .

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  3. Fiorella says

    June 11, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    What size canvas did u use?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      June 12, 2013 at 12:27 am

      hmm good question. It’s hiding in my daughter’s room right now and she is sleeping but my guess is 8×10 .

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  4. Joyce says

    June 11, 2013 at 3:42 pm

    It turned out great!! Love it! “Do not make a child change their art. It’s their creation but if they ask don’t resist, it’s their art.” <– Yes!!! We learned this in a child dev class I took when I was a PreK teacher. And even to go as far as not writing their name on the front of the artwork, unless they want to, because it does change their piece. The kids always know which one is theirs, although it may look like the other 20 other pieces on the bulletin board. 🙂

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