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
- 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.
- Draw a tie on the backing of the contact paper.
- Cut it out , peel the backing off and press onto the canvas. Add the letter stickers to spell out Dad, Daddy, Papa etc…
- Start painting! My daughter started with a few good whacks of each color.
Then she carefully added pink and purple. 
Normally 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 . 
What 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. 
- 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 .
- I outlined the tie with a silver Sharpie. Now we just have to hide it until Father’s Day.
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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Eddie - The Usual Mayhem says
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.
mom2kids says
where do you find the canvas?
Allison McDonald says
I think I got ours at Walmart. Any craft store will also have them .
Fiorella says
What size canvas did u use?
Allison McDonald says
hmm good question. It’s hiding in my daughter’s room right now and she is sleeping but my guess is 8×10 .
Joyce says
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. 🙂