Father's Day thanks to Pinterest

Thank goodness for Pinterest! Seriously, I don't know what I'd do without it - what did I do before it? Nothing gets made in our house now without a quick look at what the clever people online have made and shared.  Father's Day has been no exception and after having only a second hand - possibly antique - mug for the children to give as a gift, after a few minutes looking and a couple of hours making, Daddy had some lovely personal presents too.


 
For this one, Daddy had to be involved (well it wouldn't be the same without his handprint!)  But as it was the first one, he didn't know what the end result would look like.  I must admit, I didn't either, especially as the youngest member of the family, who doesn't like dirty hands, was the last to have his hand printed (I managed to paint his hand whilst he painted his sister's). His went surprisingly well in the end and whilst he had painty hands, we got his fingerprint as well.



We had some left over magnetic sheeting from when my daughter had been given some magnetic dress-up dolls, so with some double sided sticky tape and a piece of card, we turned it into a cute little magnet.  For both the frame and the magnet, I did wonder about printing out some lettering - I don't trust myself to go freehand but then the perfect solution seemed to be to get one of the little ones to do it.  It makes a nice keepsake of what her handwriting is like now and as she's currently practising joined up writing, it won't be like this for long.  I also think it's really cute!


 
While we had the paint out, the children also made these - another stolen idea.  This time from The Berkhamsted Arts and Crafts facebook page, who do craft sessions for under fives.  Unfortunately, we don't live close enough to attend but at least we could try their idea at home.  Both children enjoyed it, even the little one who doesn't seem to sit still for 5 minutes unless he has an iPad in his hand. I think the finished scenes look great and they will definitely be going up in the playroom as soon as I find the blu tack.  So much fun to be had with paper plates!

Antique?  The closest we'll ever come to having one!


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