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Car Nut Frame!

You might need to use tools that require adult supervision, such as glue gun and scissors. If so, these can be replaced by textile glue and safety scissors. Make sure you ask your parents some help.

Is your dad hooked on cars? Are you a mechanic in training? If you love cars, trucks, or anything with a motor, then this frame is a great gift for your father.

What you’ll need:

How to make it:

1. Remove glass from frame.
2. Paint frame black and let dry.
3. Use permanent adhesive glue to decorate outside of frame with nuts and washers. Let dry completely.
4. Insert a family photo and the glass into the frame.

Tips:

• Get nuts and washers from Dad’s toolbox with his permission or have Mom buy them at a local hardware store.
• Try to find a photograph that shows you riding your toy car or helping Dad in the driveway.
• GemTac is glue that is specially made for attaching jewels and glass to other surfaces. You can also use Super Glue.

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Rock Family Plaque!

You might need to use tools that require adult supervision, such as glue gun and scissors. If so, these can be replaced by textile glue and safety scissors. Make sure you ask your parents some help.

This adorable craft is so easy and looks marvelous sitting on a shelf or on Dad’s desk. A great gift for Father’s Day!

What you’ll need:

How to make it:

1. Paint the wood plaque with a coat of black paint and let dry. (Picture #1)
2. Wash the rocks and let them dry.
3. Paint a second coat of black paint on the plaque and let dry.
4. Have an adult spray the plaque with a coat of acrylic sealer spray. Let dry. (Picture #2)
5. Position rocks on the table and find the “resting spot” on the rock so that they will sit solidly on your plaque.
6. Glue wiggle eyes on to the rocks, using a generous amount of glue. The glue will dry clear. Let dry. (Picture #3)
7. Position rocks on the plaque, then add a generous amount of white glue to the bottom of each rock and gently press onto the plaque. Let dry completely. (Picture #4)
8. Use a label maker to create your family name. If you don’t have a label maker, paint a strip on the plaque with silver paint. Let dry completely.
9. When strip is dry, use a black marker to write your family name.

Tips:

• If you prefer a more colorful plaque, paint each of the rocks with colorful paint before adding the eyes.
• Be sure to let this project dry completely before giving it to Dad. Allow about 4 hour’s worth of drying time.
• If you really want to play around with this, use yarn and construction paper to add hair and hats to the rock faces!

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Source:

- http://crafts.kaboose.com/car-nut-frame.html

- http://crafts.kaboose.com/rock-family-plaque.html

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Dad’s Sports Crazy Hat!

You might need to use tools that require adult supervision, such as glue gun and scissors. If so, these can be replaced by textile glue and safety scissors. Make sure you ask your parents some help.

Is your dad crazy for cars? Or maybe it’s golf, or sports, or even fishing. Whatever it is that your pop adores, make him this fun hat for Father’s Day that he’ll wear all year long!

What you’ll need:

How to make it:

1. Draw out your design on a piece of paper first.
2. If using a foam stamp, decide where you are going to place the design before painting the stamp. Once you’ve applied it there’s no turning back!
3. Paint the foam stamp with fabric paint and press design on to the hat. If not using a stamp, paint your design directly onto the hat.
4. Use a fabric pen or marker to write “car crazy” (or “golf crazy”, “sports crazy”, etc) onto the hat.
5. Use a black permanent marker to trace around the letters.
6. If you like you can use a fine paintbrush to fill in the letters to make them stand out more.
7. Let dry completely, overnight is best.

Tips:

• If you want to use acrylic paints on the cap instead of fabric paint, simply purchase a bottle of textile medium. When textile medium is mixed with an acrylic paint, the acrylic paint becomes usable on fabrics. You can find it in the art section of craft supply stores.
• Improvise with what you have. We actually used a school bus foam stamp to make our cards, we just painted the section we needed instead of the whole bus and filled in the roof with a paintbrush.
• It’s important to draw your design out on paper first. You can even lightly sketch it directly on your hat with a pencil before painting.

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Faux Leather Pen Holder!

You might need to use tools that require adult supervision, such as glue gun and scissors. If so, these can be replaced by textile glue and safety scissors. Make sure you ask your parents some help.

Make your dad this great-looking pen holder for his desk or tool bench. Its handsome exterior resembles aged leather. He will cherish the gift for years to come!

What you’ll need:

How to make it:

1. Be sure can is washed inside and out and completely dry. Trace a circle from the can onto the brown felt and set the felt aside.
2. Tear off pieces of masking tape and cover the can completely with it, including the bottom and overlapping the rim.
3. Apply brown shoe polish all over the masking tape. The more you use the darker it will get. Wipe off excess with an old rag. Set aside to dry completely.
4. Cut around the circle shape on the felt (see Step 1) NOT on the lines, but about ½” around the outside and inside of the line you traced. This will make a ring.
5. Using the line you traced as your guide, pipe a line of hot glue onto the felt. Quickly place the rim of the can onto the glue, adhering the felt ring to the top of the can.
6. With an adult’s help, hot glue the sides of the felt down to the inside and outside of the can rim.
7. Glue beads around the bottom edge of the brown felt on the outside of the can.
8. Pull off any leftover hot glue strings to clean up your project.
9. Spray can with acrylic sealer spray.

Tips:

• Use good quality shoe polish, not the dollar store kind. Dollar store shoe polish is very watery and does not stain well.
• For younger siblings, you can skip the steps for the felt rim and use a line of masking tape instead. Have them string the beads onto a sturdy piece of yarn or cord and hot glue that around the rim for them.
• Be sure to write “Father’s Day” and the year you made it on the bottom of the can!

Source:

- http://crafts.kaboose.com/dads-sports-crazy-hat.html

- http://crafts.kaboose.com/faux-leather-pen-holder.html

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