Father's Day Medal

Busy bee has a great idea for Father's day.  Have the kids make a medal for Dad to wear, using cut out card board circles, pipe cleaners bent into a special message and tin foil to make it shiny and metallic.  
Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Homemade-Medal.html

Kid Drawn Notepad

Martha Stewart has a fantastic idea for Dad.  Buy a sticky-note cube and let kids draw pictures or even scribbles for the little ones.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.marthastewart.com/274269/fathers-day-gifts-and-crafts/@center/307033/spring-holidays#272680 

Water Painting

What's more fun than painting?  Water and painting.  Have the kids draw with markers or stampers onto paper towels or napkins and then give them water droppers to add water and see the colors bleed.  It's a good opportunity to see colors blend and combine and learn about primary and secondary colors too.

Father's Day Paper Cup Trophy

Easy preschool craft turns two paper cups into a trophy honoring Dad for Father's day.  Kids can decorate with foam stickers and markers to personalize a cute message.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://easypreschoolcraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/fathers-day-trophy-cup-craft-1.html

Cloud Paintings

Shaving cream is great fun for kids it's fluffy and can often smell intriguing.  One way to have kids have fun with shaving cream is to have them use it with paint brushes or just their own fingers and hands and paint clouds onto blue construction paper.

Sensory Sorting Box

One way to mix up the sensory bin experience is to provide an action to go with the experience such as sorting the contents of the bin.  Kids can sort by color, object type, size, texture, or think of their own ways to sort. 

Sensory Cards for Babies

Babies love to touch and feel (often with their mouths).  One way to help give them more objects to play with but keep them safe is to glue the objects onto card board squares or even paint chip color cards from the local paint shop.  There are so many options:

- strips of lace
- a dried out sponge
- bubble packaging
- felt
- feathers
- sticky tape
- cotton balls
- velcro - both sides
- sandpaper
- crumpled alumnim foil