Father's Day Kid's Interview Card

Capture the kids and their admiration of Dad in one of these kid interviews for Father's Day.

Creative home makers has a great way to make a Father's day card into an annual tradition. She has template that kids can fill out with questions about their dad. It even has space for a drawing and a personal letter.  It will be fun to see how the answers change over the year.  She also has a grandpa and papa card too. 

 Get the template here:
http://creativehomemakers.blogspot.com/2010/06/fathers-day-printable.html 

The crafty chicks has a colorful version for both dad and grandpa.

Get the template here:
http://thecraftingchicks.com/2012/05/fathers-day-questionaire-free-printable.html

Big d and me also has a version.

Get the template here:
http://www.bigdandme.com/2011/05/fathers-day-printable/

Simply montessori has one as well.

Get the template here:
http://simplymontessori.blogspot.com/2011/06/printable-fathers-day-interview-poster.html 

Kinzie creations version is for a younger child.

Pink pepper mint paper has a very cute tie and collar version. 

Handprint Tree

Personalized prints (an Etsy site) has a hand print tree for Father's day, similar to the hand print flower ideas for Mother's day. There are some really great tree with no leaves images you can print using an image search.  

Get images here:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Drawings+Of+Trees+Without+Leaves

A little tipsy share her version of the handprint tree as well using autumnal colors to represent fall leaves.

Walk by the way uses a hand and finger prints to make her version of the tree.

Crafts by amanda uses hand print cut outs and has the kids write messages.

Busy bee kids crafts shows how to use a hand print and thumb prints to make a family tree.

Naptime decorator has each member of the family use a different color to create a family tree.

Saatchi online takes a more minimalist bent on the hand print tree.  Her version sells for $650 but an image search might provide a similar barren tree to reproduce this.

Tolddle fast uses scrapbooking paper for her version.  

Father's Day Google Card

733 has a very cute idea for a Father's day card using fake search results.  Unfortunately they don't have a template for making the card yourself.  However, there's a great site Gooogie which has a template for Google's did you mean results.

Get the template here:
http://www.gooogie.co.uk/

Polymer Key Fob

Craft test dummies has a cute idea for Father's Day, making key fobs out of polymer. They even show how to stamp in initials.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.crafttestdummies.com/crafts-for-kids/fathers-day-polymer-clay-keyfobs/

Free June Craft Events

Saturday June 2

Home Depot has a wooden craft project where kids can make an organizer for Father's day between 9 am and 12 pm.  The recommended ages are 5 to 12.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/catalog/servlet/ContentView?pn=HT_WS_KidsWorkshops

Tuesday June 5

Lego is hosting a make a lawn mower event at 5 p.m.

http://stores.lego.com/en-US/StoreEvents.aspx

Saturday June 9

Lowes has a build an airplane event sponsored by the movie Madagascar 3 at 10 am.  Kids need to register for the event.

https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/pages/default.aspx

Sunday June 10

Michael's is hosting a make a Father's day key chain from 1 pm to 3 pm for ages 3 and up.

http://www.michaels.com/Store-Events/store-events,default,pg.html

Lowes has a build an airplane event sponsored by the movie Madagascar 3 at 2 pm.  Kids need to register for the event.

https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/pages/default.aspx 

Friday June 15

Michael's is hosting a make a Father's day duct tape wallet from 6 to 8 pm for ages 3 and up.

http://www.michaels.com/Store-Events/store-events,default,pg.html

Tuesday June 19

Michael's is hosting a passport to imagination event featuring a craft from Australia from 1 to 4 pm for ages 3 and up.

http://www.michaels.com/Store-Events/store-events,default,pg.html

Thursday June 21

Michael's is hosting a passport to imagination event featuring a craft from Mexico from 1 to 4 pm for ages 3 and up.

http://www.michaels.com/Store-Events/store-events,default,pg.html

Saturday June 23

Michael's is hosting a passport to imagination event featuring a craft from Mexico from 1 to 4 pm for ages 3 and up.

http://www.michaels.com/Store-Events/store-events,default,pg.html

Lowes has a build a truck event sponsored by the movie Madagascar 3 at 10 am.  Kids need to register for the event.

https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/pages/default.aspx 

Sunday June 24

Lowes has a build a truck event sponsored by the movie Madagascar 3 at 2 pm.  Kids need to register for the event.

https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/pages/default.aspx 

Tuesday June 26

Michael's is hosting a passport to imagination event featuring a craft from China from 1 to 4 pm for ages 3 and up.

http://www.michaels.com/Store-Events/store-events,default,pg.html

Thursday June 28

Michael's is hosting a passport to imagination event featuring a craft from Madagascar from 1 to 4 pm for ages 3 and up.

http://www.michaels.com/Store-Events/store-events,default,pg.html

Saturday June 30

Michael's is hosting a passport to imagination event featuring a craft from Canada from 1 to 4 pm for ages 3 and up.

http://www.michaels.com/Store-Events/store-events,default,pg.html

Make Your Own Slime

It's gravy baby has a recipe for how to make slime as well as several variations including glitter slime or heart shaped slime. The main ingredient, like for many of the science projects is you guessed it our old friend Borax. The other ingredients are water, glue and food coloring.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://itsgravybaby.com/2012/02/how-to-make-slime-preschool-craft/

Learn play imagine adds glitter.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.learnplayimagine.com/2014/05/sparkly-slime-recipe.html

Everyday dishes makes hers blue.

Get the instructions here:
http://everydaydishes.com/creative-crafts/homemade-slime-recipe/

Babble dabble doo makes it neon.

Get the instructions here:
http://babbledabbledo.com/how-to-make-slime-neon-style/

Paper Embellished Bobby Pins

My little fabric uses scrapbooking paper and glue to make really cute bobby pins. She uses triangle shapes however you could do many different patterns including rectangles and stars.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Note: the instructions are in French, however step by step visuals are provided:
http://www.mylittlefabric.com/rose-tendre-blanc-neige-or-news/