Father's Day Ideas...

A few more ideas for dad in case you're still looking...

The first two ideas come from marthastewart.com She's got a whole bunch of great ideas but these were my favorite.

I really want to make this cute frame for my husband but I'm going to wait until after I have a printed picture of M3. Perfect frame for him now that we have 3 little ones! I've got the template printed & ready to go. We'll see how soon he gets it!

I also thought these cards were so cute... maybe an idea for next year?!!

And who can forget the golden #1 Dad trophies from last year?! They were so fun to make & it looks great on my husband's desk. Find the tutorial HERE... M1 looks so young! What a difference a year can make.

Happy Father's Day this weekend to all the dads!

Enjoy the celebrations! s.b.

Father's Day Poem

We made it... tomorrow our little M3 will be born via c-section. I am soooooo excited & anxious but couldn't leave with out some Father's Day posts this week. (I've planned ahead a bit!)

M1 loved posing in the weekly belly shots. Here we are just a day or so ago...all ready for our new addition!

I have one more Father's Day post that I'll post later this week, but until then...This was crafted a week or so ago. I was really trying to think ahead since I knew Father's Day would come just after M3's arrival. We may have to give it to him a bit early since he'll see this post, or BEG him not to look :)  A cute Father's Day poem with a string to hang in his office...

Supplies- Construction Paper or Foam Sheets, Foam Letters, Markers, Scissors, Hole Punch, Ribbon.

1. Use a piece of construction paper or in our case, a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of colored foam for the base of the poem.

2. Punch two holes in the top that will later be used to tie the string for hanging.

(If you don't have a punch, the string could just be glued or taped onto the back as well.)

3. Place the letters to spell "DADDY" down the center of the base. (Obviously, this could be Dad, Daddy, Father, Grandpa, etc.)

And if you don't have foam letters you can write them boldly with markers/crayons. It would also be cute to search for the letters in a magazine & glue them down! Just another idea...

4. Together with the little ones, brainstorm words that describe Daddy. Our girls had so much fun with this. And oddly enough, most of the things they said worked with the letters. I did have to prompt them for a few!

5. Write the describing words across the base so that they line up with the coordinating letter. (Pictured below)

M1 is writing below...

Wonderful

Hilarious

Hard Worker

Kind

Always Fun!

6. Cut a piece of ribbon & tie the ends at each of the holes.

7. Make sure to have the little ones sign their names @ the bottom. Or write it for them if they're too small like M2. She does enjoy scribbling & thinking she's writing though :)

Done & ready to be wrapped for Daddy... hope he likes it!

Enjoy! s.b.

Treats for Daddy

We are trying to decide on a treat to make for Daddy & Grandpa on Father's Day. I did some searching & found these two fun cupcake ideas.

It would be fun to do these....

Since my husband's only request for Father's Day is that he gets to go golfing. (And spend time with us of course!) The complete directions can be found HERE. They look fairly simple... we could have a golf themed Father's Day!

OR we could make these....

I LOVE them! Although I think sometimes I get excited about how cute things are & my husband thinks I'm crazy! This may be one of those things...but I found the idea here @ Kiss My Spatula. It's a really cute site with lots of fun cooking/baking ideas.

So now we just have to decide... which one should we make???

Any thoughts?

Father's Day Trophy

Good morning all! Father's Day is coming up this weekend. We're looking forward to spending the day together after Daddy goes golfing in the morning. (His one request other than being with the girls!) I found this ADORABLE trophy craft HERE @ Kaboose. A project that I couldn't pass up doing with M1. She also was nice enough to let M2 paint for a bit, so they both contributed to the gift for Daddy. I've found that it's still hard for M2 to sit still long enough to do some of the more time consuming projects. She does love watching for a bit in between playing or whatever she's up to at the moment.

You can find the complete tutorial HERE as listed above or you can follow my directions. I did do a few things differently since I didn't have all of the suggested materials.

Supplies- *Blue & White Construction Paper, *Scissors, *Gold Craft Paint, *Glue Gun, *Tape, *2 Small Paper Cups, *1 Bar of Soap Box, *Paint Brush, *Gold Pipe Cleaners, *Black Marker

1. First of all, the paint did not stick to the paper cups at all! Probably due to the fact that there's a small coat of wax on the outside. So.... in an effort to help the paint coat better I covered the cups & the soap box with white paper as seen below.

*To make covering the cups a bit easier, I cut a cup so the outside would lay flat. Then I traced that so it the white paper was the exact size of the cup.

Covering the box....

2. Once it was all covered, M1 & I went ahead and glued the three pieces together. We used a glue gun.

3. M1 then got her brush ready & began painting. She was super excited about the shinny gold paint. It "looked so sparkly!"

4. Then I used the blue construction paper to cut out a two inch number "1."

5. M1 glued it to the trophy.

6. Let the trophy sit for a few minutes to dry before moving forward.

7. Cut one gold pipe cleaner in half & then fasten it to the trophy as seen below using the glue gun.

8. Add a small personalized "plate" to the front bottom of the trophy to personalize. We chose for ours to read "Worlds Best Dad." You could write whatever you wish.

And, done! A great gift for dad. M1 can not keep a secret AT ALL & I knew that my husband would look at the blog before the weekend, so we chose to give it to him a bit early. He's one happy Dad & is looking forward to displaying on his desk @ work. He definitely is the Worlds Best Daddy! xoxo