Father's Day is coming up and with that in mind, we focused on dear old dad this week. Similarly to how I handled Mothers week, I'm going to keep this post simple and just share our handmade gift idea. You know best how to celebrate dad in your house and you certainly don't need me telling you how to do it. ;)
We thought long and hard about what we wanted to make for dad and one day when we were out collecting rocks, it dawned on me that any gift from Mia had to be rock-centric. It's such a big piece of her personality currently. And I think with Father's Day, you get a free pass to use all the puns you want so "You ROCK Dad!" sounded like a perfect sentiment. Mia hand selected a few larger rocks and painted them one afternoon. She said she wanted them to be bees so that's what we did. She coated them in yellow and gold and I added a few stripes as they dried...under her direct supervision, of course. "I need three stripes!" The next day I used a white paint pen to draw eyes & wings and then wrote "You ROCK!" on the bottom of each one.
Lastly, we packed them up in little burlap gift bags with crinkle shreds. I found both of these items in the (recently improved) scrapbooking aisle at Target.
A summary of all Father week activities with links:
ART PROJECTS: Made a chalk drawing scene and snapped a photo for a Father's Day card, Collected smooth rocks and painted them for "You Rock" Father's Day gifts
BOOKS: Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
BIBLE STORY: Abraham and Isaac
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