Homemade Father's Day Gift Ideas for Kids
Crafts and Presents Young Children Can Make for Dad or Grandpa
May 13, 2009
Most homemade crafts from kids are cute to display for a little while, but then they head to the trash bin or get filed away. Is it possible to give a useful and welcome Father's Day gift that the kids helped to make?
Here are some gift ideas for fathers and grandfathers that even very young children can take an active role in creating.
Personalized Father's Day Picture Frame
Most dads and grandpas who work in an office or cubicle keep pictures of family members on their desks. One way to get the kids involved in a great gift is to make special frames to hold those special pictures. Unpainted wood frames are available at craft stores like Michael's and JoAnn Fabrics. Depending on their age, kids can use them to design and create a totally unique frame using art supplies like paint, glitter, foam stickers, and stencils.
Happy Father's Day Notepad
It's easy to create a personalized notepad. Take a sample of children's artwork or a special Father's Day message to a copy or office supply store, and the staff can help shrink it down, print it in a corner or at the top of notepad-sized paper, and bind it to make personalized stationery. An alternative would be to visit an online photo sharing service and download a picture of the kids or their artwork, and order a notepad printed with the picture. Both options allow you to customize the size, color, and style of the notepad.
Children's Artwork Clock for Dad
It's likely that Dad's office or workshop has or needs a clock on the wall, so why not let the kids personalize one for Father's Day? Simply buy an inexpensive analog wall clock, pop out the glass, and children can decorate the face of the clock. Just make sure that their artwork doesn't include 3D materials that might get in the way of the hands as they move around the dial. Now every time Dad checks the time he will also see their artwork.
Customized Father's Day Picture Calendar
Copy shops and online photo sharing sites can make a calendar out of family photos, but here is a more unique, personalized, and inexpensive way to do it. Kids can create a picture on a standard 8.5 x 11" sheet of typing paper. Help them secure it at the top of a 12x18" piece of paper and laminate. Print out blank calendar pages for each month of the year, stack them, and staple them to the large mat under the picture. Dad can simply rip out each page at the end of the month, but enjoy the artwork all year long.
Homemade Father's Day presents or birthday gifts for Dad don't have to be frivolous or tacky. They can be useful, functional gifts that he actually needs and wants. Start by thinking of an item that is needed, then devise a way for children to personalize it.
Readers might also enjoy "Inexpensive Mother's Day Presents" and "Mother's Day Quotes and Gifts."
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