Crafty Kids - Fathers Day

One of the lovely things about having kids around is creating gifts and cards with them.

When they aren't quite able to grasp the concept of art and craft just yet, that can be a little challenging. Isaac and I have made two fathers day cards this year (one for Opa and one for his Daddy) With a little imagination, the scribblings of a 20 month old can easily be turned into "works of art".

Different coloured card placed on top of each other adds a nice 3-D touch and makes the drawing look special. I used a pair of scalloped scissors to get the edging.

For his daddy's card, Isaac drew with crayon on a sheet of A4 paper and I folded an oragmi shirt from the results. I followed this tutorial on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uApUvt-xWJw I added a little tie, cut out from his previous drawing, and I think it looks quite sweet -

Before Isaac was really into colouring, we made Christmas cards out of tracings around his hands. A lovely little reminder of just how small he used to be!

Hand and footprints always make cute cards and wrapping paper and can be achieved by the littlest of tykes (although getting them to sit still can be a challenge!)

For handprints, you can buy "paint stampers" which are an easier way of getting your little one to make their own hand prints without having to brush on paint. I got the below at ArtShed.

I found that Art Shed at West End -http://www.artshedbrisbane.com.au/- is a wealth of kids art and craft ideas and materials. Right nearby is reverse garbage - http://www.reversegarbage.com.au/ - which also has great (and cheap) items to make stuff with (and has the advantage of being green as grass!)