Father`s Day Crafts for Kids. Preschool Handmade Gifts for Dad

Father`s Day is the special moment to tell your dad how much he means to you with handmade gifts like Father`s Day kids arts and crafts. Father`s Day, celebrated every third Sunday of June in the U.S.A., Canada and the United Kingdom, began in 1909. In 1972 President Nixon instituted Father`s Day as a national holiday. Here are some fun craft ideas for kids that will make this Father`s Day one to remember.

Father`s Day Crafts for Kids. Preschool Handmade Gifts for Dad

WALL CLOCK with a BIRD



A preschooler can easily make an original Father`s Day gift with his own hands. This is a WALL CLOCK with a Bird for Dad who doesn`t waste time.

Pleasant creativity!

You`ll Need:

— colored cardboard
— pencil
— beads
— glue
— scissors
— felt-tip pens
— marker
— pin or nail with a black head



Making:

Copy all the parts from the scheme to the cardboard of the appropriate colors and cut out.

Glue the clouds on the clock face.

Paste the Raven and glue it on the Clock. Draw the beak with a felt-tip pen.

With a marker draw the numbers and near them glue the beads.

Place an hour hand on the pin and attach to the wall.

You`ve made a cute WALL CLOCK with a Raven as a homemade gift for your dad on Father`s Day. And it was fun and pleasure to create such a craft, wasn`t it?

PARACHUTE 1



Materials:

— thick napkin
— thick threads for knitting
— toy «Bun»
— scissors



Instructions:

1. Take a napkin or cut out a square from a sheet of paper. From a skein of threads cut out 4 sections 30 cm long.



2. Tie the threads to each angle of our paper square.



3. Tie the knot from the remaining ends.



4. From a skein cut out one more section 15 cm long and tie it to the made knot.



5. Tie our parachutist (bun) with an additional thread.



6. Our parachutist is ready to jump.



PARACHUTE 2

You can make another parachute model by changing the canopy.

Make two squares (ot take the napkins) and stick them together with glue at an angle of 45 deg, then cut off the protruding angles.



Glue the angles with Scotch tape so that the paper can not tear in the joints with the thread.



And you`ve made such a Parachute which will be a perfect handmade gift for your dear Dad.



PLANE from CARDBOARD and a MATCH BOX

You`ll Neead:

— colored cardboard
— match box
— pencil
— scissors
— glue

1. Along the long cardboard side cut out a strip 2 — 2,5 cm width, bend it half and stick its two ends with glue to the middle of the match box atop and from below.



2. From cardboard cut out two strips 4 cm width with rounded ends and glue them to the both sides of the box.



3. From three short strips of cardboard, one of which fold in two, make a tail of the plane.



4. Decorate the PLANE with a propeller and flowers.



And the winged machine is ready!

PLANE from CORRUGATED CARDBOARD

This craft is made in the quilling technique and it won`t be very easy for the child, he will need your help.

Materials:

— set of corrugated cardboard
— glue gun
— scissors

1. A cardboard sheet is cut into the strips 1 cm width. Make a fuselage: twist 2 pucks from 4 — 5 strips, take their cores and pull into the cones, then connect them with a strip atop.



2. Each wing of the Plane is made from 3 cardboard strips. Glue one side and shape a triangle. Fasten the parts with a clothes pin so that they cannot disconnect. Make 3 triangles for the tail from one cardboard strip in the same way.



3. Make the rest parts of the Plane: chassis and a propeller. Everything is attached with a glue gun.



The Plane is ready to fly!

This PLANE is made from ice cream sticks.



Preschoolers create different objects from plasticine with great pleasure. Training eye coordination and fine motor skills, they will make this spectacular craft gift — ROCKET — for their Dad.



The children, who can draw, may create unconventional pictures for their Dads on Father`s Day. These pictures are made with the kids` foot prints as the base for a Tractor or a Helicopter.

TRACTOR



HELICOPTER FLEET



DIFFERENT MACHINES



This ORIGINAL CARD is also made with the kids` palm and foot prints. In the middle of the CARD you can glue your Dad`s picture and write a wish on one of the leaves.



PHOTO FRAMES with Dads` pictures are also wonderful handmade gifts on Father`s Day. The FRAMES are made from different available materials:

with Applique paper elements…





with paper lumps…



with seashells…



with buttons…



All these handmade craft gifts will help express kids` thanks, love and affection for DAD for all his care and support.

HAPPY FATHER`S DAY!