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I was talking to my 3 year old daughter and asked her what she wanted to get her mother for Christmas. She said she wanted to do a craft for her. I’m not too creative, so I have no idea what to do. Does anyone have and craft ideas that a
dad can do with a 3 and 1 year old.

Thanks
 
One year my daughter gave me a frame with her picture in it that she designed in Kindergarten with those precut shapes that have a sticker on the back, so there is no glue to mess with. You can find these at any craft store. I know as a mom, I loved it and it is still on my refrigerator. It has magnets that you can glue on in the back.
Good luck, it is so nice that your children wanted to make something for their mom rather than buy. I love homemade projects from my daughter.

Good luck and your a great husband to ask your kids what they want to give their mom. My dh doesn’t do that. Have fun with your kids.👍
 
awww, a Daddy willing to do something “crafty” for his wife with their babies 😃 .

Look for “fun foam” at the craft store that are like stickers and ready to stick onto things. Then go get one of those acrylic frames (or two) and have them glue these fun foam stickers around the edges, put a picture of each child in each frame. You can also find clear acrylic frames with magnets on the backs - they hold wallet size pictures. Take one of your wifes favorite pictures of the children and put in the fram that has been decorated around the edges by the children (you may have to guide the hand of the 1 year old).

Or, find large beads that they can string together into a garland for your tree for future years (put a tag on it to say what year they were done). Another idea is to do the same only string the beads only as long as your child is tall, so that would be one that is as long as the 3 yo is tall and one that is as long as your 1 yo is tall, label each one with a tag (white band-aid tape makes great tags for something like this - write with a fine tip sharpy the child’s name and age) - you can then do this every year using smaller beads as they get older. I would have loved this. (you could do this using penne pasta as well it just won’t be as colorful unless you have a place to hide the pasta that has been dyed so it can dry - let me know if you want the recipe for dying pasta, my babies are 20 and 26 years old so I haven’t done this for a loooong time).

Brenda V.
 
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There tons of gifts to make, crafts to make, etc, on this site, just search for something that looks like fun and isn’t too hard! *hint–anything using your daughters handprints would probably be a big hit-- handprints on paper, their photograph and a picture drawn by them all framed up would melt any Momma’s heart! 🙂

Jennifer
 
One of the easiest things the three of you can do together is to simply do handprints!
  1. You can use plaster of paris and make an imprint with each of their hands, and then put their name and the year. (You can do this every year and see how they’ve grown!)
  2. Or you can use colorful paints and print their hands on a nice piece of paper (any size), and then mount and frame the resulting piece of artwork. I framed such a piece of my son’s handprint artwork from when he was three, and it is one of my most treasured possessions (he’s 16 now – and his hands are so much bigger!).
The second option would probably be the most fun for the two of them, but obviously a little messy for you!

'thann
 
paper plate
green and red tissue
hole punch (or sharp pencil if you can’t find one-hole punch is safer)
red ribbon for a bow or a purchased bow
scissors
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YOU cut out the center of the plate, leaving the ring. punch holes around the ring about an inch apart, vary them so the are not all in a row.
cut the tissue in squares about 4" to 6", try a few to see how the work

CHILD
using a pencil eraser, push a tissue square through the hole so about a third of it is in the back, and the rest “fluffs up” on the front. After she does this, if there are still a few bare spots just make a few more holes, use mostly green, with red here and there for accent like “berries”.
let her string the ribbon through the last hole and help her tie a bow, or staple a bow.

you can also do a construction paper wreath tracing her handprint several times on green construction paper, and cutting out red berries, and letting her glue these to the paper plate, but it is more cutting for you, a kinder to 1st child should be able to do some of the cutting, not a 3 yr old.
you can also buy foam kids already made at Hobby Lobby or Walmart

Cheerio Santa (my kids all had the same kinder teacher so we ended up with a lot of these but I loved them

YOU cut a piece of red constructon paper into an oval
cut a round, smaller pink piece for the face.
You can use a black marker or crayon to draw eyes, nose and mouth, or daughter can do it, depending on her ability. It will look a little weird, but be cuter. or you can copy a santa face from a coloring book, be sure to draw a line to make a hat.

CHILD (they love this part) drips ordinary white school glue all over the appropriate area for a beard (you can outline this in pencil for her) and covers it with Cheerios.
you can also use cotton balls, keeps better, no danger of mice or bugs.
be sure to put one on the tip of the hat, she can also make a rim for the hat.

it is the gooeyness of this that is most appealling to little ones. keep a damp washrag at hand and cover the table with newspaper first.

I have done this with 2 yr olds so she can handle it.

Paper Plate Angel
draw a pencil line across the diameter of the plate
cut 1/3 the way in on each side.
the middle third is the angel’s torso, cut straight up on each side. this gives you the bottom half as a skirt, a straight piece as torso and head, and two triangular pieces for wings. cut the top in a curve for the head and draw a face

let the child color with markers, try to get the hair gold so it looks like a halo, you may have to do the facial features, let her go to town with the skirt, and use glue and glitter for the wings and hair, again, the messiness is very appealing. glitter in a shaker works better.

then staple the two ends of the skirt in back, and staple the wings to the back of the torso so they flare out,
this should stand up on a table (put it over a paper cup for stability) or you can tape a yarn loop to the back to hang it.
 
Wearable Art

**1. Go to Micheals or Joanne Fabrics and go to the section where they have t-shirts, aprons,purses etc that can be used to be painted on etc…
  1. I would go for an apron or a big canvas bag.
3.I am going to give you 2 parts to this step the first is the easy version second is a little bit harder and will involve way more work for you;)

a. in that same section they should have fabric paints and
puff paints etc plus iron decals and the like let her pick
whatever she wants.

b. This step is if have a digital camera and a printer at home
take your daughter out for a day and take photos of things
mommy likes…then buy iron on transfers and transfer
to the apron, bag etc…
  1. If you do the first option it should cost you no more than 15.00 to 20.00 dollars…Good Luck;)**
 
jjsc3 said:
I was talking to my 3 year old daughter and asked her what she wanted to get her mother for Christmas. She said she wanted to do a craft for her. I’m not too creative, so I have no idea what to do. Does anyone have and craft ideas that a
dad can do with a 3 and 1 year old.

Thanks
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My MIL still has plaster plates with both of her children’s hand prints in them. A blue one for my husband, and a pink one for his sister. She tied a ribbon at the top, and hung them from the wall. Everytime my kids go over to her house, they put their hands in the plaster to see how they compare.

I know they sell these plaster tile kits at most baby stores. It is a relatively easy thing to do. Add water, stir, fill the mold, squish the kids hand in the paste, let dry. This gift will litterally last forever, and is a gift that keeps on giving for generations to come.

Merry Christmas
 
maria29 said:
Wearable Art

**1. Go to Micheals or Joanne Fabrics and go to the section where they have t-shirts, aprons,purses etc that can be used to be painted on etc…
  1. I would go for an apron or a big canvas bag.
3.I am going to give you 2 parts to this step the first is the easy version second is a little bit harder and will involve way more work for you;)

a. in that same section they should have fabric paints and
puff paints etc plus iron decals and the like let her pick
whatever she wants.

b. This step is if have a digital camera and a printer at home
take your daughter out for a day and take photos of things
mommy likes…then buy iron on transfers and transfer
to the apron, bag etc…
  1. If you do the first option it should cost you no more than 15.00 to 20.00 dollars…Good Luck;)**
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I’ve had students do this for me with a canvas bag. I love it! I have a couple of different bags, one for carrying teaching materials in, another for my library run, another for my volunteer work. Sometimes…a t or sweat shirt looks a little “too homemade” to get much wear ( I have some I use while gardening) but a hand done tote bag! Perfect. Screams…someone loves me…everywhere I go!

cheddar
 
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