Father's Day DIY Gifts
Here are the DIY gifts we are working on for my husband's first Father's Day:
ADORABLE PICTURE(S) IN A PERSONALIZED FRAME
I took a picture of our girls wearing their Dad's work shirts and ties. Adorable.
I then personalized this frame with wooden cut out letters I painted and hot glue gunned to the frame.
HANDPRINT & FOOTPRINT PAPERWEIGHTS
My husband keeps mentioning wanting some sort of keepsake that deals with our girls handprints/footprints, so we made these little gems.
HOW TO MAKE IT:
1. Combine 1 cup of all purpose flour + 1 cup of salt + 1/2 cup of water. Knead the dough for about 10 minutes or so. (I've also heard you can add food coloring to the mix if you want to do a color. We didn't go that route though.)
2. Roll portions of the dough into balls (slightly bigger than a golf ball but smaller than a tennis ball). Place the ball onto parchment paper. Pancake the balls into about 1/4" flat circles (use your palm).
3. Have your kiddo(s) imprint their little hands and/or feet into the dough. (This is incredibly frustrating with two 7 month olds! Seriously took us like a dozen tries to get it right.)
Note: I added the date and their initial to their imprints. I used a skewer and tapped in the initial as oppose to drawing it in strokes.
4. Bake on low (about 250 F) for about 3 hours. Apparently, you can let them air dry/harder over several days too. The oven just expedites the process.
ADORABLE PICTURE(S) IN A PERSONALIZED FRAME
I took a picture of our girls wearing their Dad's work shirts and ties. Adorable.
I then personalized this frame with wooden cut out letters I painted and hot glue gunned to the frame.
HANDPRINT & FOOTPRINT PAPERWEIGHTS
My husband keeps mentioning wanting some sort of keepsake that deals with our girls handprints/footprints, so we made these little gems.
HOW TO MAKE IT:
1. Combine 1 cup of all purpose flour + 1 cup of salt + 1/2 cup of water. Knead the dough for about 10 minutes or so. (I've also heard you can add food coloring to the mix if you want to do a color. We didn't go that route though.)
2. Roll portions of the dough into balls (slightly bigger than a golf ball but smaller than a tennis ball). Place the ball onto parchment paper. Pancake the balls into about 1/4" flat circles (use your palm).
3. Have your kiddo(s) imprint their little hands and/or feet into the dough. (This is incredibly frustrating with two 7 month olds! Seriously took us like a dozen tries to get it right.)
Note: I added the date and their initial to their imprints. I used a skewer and tapped in the initial as oppose to drawing it in strokes.
4. Bake on low (about 250 F) for about 3 hours. Apparently, you can let them air dry/harder over several days too. The oven just expedites the process.
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