Decorate a T-shirt:
Method 1: Give your children fabric paints or markers to decorate a T-shirt any way they want, or let them put their handprints on the shirt.
Method 2: Let your children create a design on the computer and print it out on special paper sold at craft stores. Print and iron onto shirt.
Method 3: Buy a picture transfer kit at a craft store, and transfer a photo to the T-shirt for Dad. Follow package instructions.
Make a key chain:
1. Buy a key chain that can hold a picture.
2. Get Mom to take a picture of you, and develop the photo
3. Cut the photo to fit, write a love note on the back, and put it in the key holder.
Alternative method:
1. Take purikura picture in a booth at 100 yen store
2. Buy “Shrink-it” plastic at a hundred yen store
3. Draw a picture with a love note, and cut out the shape with scissors
4. Punch a hole with a hole punch--DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP!
5. Bake the plastic to shrink it in the oven (ask for help from an adult.) Don’t forget to press it flat with a book while it is still warm. Be sure to follow all the instructions that are written on the Shrink-it package.
6. Stick the purikura photo onto the back of the shrunken cooled plastic
7. Fasten the key ring that came with the “Shrink-it” in the hole.
Make a shoe shine kit
1. Buy a small zippered case and fill with brushes, soft cloths , and shoe polish purchased at a 100 yen store, or discount store
2. Include a coupon for shining dad’s shoes
Make a clock
1. Buy clock works and hands at a hundred yen store
2. Decorate any object as a clock face with a father’s day message
Ideas: a photo of kids with dad glued to piece of cardboard or wood
Decorate a necktie
1. Buy a plain tie at a hundred yen store
2. Paint a design with acrylic paints
Decorate a mug
1. Buy a plain mug at a hundred yen store
2. Paint a design with acrylic paints, but be careful not to paint on the inside, or on the outside where the lip touches.
Make a car wash kit
1. Buy a bucket, sponges, and cloths at a hundred yen store
2. Paint a design on the bucket with acrylic paints
3. Include a coupon to wash Dad’s car
Make a car visor photo holder
1. Buy clear plastic, or plastic file and velcro at a hundred yen store
2. Cut the plastic to fit the visor
3. Glue velcro strips to edges of plastic and slide onto visor.
4. Slide photos under plastic sheet with a father’s day message
Make a book about Dad
Method 1: Buy a plain book at a hundred yen store and use photos or draw pictures to tell what is special about Dad
Method 2: Design a book on the computer and print out pages. Use heavy paper or thin cardboard for the cover. Punch holes with a hole punch and tie with ribbon or string.
Make a sheet magnet photo frame
1. Buy a sheet magnet at a hundred yen store, and cut in half, and cut a window slightly smaller than the photo in each rectangle
2. Paint a design with acrylic paints, permanent markers, or stickers.
3. Write a father’s Day message on the frame
4. Include a photo of yourself, or a photo of you with your Dad
5. Use the smaller rectangles (window cut for the photos) for a smaller picture, or use to write a message
Decorate a wooden photo frame
1. Buy a plain wooden frame at a hundred yen store
2. Paint a design with acrylic paints, or cut shapes out of felt or EVA foam to form decorations for the frame
3. include a photo of yourself, or a photo of you with your Dad
Make a photo puzzle, as seen on Family Fun site
1. Buy plain wooden blocks at a hundred yen store
2. Glue photos to front and back of blocks.
3. Cut blocks apart.
4. Give as is, or make it more difficult by turning blocks and gluing 2 more photos, then cut blocks apart.
Link to Family Fun to see original
Decorate a baseball cap
1. Buy a plain baseball cap
2. Paint a design with acrylic paints, markers, or cut shapes out of felt or EVA foam to form decorations for the hat
Decorate an emergency umbrella
1. Buy a plain umbrella at a hundred yen store
2. Paint a design with acrylic paints, or permanent markers
3. Dad can keep the umbrella at work for days it begins raining while he is at work
Make a canned drink insulator
1. Buy thick EVA foam at a hundred yen store
2. Wrap around canned drink to check for size, and cut to fit. Glue edges ( a glue gun works best for this, but get an adult’s help.)
3. Paint a design with acrylic paints, or cut shapes out of more EVA foam and glue on decorations to the can insulator
Make a chopstick holder for Dad’s lunch box
1. Cut fabric into a triangle
2. Sew corner
3. Wrap points of chopsticks with paper towel or plastic wrap
4. Fold fabric around chopsticks
Make a giant cookie
Method 1: Buy cookie dough and icing. Spread cookie dough on a pizza pan or cookie sheet and bake. Cool and ecorate with icing.
Method 2: Make cookie dough and icing from scratch and bake a giant cookie. Cool and decorate with icing.
Make a no-bake cookie cake
Buy cookies and whipping cream. Whip cream with sugar and vanilla and spread cookie with whipped cream. Put whipped cream against plate and continue stacking whipped cream covered cookies. After there are about 5 or 6 cookies, cover the top and sides with more whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate over night. Here are some flavor options
Chocolate chip cookies and vanilla whipped cream
Vanilla cookies with coffee and cocoa flavored whipped cream
Make a cookie pizza
Buy cookie dough( or make from scratch) and strawberry jam, fruit and chocolate syrup. Spread cookie dough on a pizza pan or cookie sheet and bake. Cool. Spread with jam and fruit to look like a pizza. Drizzle with chocolate syrup.