Fathers Day Crafts

Father's Day crafts are a perfect way for kids to show their love to their fathers without spending a huge amount of money. Father's Day crafts are articles made out of material available around the house and fashioned into cute gifts by kids. Father's Day crafts are especially popular with girls.

The greatest advantage of Father's Day crafts is that they can be prepared by children as young as three or four years old, thereby giving them a chance to know the true meaning of the celebration.

There are various examples of items and articles that can be created by children out of materials like glue, cardboard, crayons and other simple materials found commonly in households. Hand-made cards are good examples of simple father's day crafts.

The various materials used for making Father's Day crafts include cardboard, felt, paper, glue, Popsicle sticks, crayons, markers, scissors, papier-mâché, construction paper, shoe boxes, cereal boxes and juice containers.

Find great ideas for kids to make or check how our sellers did it at www.misi.co.uk

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Fun Christmas Crafts For Your Kids

It is Christmas time! Your kids must be happy in that situation. Even, that day is usually followed with the holiday season. So, it is a good idea if you as parents can do activity together with your kids in celebrating Christmas. Here, age-appropriate Christmas crafts can be your right option in which your kids enjoy making.

Crafts for children in this special day are plentiful. Christmas trees, candy canes, ornaments, Santa and reindeer create a festive atmosphere at this time. Many of these symbols of the holiday season make fun craft ideas for kids.

Getting children to create presents for their friends and family members in this special day is a definite means to keep them happily busy. And a framed art can be one of craft ideas for kids that you can choose.

Any kids can sketch. Hand them a thick white paper, some pencils, crayons, or watercolors and let them draw a Christmas picture. Once the work of art is finished, have the picture framed efficiently in a classy looking frame and let them offer it to their grandpa or grandma as present in this special day. You could let the children make picture books or activity books as presents to those they adore.

Christmas is a time to celebrate the spirit of giving. Bring joy to someone you love with these festive handmade crafts!

And if you want to make someone happy and give a perfect Christmas gift than Misi is a place for you. :) www.misi.co.uk

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WOW for MOM

Here’s a fun card for Mom at Mother’s Day. It can be made for Grandmas, or other Mother’s you think are fabulous. It’s also a great activity for students to do in class, to take home to their Moms.

Fold your paper in half. Write the word MOM at the bottom of a paper, cardstock paper would work best. Then open up the card and trace over the same “MOM” letters on the inside. It will form the word “WOW” at the top.

Mom’s won’t expect to see the trick word on the inside. When they open up the card and see the word “WOW”, they’ll feel wonderful!

I also like to spell words with the letters W O W too. Like Wise Older Woman, Wacky OriginalWatcher, Wildly Offroad Wonderer, or Wonderful Omniferous Woman (omniferous means bearing everything).

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DIY ~ Styles Eats: Acrylic Trays

A lot of caterers use acrylic trays as a way to present food. It is a really clean and modern way to serve food to your guests. This project shows you how to make your own tray. We’ve done it here for cotton candy but you could use it for just about anything on a stick. It is really simple, all you need is to be able to drill a few holes. I think these would be great for a cocktail party or baby shower, or making an awesome Amy Atlas style dessert table. I also really like that you would be able to reuse these over and over for future parties!

Full instructions after the jump…

To make the cotton candy you can rent a cotton candy machine. We decided to buy one of these at-home-machines for $40. I was pretty pleased with the results. They work great for small parties but if I had to produce a lot for a school class or large group I would still rent a large machine from a party supply store. (Tip: we found we had better luck spinning the cotton candy on a wood stick rather than acrylic so we transferred them over to the acrylic sticks afterwards.)

Materials Needed: Thick acrylic slab, 1/8″ drill bit for plastic, 1/8″ acrylic sticks.

To make acrylic trays like this cost effective, the key is to hit the remnant bin at an industrial plastic store. Here in San Francisco we have TAP Plastics. They have large thick slabs in various colors and thicknesses for about $10. (If you don’t go the route of the remnant bin they can cost from $30-$50!) In addition we picked up 1/8″ thick acrylic sticks that we cut down to the size we wanted–about 7″ long. We also purchased a $5 drill bit in 1/8″ that was specifically designed to drill through plastic. All the supplies for the tray came out to about $20 and every tray after will cost about $10.

Step 1: Figure out how big you will make your cotton candy and decide how far apart you want your holes. Mark the liner on top of the slab where you are going to drill your holes.

Step 2: Using your drill bit for plastic make a hole 2/3 of the way through the slab. Check if the stick fits, if it doesn’t work the drill in the hole to widen it until it fits.

Step 3:  Peel back the liner and voila! You’ve got a tray for your party!

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Meet Sidney...The Singing Snowman

Meet Sidney the singing snowman...singing mistletoe and wine!

He seems happy and in the Christmas spirit!

You can find Sidney here: http://www.misi.co.uk/gifts/110386/Sidney_the_Snowman.html

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Christmas Countdown: 26 Days ~ Creative Handmade Stockings Ideas

Brimming with gifts on Christmas morning, beautifully decorated stockings are a delight to wake up to. 

Handmade stockings are much better because they really invite stuffing. 

They can be made of felt, burlap, old sweaters and socks and many other materials. Some of them need to be sewed while some other are much more easy to make.

 Here are some tutorials that might help you with that.

1. Personalised Stocking

Make sure Santa knows who he's delivering too, with big initials. Read more

2. Nutcracker Stockings

Whether nostalgic about the classic ballet or discovering it for the first time, everyone is sure to love these Nutcracker-themed stockings. Read more

3. Country-Style Stocking

This country-style Christmas stocking decorated with pretty buttons and embroidery is guaranteed to become a family heirloom! Read more

4. Advent Calendar Stockings

Create little stockings by cutting craft paper with a pattern, then glue them all to a board for a fun calendar.

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5. Dog Paw Stocking

Pets need stockings too! Sew pieces faux fur together to make this darling paw. Read more

6. Sugar Plum Fiary Stocking

You can really do anything with this stocking. Use with candies as sparkly embellishments. Read more

7. No-Knit Sweater Stockings

Don't toss that old sweater. Instead, repurpose it as custom stockings for the entire family. Read more

Happy Crafting!

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DIY Easy Felt Finger Puppets

Here’s an easy craft for beginner sewers - even kids can make these easy felt finger puppets!

Choose the felt, cut the shapes, thread your needle, and start sewing!

What You Need:

• Felt and Embroidery floss brown, red brown, light brown, orange, gray, white, and black 
• Embroidery needle 
• Scissors

Read complete instructions on Handmade Charlotte.

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Christmas Countdown: 34 Days ~ 8 DIY Christmas Advent Calendars for Kids

Christmas advent calendars are not only so much fun to make but create a family tradition that your kids will remember for years to come. 

So here are 8 of the best DIY Christmas Advent and Christmas Count Down Calendars with free tutorials and pictured instructions so you can easily make them at home and for your kid's room.

1. Knock-Off Ballard Designs Advent Pillow

You can use a felt gingerbread man, or a candy cane, a small Christmas cookie cutter, whatever you like. Read more

2. Cute elves Advent Calendar

Create a whimsical gang of elves to help you count your way through Advent.  Read more

3. Small Village Calendar

Here is a village of small houses with retro prints, filling in secret surprises to wait dwarves before the arrival of Santa Claus. Read more

4. Paper Bag Advent Calendar

This Christmas craft tutorial shows you how to make a simple advent calender using brown paper bags, string and pegs. Read more

5. Santa Calendar

This is the "What are you looking forward to about Christmas?" Santa. you have to ask one question each morning and your kids will know it's something you like to do. Read more

6. Santa Beard Countdown

Say hello to a less-hairy Santa. But don't worry, he won't be beardless for long because every day during the month of December, you will be adding a cotton ball to his face to form a fluffy, white beard! Read more

7. Woodland Christmas Calendar

This is endlessly customizable! Set up a barn scene with pigs and cows, or create a garden with tiny animals and flowers. Read more

8. Tree Houses Christmas Calendar

The gold and black design really pops when it’s backlit with Christmas lights. Plus you can make tiny houses for small treats (gum, hair clips) and larger ones to accommodate bigger items like coloring books. Read more

Happy Holidays!

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Christmas Countdown: 36 Days ~ 6 DIY Paper Ornaments

Paper is the great material for homemade Christmas tree ornaments. With all these different papers available you can come up with something really cool and creative. From paper you can make flowers, ice creams, animals and a lot of other things that could easily find a place on your Christmas tree.

We’ve gathered together our favorite DIY ornaments to add to your decorations this year, because without ornaments… your Tannenbaum is just a pine tree.

Enjoy these 6 tutorials!

1. Ice-cream Ornaments

Are you having trouble adjusting to the thought of winter? These ice cream cones are made from tissue paper and a grocery bag. Read more

2. Painted Animal Ornaments

If you want to make a unique tree with handmade decorations that suit you and your wee house, then these non-typical Christmas Ornaments are the right choice. Read more

3. Heart Ornaments

Big, happy (and economical) hearts for your tree and if you are like us, you have some great paper waiting for this project. Read more

4. Silver Star Ornaments

Cut thin strips of newspaper or from a book page. Loop each strip until you have enough to form a circle; hot-glue together in the center. Add glittery chipboard stars in the middle for subtle shine.  source

5. 3-D Flower Ball Ornaments

These colorful ornaments made of interlocking flowers look complex but are actually very easy to make.  Read more

6. Sheet Music Christmas Ornaments

Let plain, transparent ornament balls sing by stuffing them with sheet music from your favorite Christmas carols. It's simple and cheap to make these joyful ornaments. Read more

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Christmas Countdown: 39 Days ~ 10 Lovely Alternative Christmas Trees

The Christmas tree is a classic symbol of the holiday season and sometimes, maybe the best way to get in the holiday mood. If you don’t want to decorate your house in a traditional way and you want to see modernism in your house, substitute a traditional tree with something cool and unusual.

Take a gander at some of the interesting applications we’ve found, and see if any of these would be perfect to incorporate into your home this holiday season.

1. Create an installation of frames on which you can hang the balls.

2. Use a usual tree – not a fir tree and paint it with gold or white and decorate it.

3. Create a tree of grass and decorate it with shells – that’s a marine theme of decoration.

4. Use your imagination and inspire from your hobbies.

5. Create a garland installation on the wall – that’s cool, gives a feeling of celebration and won’t take much time to make.

6. Felt and feather fir trees are ideal to put on the table.

7. This Upside-Down Tree takes up less space and gets those ornaments out of the reach of pets and kids, but you still have a tree to put gifts under.

8. The wall-sticker tree helps you cut out the Christmas tree process without leaving you spirit-less. You can make it even more personalised with this beautiful and warm words.

9. DIY Wooden Christmas Trees are great holiday decor ideas, especially for those who are thinking of going economical and eco-friendly this year.

10. This is another DIY wooden Christmas tree idea that will require the use of wooden blocks.

Happy Holidays!

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