Father's Day Gift Idea

Father's Day is Sunday.

Nothing like last minute, huh?

I was making some other projects with koozies (see blog on Monday!) and had a great idea for a quick, cheap and simple gift to celebrate my husband's first Father's Day as this cutie's dad!

(shameless plug for my adorable daughter, I realize this)

 



I simply painted my daughter's palms with white paint I had on hand and pressed one on either side of the blank koozie from the craft store.

 

Side note: Although I said "simply", that probably isn't the best adjective to describe this task. It will definitely take two people to hold open your child's palm and paint it if you have a wiggly 7 month old that likes to clasp her hand around things during this stage. Have baby wipes handy and don't be afraid to get a little paint on your hands. If you get extra marks on the koozie or mess up, you can quickly wipe it off with a baby wipe and start over!

 

 

 



After some personalization and a fairly quick dry time, my daughter can now "hold" her daddy's cold drinks. Presh.

 

Time to get crafty!

Laura

Father's Day

I let Mother's Day come without mentioning my mom (don't judge- it was just a little belated) and I can't let that happen for Father's Day this weekend, too!

My dad is the (sometimes) quiet, strong support of our family.

His love for people and his ability to look at situations from a Godly, not worldly, perspective is such a wonderful example. Just like my mom, he works hard at everything he does, whether that be his job as an engineer, leading the rowdy middle schoolers at Bible Study Fellowship or his golf game. No matter how worn out, tired or busy he is, he is always the first to jump into help fix something (even if you didn't know it needed fixing!). He is the man that you want to come visit your house five days after you move in and finish all your projects/start new ones...which is exactly what he did here last week.



He has taught me many valuable life lessons, especially those that I've learned by example, but the most important and prevalent in my life right now is his never-ending servant attitude. That is something that I am working specifically on in my life and he is a prime example for that type of heart.



He doesn't like his picture all over "the facebook" and the Internet but I had to throw a couple in here to honor him on this special Father's Day weekend.

Happy Father's Day to my sweet daddy!

Love,
Laura

Mothers and Fathers

I found some really cute, inexpensive ideas for my students to make for their parents for Mother's Day and Father's Day!

For the mommas, we are making them breakfast in bed! I am really excited to see how these turn out! Inside will be an apple, granola bar, napkin and tea bag.

For the dads, I am still deciding between this...

and this...

Fun!

I kind of want one of those road shirts...

Laura