Father's Day Crafts For Preschool - Ways of Making Dad Feel Special

With Father's Day just around the corner, it's an excellent time to incorporate some Father's Day Crafts for preschool into the weekly lesson plan. These Father's Day crafts for preschool can be as simple as a card letting Dad know how special he is or a picture frame for him to put on his desk at work so he'll always have a visual reminder of his little boy or girl.

One word of warning before proceeding with Father's Day crafts for preschool: these days, not every child has a father at home. Fortunately, Father's Day isn't just limited to fathers. The children can always make Father's Day crafts for their step-father, grandfather, uncle, older cousin, or any other male role model in their lives.

Tie Card

First off, here's a lovely Father's Day card bearing one of the seminal images of Dad, the tie. The materials for this craft are card stock or heavy construction paper, markers or crayons, glue, 5 small white shirt buttons, and a piece of colored construction paper or an old tie.

To begin making the card, cut the top of the piece of cardstock to resemble an M. Each point of the M should be about an inch tall. After cutting it, fold down the M to make 2 evenly-sized triangles, which will be the collar for the shirt that appears on the card.

Next, draw a line down the center of the card and glue three of the buttons to resemble the buttons on the front of a dress shirt. If real buttons are not available, use a hole punch to make small white circles, and glue those on instead.

While the glue is drying, cut a tie from colored construction paper or use the bottom part of the old tie provided. If the children wish, they can decorate the front of the tie. Glue the top of the tie to the center of the top of the card.

Next, fold down the collar flaps again and glue them down. Glue one button or hole punched circle in the center of each of the flaps. Finally, write a secret message for Dad on the underside of the tie and the card is complete!

Twig Frame

Next, here's a fun craft where the children make a picture frame from twigs that Dad can hang from the wall at home or at work. For this craft, each child will need two bunches of twigs. One bunch should be about 2 inches longer than the height of the photo and the other bunch should be 2 longer than the width of the photo. Each bunch should be about 6-8 twigs. The twigs can be purchased from a craft store or collected on a nature walk outside the school or child's home. The other materials for this craft are twine or string, hot glue, and a photo.

Divide each bunch of twigs in half and arrange them in a square shape to form the frame. Make sure that the right twigs are used to form the right sides of the frame. Once the twigs are in place, tie them together at each corner using a small length of twine or string.

Finally, glue the photo with hot glue to the back of the frame, and glue a small loop of string to the top of the frame so that it can be hung from a nail or thumbtack.

These father's day crafts for preschool are simple, thoughtful ways to let that special person in your preschooler's life know how special they are.