Father’s Day Crafts for Kids

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Mar 302011
 
Presents for Father's Day

Presents for Father's DayFather’s Day is a great time to really take the time to make the special man or men in your life a great gift. Handmade gifts are not only less expensive, but they also tend to take more time and planning. And of course, any father in the world is bound to love a gift that was made by his kids! These are the kinds of items that stick around and are remembered for years and years. There are many different kinds of Father’s Day crafts for kids. No matter the age, experience, or skill level of a child, he or she will still be able to make their father something special and unique. The following are some great Father’s Day crafts for kids.

One excellent Father’s Day craft for kids is to make dad a picture frame. Then, once this project is completed, a photograph of the child and his or her father can go into this lovely gift. This makes the craft that much more special and unique.

Making a picture frame is incredibly easy because there are so many different ways to go about it. You can even find templates or print outs of stencils for the project online. This is where it comes in handy to look for Father’s Day crafts online: you’ll find many resources that will make these projects so much easier. Once the child has created the basic frame, they should decorate it with anything from paint and markers to sequins, glitter, and fabric scraps. This is an incredibly unique gift that is sure to be remembered for quite some time.

Another classic craft for kids to try their hands at is using modeling clay to make a Father’s Day gift. Kids love the feel of clay in their hands, and many kinds of clay today are easy to use because they can air dry. Great Father’s Day ideas for kids to make are key trays, pencil cups, or candy dishes out of clay. This way, the gift is something that can be used in their father’s day-to-day life. A simple and useful dish is easy to make and personalize. Once the clay hardens, the child can take paint and really make the gift unique. If a child is very young, another great Father’s Day craft for kids is to make shapes or animals out of the clay. This way, they still have a memorable gift to give, but the process will be simplified.

All About Father’s Day

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Presents for Father's Day

Presents for Father's DayFather’s day is a special day of the year where families honor their fathers and grandfathers, and celebrate the important institution of fatherhood. It’s a day of gift giving, and is usually celebrated with families coming together for lunches or dinners. While Father’s Day is acknowledged on different days in different countries it most typically falls on the third Sunday in June.

In many nations, Father’s Day is celebrated as a secular holiday however given the loving and honoring nature of the day many religious heads include Father’s Day in the sermons that they give to their followers.

Countries such as Italy and Spain and others that are predominantly Roman Catholic celebrate Father’s Day on the nineteenth day of March, also known as St. Joseph’s Day, or the Feast of St Joseph. In Thailand, Father’s Day is celebrated on the birthday of the king. In Taiwan, Father’s Day is observed on the eighth day of the eighth month as the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of the number 8 is ‘ba’ – which sounds very similar to the character used for ‘papa’ or ‘father’. Australia and New Zealand celebrate the day in September, and since 2010 Romania celebrates Father’s Day in May – until last year it had been the only country in the EU which didn’t acknowledge a Father’s Day.

In the US, and in many other countries, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in the month of June and this is a tradition that dates back to beginning of the nineteenth century. In 1908, the first observance of Father’s Day in the US took place in West Virginia when Grace Golden Clayton arranged a day to celebrate the lives of 210 fathers lost in a mining disaster at Monongah. A few years later, Sonora Smart Dodd, listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day in Spokane, Washington, decided a day was needed to honor fathers. Dodd’s own father was William Smart, a Civil War veteran who raised a family of six children after his wife died in childbirth.

These thoughts galvanized Dodd into approaching church officialdom and the YMCA with the request that a day be reserved to commemorate the service provided by fathers and this led the Church to designate Father’s Day to be held in middle of June each year. The first official Father’s Day took place in 1910.

Congress resisted the introduction of a national Father’s Day holiday for many years. Many formal attempts to acknowledge the holiday were defeated in Congress (who feared the day would become commercialized) until President Lyndon B Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring Father’s Day. A few years later, President Richard Nixon signed the day as a permanent national holiday into law in 1972.