I-Dad I-Pad Card

Charlotte's Fancy came up with this clever idea for a Father's Day card.  It looks as though it would take a little time to complete, but the results look amazing.  Super cute!

Father's Day Card Ideas

Since homemade gifts seem to be the best thing to give/receive I thought I would post a few Father's Day card ideas to get your homemade ideas going.  Here are a few...

From Can't Stop Making Things...a tux card:

A Super Dad "cape" to use as a tag for a drink.  Free download included thanks to Lizard & Ladybug.

A shirt with gift certificates in the pocket.  The gift certificates can be found and printed from What the Teacher Wants if you don't feel like coming up with your own.

 Free printable cards from The Mombot.  I love the one that says Real Men Have Kids!  LOL  The other card is one that your kids can help create by drawing a picture and listing reasons why they think their dad is #1.


A faux tape measure from Family Fun:

Father's Day Gift Card Wallets

Although I seem to be on a roll with door decoration ideas for Teacher Appreciation Week, I am taking a break and turning some attention towards Father's Day.  This idea came from Whatever Dee Dee Wants. 
If the man in your life (or father-in-law...as they seem to have everything they already need!) are somewhat difficult to shop for, why not find a gift certificate to give instead.  I figure you can't go wrong with money or gift cards as gifts!  Find a gift card to his favorite restaurant (hey you can get a date out of it!), clothing store, hardware store or even movie theatre.  Once you figure out what card you are going to include as your gift, whip up one of these card holder wallets!

Father's Day Finds

Yeah, Yeah I know. Theses ideas are coming about a month and a half too late, but I thought better late than never right? Besides, these ideas I will link on the side of my blog and be there for years to come. Next year I hope to be more on top of ideas, but for now life has been VERY BUSY!!!
Here's a $2 project found from Dollar Store Crafts. I think dads would enjoy the sentimental value behind this craft idea.

Cute ideas can be found at Studio 5.

I can't remember where I found this cute picture idea, but I really think it's super cute. Of course you could always change "grandpa" to "father".

Something edible perhaps? Try these golf cupcakes from Martha Stewart.

Or even these corn-on-the -cob cupcakes from Martha.
If your man just likes a card, here is a cute card idea you can make to look like a tie. Super cute (and it includes a template), but for some reason the picture won't load, so just check it out from Little Birdie Secrets.

Math Games with a Deck of Cards

I must apologize. First of all, as promised, with summer here I have done very little with this blog. My kids are out of school, which means my mind is also off from school thoughts. (Along with the fact that I feel I haven't been near a computer as often as I am use to!)
Yesterday I decided to check out my blog when I discovered that I was given my first award. I am totally flattered and excited about such a nomination. The best part was that the girls (Sisters Stuff) who gave me the award left a comment so that I could check out their never-seen-by-me blog. It is such a fun blog with terrific ideas. Yeah for blogging!
Anyway...the reason for rambling is to point out their super great math ideas using a deck of cards. Included are ideas for addition, fractions, greater than/less than, etc. Check it out! I also came across Let's Play Math with even more ideas for a deck of cards.
A few years ago I went to a math & literacy training and was given a stack of great ideas. I will be sharing those games/ideas, as soon as I can find which box they are in. (After moving last year, I still haven't unpacked my teaching things.)
More to come soon!...hopefully. If not, it's SUMMER and you have been warned.

Graduation Ideas

Right now I am playing catch up on this blog and on things I have found recently. HERE are some simple Graduation invitations, announcements and card ideas.
HERE are some more great ideas that could be used for graduates. I think this card is very cute and a clever way to give the grad some money.

And HERE are some more...

I love these cute and yummy looking graduation caps. Aren't they adorable!?!

Make Your Own Valentine Cards

If you and your family are on a budget or you have a child who likes to create, why not make your own Valentine cards? You can use ideas from below to have a clever phrase (this works best for the older kids). If you have a younger child, there are websites where you can print off pre-made Valentine cards. For example, I just found Go, Diego, Go! cards on the Nick Jr. website. Remember though, sometimes the ink that you use to print something off is equal to the price or more than the price of what you can find in the store!

Valentine Phrases

If you are needing some cute phrases for friends, teachers, neighbors, church, etc., here are some ideas I have come across. (Some of these ideas were featured on the show Studio 5. My kids chose to use the gum and squeeze it one for their class parties this year.
* Pop Rocks: Valentine, you ROCK!
* You Rule! - Attach to a ruler or Fruit By The Foot
* Gum: We "chews" you to be our Valentine!
* Gummy Bears/Teddy Grahams, etc: "Bag of bear hugs", "You're unbearably cute!", "Join the cub!", "I can't bear being without you!"
* Squeeze-it kids drink: Valentine, Will you be my SQUEEZE?
* Put a can of FANTA soda in a cellophane bag with some taffy and chocolate: "Make my FANTA-sy come true … Be my Valentine!"
* Swedish fish: "It's O-FISH-al! I'm in love! Will you be mine" or "You're O-FISH-ally the best kid around … Happy Valentine's Day" or "FISHing a Happy Valentine's to the best CATCH around!"
* Soda: "You are SODA special! Happy Valentine's Day!"
* Wrap a can of Pringles to look like a stick of dynamite: "I think you are DYNAMITE! TNT!"
* Tie a tag to a bottle of root beer: "Go ahead, kick up those heels! Have a ROOTIN'-TOOTIN BOOT-SCOOTIN Valentine's Day!"
* Tied to a purse: "Happy Valentine's Day to someone with a cute PURSE-onality! Luv ya!"
* A bottle filled with candy: "My love for you has been BOTTLED up for too long … so here it is! I love you!"
* Tied to a can of Crush soda: "I've got a CRUSH on you!"

I decided to make something for the kids' teachers. Here is what we came up with:


Instead of the phrase, To a pop!-pop!-pop!-ular teacher you could use:I don't mean to be corny, but you're the greatest! OR I'm e-kernel-ly yours. I got the idea from www.familyfun.com ...where they have plenty more great ideas! (Click here for the template)