Fathers day present!

For Fathers Day I have been thinking around the topic of favourite things! Me and Little Boo have been talking about what Daddy likes! It was actually a funny conversation as a lot of it centred around crisps! As apparently "daddy really likes them" which I must admit is true. This is where the thought of making a hamper of "daddy's favourite things" came from. It has been really fun choosing the things. 

I was considering a way of containing the items, then whilst in our local pound shop (again) I found a plastic tub which looked ideal. I did not want to leave it like this so set to work customising it with Little Boo. We got a pile of old photographs and one of Little Boos paintings. The idea was to collage the tub with photographs of Little Boo and Daddy. Due to the tub being plastic I went over it initially with sandpaper to make a rough surface to sick to.

Little Boo has a fascination with cutting at the moment so this activity was brilliant! Here she is cutting up the art work that she made.

After a few minutes of cutting.  She also wanted to cut up a few pictures.  These were stuck to the container with normal glue stick but then we had to go over the top with a few layers of PVA glue and it looked great!

Our own shredded tissue made with up cycled art work.  It looks fantastic and sounds nice too.

Daddy's hamper granted not the most healthy but it is fathers day after all! He deserves a big treat. I later covered it with some cellophane so it all stayed together.

I hope that you like the idea it could be used for birthdays as well.  There is always the thought that the hamper could contain all home made items for the recipient.
I hope that you all have a wonderful day tomorrow it is not just "Fathers Day" at work we tend to think of "A Special Man" I hope that you all have the opportunity to thank a special man in your life tomorrow.

Happy Fathers Day.

Fathers Day is next Sunday in the UK and I want to make it a day to remember! Little Boo's Dad is one in a million and I am not just saying that he really is.  I have started a Pinterest board with some fathers day ideas that I liked. 

This then gave me inspiration for our crafts.  On there was a bunting idea using ties, due to the fact that my husband hates wearing a tie for work I decided to change this idea a bit and use Little Boo's hand prints instead.  Little Boo did some colouring in and had a go at drawing around the template.

I then decided to use this colouring in and up cycled some of our paintings for the other hands .  I laminated the hands to make them more sturdy then threaded them together.  I decided to write, "I love Daddy" instead of "Happy Fathers Day" as I thought it could then be hung up in his office all year round something to keep him happy at work.

Then we set to work on his card! He is obsessed with jigsaws and puzzles so I decided what better than to make a Jigsaw card.  Again I up cycled one of Little Boos paintings.  On the other side is a really nice photograph of Little Boo and Daddy together.

One side has the up cycled painting the other a photograph

A secret message was wrote on the card

Then it was cut into jigsaw pieces.

Hopefully Little Boos Daddy will love this.  We have also made him a present and will be sharing this with you.