Rebecca Park Totilo

Easy Father's Day Gift Idea - Do It Yourself - Great for Kids



Posted: Friday, June 19, 2009

by
Rebecca at the Well & Heal With Essential Oils

Dad doesn't need another shirt or tie.  Here's an easy father's day gift the kids can make at home!  These pocket-size kits will come in handy.
 

Father's Day Pocket-Size Kits

 

Tolls and Parking Kit

What you will need:

empty film canister or small resealable plastic container (from dollar store)

old map

scissors

coins (quarters, dimes, nickels)

glue

 

What to do:

1.  Cut a 1 ½-inch x 3-inch strip out of an old map.

2.  Wrap map strip around the canister and glue.

3.  Fill kit with mixed change: quarters, dimes, and nickels.  (Toll road kit can hold up to $6.50 in change.)

 

 

First-Aid Kit

What you will need:

empty film canister or small resealable plastic container (from dollar store)

red and white construction paper

scissors

antiseptic wipes

band-aids

gauze

red ribbon or yarn

trial-size pack Tylenol

glue

 

What to do:

1.  Cut out a 1 ½-inch x 3-inch strip of red construction paper.  Cut out a 1 ½-inch x 2-inch strip of white construction or typing paper.  Trace the cross pattern and carefully cut out of the white paper strip (this way the red paper will show through).

2.  Wrap red paper strip around the film canister and glue.  Wrap the white strip of paper over the red paper and glue in place.

3.  Tie a ribbon around a small amount of gauze and place in the canister along with small band-aids, antiseptic wipes, and trial-size Tylenol.

 
 

Office Kit

What you will need:

empty film canister or small resealable plastic container (from dollar store)

plastic-coated paperclips

rubber bands

thumbtacks

colorful paper

glue

 

 

What to do:

1.  Cut a 1 ½-inch x 3-inch strip of colorful paper out and decorate as you like.

2.  Wrap paper around the film canister and glue.

3.  Fill the canister with rubber bands, thumbtacks, paperclips, and anything else you can think of to help Dad at the office!

 
For more fun ideas, visit my website http://ChristianBabysitter.com.
Rebecca Park Totilo’s flair and passion for life bursts into living color when she writes. As an award-winning publisher author of over 34 books, she has been spoken to millions via television, radio and live appearances. Her credits include working as a contributor writer on two best-selling series ("Quiet Moments with God" and “Stories for the Teen’s Heart”) which sold over one million and five million copies respectively.  She is also a freelance writer for several national magazines including Christian Parenting Today, Discipleship Journal and Woman’s World. Rebecca's photography work has appeared in numerous national magazines such as Woman’s World, Sports Spectrum, Evangel, and Sharing the Victory.

Rebecca is a homeschool mom for 20 years and serves as president of Rebecca at the Well Foundation. Please visit her websites at: http://RebeccaAtTheWell.org and http://HealWithOil.com.
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» left by Dr Clarence Rucker, Jr
from MI 2 years 230 days ago.
Thanks Rebecca. I guess a lot of us have lost a little common sense and imagination along the way. Thanks for bringing back what we use to have, a sense to do rather than just, "buy." Just buying does make us a little handicapped. Thanks again.
» left by Rebecca Park Totilo 2 years 115 days ago.
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