Fathers Day Panic!

This morning I woke in a bit of a panic and my first thought was, oh shit... it's Fathers Day.  The children's presents for their dad were sorted, and my dad's present was sorted, but I had planned to make a card last night (I try to make cards rather than buy them, this sometimes puts a little bit of pressure on!).  Unfortunately I'd ended up with a migraine that sent me to bed as soon as I had got the children into bed (hubby was working), only to wake at 6.30am in a bit of a tizz!!!

I hadn't even thought about what I wanted to put... men are so hard to make cards for, but I have found the solution.  Cath Kidston catalogues!!!  The typesets used are fab, and varied, making the most simply card look pretty funky.  I grabbed some shiny silver card, got out some scissors and a glue stick and set to work.  It didn't take me long to think of the message I wanted to give to him.

To my

Perfect.  

Little stitches - making juggling bags

Before half-term me and my daughter decided that over half-term we would make her daddy his Father's Day pressie. I thought that something to juggle with would be a good idea as both the children love to watch him juggle, and I hate the fact that he uses the fruit to do it with!!!

We used: scraps of fabric, embroidery thread, lentils and plastic food bags.

This is what we did:

My little girl chose the fabric that she would like to use and the embroidery thread she was going to use for each one. I then cut out squares measuring 12x12cm using pinking shears. She then got to work. I was on hand and actually ended up putting holes around the edges so that she could see where she needed to stitch (she is only 5 - sorry nearly 6 - and doing this this provided a good guide for her). She stitched around 3 of the sides (leaving the 4th open for the filling).

We then measured half a cup of lentils and wrapped them securely in a plastic bag (making sure that the lentils would fit into her juggling bags first).

She then sewed the gap and I secured the end.

By the end of the week we had 3!!!

Hopefully now the fruit won't get used....

...and I always know where some spare lentils are if we run out!!!