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This week may belong to the sharks on the Discovery Channel, but I am putting the spotlight on another fascinating creature from the sea for this week’s Art and Crafts segment. For this installment I am going to show you how to make jellyfish. After a visit to the aquarium [...]
Ever since my oldest daughter went to the planetarium, both of my daughters have a desire to learn about the solar system. My daughters love when I read them books about the universe. We have been to our local planetarium twice in the past year. They even like to [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are making homemade paper dolls. In my house the girls love Disney Princesses. It seems that each week they have a new favorite. So now they can make a new paper doll each week, which costs [...]
This is going to be a new segment here at Life of Dad. As a stay at home dad I try to do fun crafts with my daughters. We love to paint, draw, color, glue, and bedazzle anything and everything. Each week I will try to share a new [...]
Earlier this week my kids and I were talking about the different houses over at Hogwarts from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. We were deciding which house we would be in if we put on the Sorting Hat as Harry and the other students did at Hogwarts. As [...]
To my fellow dads out there this Sunday belongs to us! Yes, I know you are aware that it is Father’s Day, but it is much more than that. It is our one day where we get to decide what we will do as a family. You have only [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Heartless Bastards Blues, punk, country and rock blend well at times, but rarely as well as when mashed by the excellent Heartless Bastards. Fronted by the stupendous vocals of Erika Wennerstrom, the band subtly infuses elements from disparate influences [...]
THE FOLLOWING IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY PART I INTERIOR – A TYPICAL TWO-CAR GARAGE – SUNDAY AFTERNOON The father looked his daughter clear in the eyes. No blinking. No hesitation. He, 39 years old; she, all of 6 and one-quarter-months if you asked her directly. He, with his [...]
Even the most original, creative dad sometimes needs a fun playtime prompt. When a Life of Dad user asked for fun ways to pass the time recently, we put it to the Life of Dad Facebook community for ideas. Here are fun activities for kids and dads at home. [...]
Each and every one of us dads have at least one thing we love to do and have been doing for years. Many of us dream of our kids someday joining in the fun so we can teach them the craft and share in the hobby together. We just [...]
