Many parents are in desperate need of new activity ideas for their kids this summer, especially ones that don't involve screen time. So we asked the moms and dads of our Facebook community and as usual we got so many amazing responses and ideas. Here are some brilliant screen-free [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are making some ladybugs out of paper plates. Now that spring is almost here we are seeing ladybugs around our home. This gave us the idea for this week’s craft. Materials Needed: Construction paper Paper plate [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are creating our very own snowflakes out of Popsicle sticks. Now some of you this week are probably tired of snow. There are many of you that got hit by last week’s blizzard. On the bright [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are making a craft for Mother’s Day. We are going to create a paper flower bouquet. Have your kids pick out some different colored tissue paper. Then you can get a plastic or glass vase that [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are making a decorative paper lantern. We were looking to make this to serve as a cool night light for my daughter’s room. The neat part of this craft is that you and your children can [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we made a toilet paper roll octopus. With Earth Day being in the month of April my kids and I thought of doing a project where we could use some recycled products. So we decided to see [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are thinking Spring. We here in the Northeast are tired of winter. Thankfully we are starting to see grass in our yards instead of snow. With that in mind we decided to make paper daffodils. Materials [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are making a storage box for our Disney Infinity characters. You can use this idea for any toy that your kids might have a lot of. Just find a few pictures of that toy to [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are using some of the bubble wrap we had hanging around the house to help with our painting project. Most of the time when we get bubble wrap my kids and I like to pop the [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are making our own paper plate snake. This is an easy and fun craft that you and your child can do together. Most of the materials should be around the house. This craft will help your [...]
