Tuesday's Craft

With Father's Day only weeks away, the following craft is a great gift idea for your kids to do in honor of dear old dad. It must be said, however, that by no means is this a good gift for a mother to give to her husband. In fact, if I handed this over to my husband, he would absolutely have just cause to start up his own blog and complain about me.

For kids, however, this absolutely rocks.

Dad Rocks Paperweight

Materials:

1 rock heavy enough to weight down paper, about a palm size

Acrylic paint (Paint it with his favorite color or to match his office décor)

Gold glitter glue

Paintbrush

Acrylic sealer spray

Black marker

Directions:
1) Choose a rock that is about the size of your palm. It should be heavy enough to weight down a few papers and not be blown away.
2) Wash the rock with warm, soapy water and a scrub brush; be sure to get into all the crevices. Wipe off water with a towel.3) After rock has completely dried, paint the entire rock with acrylic paint. Let the paint dry and then paint on a second coat.
4) Paint the entire rock with a thin layer of glitter glue and then let dry.
5) Use a squeezable glitter glue bottle to carefully write “DAD ROCKS” on the rock. Let dry overnight.

6) The next day, use a black marker to outline the letters to make them stand out better.
7) Spray the entire surface of rock with acrylic sealer spray.

Tips:

• Instead of writing the words with glitter glue, try a paint pen. They write like a pen but go on like paint. You can find them at your local craft supply store.


• Some glitter glues dry puffy and some dry flat. Experiment with yours first if you like to see how it will turn out.


• Instead of just one rock, paint two and put “DAD” on one and “ROCKS” on the other for a matching set.