How to Make a Homemade Fathers Day Gift for Cheap

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Make a Homemade Fathers Day Gift for Cheap

Dads love gifts on fathers day but why go out and buy something when you can make something at home that comes for the heart. Here is a great fathers day gift that is really easy to make and will last a lifetime.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

washable paint
poster frame
white construction paper

Step 1

This is one of the easiest projects you can do with your kids for this fathers day. Daddy will absolutely love it and the kids will enjoy doing it.
Step 2

The first thing you need to do is buy a poster frame from walmart. They are fairly cheap. Its just a big plastic frame for holding posters.
Step 3

You will also need disposable tin pie pans, washable paints and a marker.
Step 4

Next flip the paper that comes inside the poster frame over so it shows the white side. Tape it flat to the ground.
Step 5

Fill up to tin pie pans with two different washable paints. Have your kids step one foot in one color and the other foot in the other color. Then have them walk across the paper to the other side. (have a bowl of water on the other side for them to wash their feet. Then have your second child do the same thing except for start at the other end and walk so the footprints are going in opposite directions. (if you do not have two children just have the one child walk back in the opposite direction.
Step 6

Let it dry. When it is done drying write something cute on the top and then write the name of your child and the year on the bottom. Put paper back in frame and wrap up. It is a very cute fathers day gift and doesn't cost a whole lot of money.
Step 7

also check out my other fathers day article on how to make a cheap fathers day gift basket by going to http://www.ehow.com/how_4937590_fathers-day-gift-hell-lovecheap.html or by scrolling down and clicking link under resources.