Garden Stakes

Mr Toddler Time is obsessed with growing his own fruit and vegetables, so for Father's Day we decided to make him some Garden Stakes to label all his beloved plants. We had lots of fun creating them and it was lovely to give a gift which was home made!

We started with some regular poster paints, lots of MDF coasters, letters and shapes from Bunnings, dowel, permanent markers, clear spray varnish and hot glue.

All set up and ready for painting!

Painting some of the coaster to be turned into the stakes. There were so many pieces that we ended up painting them in two sittings.

Painting some of the letters for the sign.

The backboard for our 'Dad's Vegies' Sign.

Master E busy painting some flowers to decorate the garden.

All painted and drying.

Some of the coasters once they had dried.

Once the coasters had dried I used a pencil to carefully write the names of the fruits and vegetables.

When I was happy with the way they looked I traced over the pencil with permanent  marker. I the cut dowel into 40cm lengths and used hot glue to attach these to the backs of the signs.

Once the glue was dry I took them all outside and sprayed a couple of coats of clear spray varnish to seal the paint and the MDF. If you don't seal the MDF is will become waterlogged and swell when it gets wet.

Our 'Dad's Vegies' Sign drying.

Once they were all dry we poked them into a cardboard box which I had covered in wrapping paper all ready to give to Mr Toddler Time for Father's Day.

We had lots of fun working on these and Mr Toddler Time loved his present. They would also make great presents for Grandparents for Birthday's and Christmas.

This post has been awhile coming, but we didn't want to ruin our Father's Day Surprise!

Father's Day Wall Hangings

With Father's Day only a few days away it was time to get crafting. I came across this super cute Finger Print Tree printable from Lovely Living. It was perfect for working with toddlers. We printed off numerous copies and let the kids loose with paint pads.
The paint pads were great for this activity as they are easy to get a small amount of paint on the fingertips and add them to the tree to create the leaves.
Once the children had finished adding leaves to their tree we backed them onto some coloured paper and laminated them.
We also used a hole punch to punch two holes at the top and thread through a pipecleaner to make our wall hangings.
Too Easy and Super Cute!

Miss L, enjoying dipping her fingers in the paint.

Master J, carefully deciding where each print should go.

Miss M, painting with her whole hand!

Master S, getting right into his art.

Doesn't take much for Miss L and Miss M to get into the whole hand painting.

Miss A, also having a go at the whole hand experience!

One of the finished works of art, all ready to give Daddy on Sunday.

 Happy Father's Day to all the Daddy's from Toddler Time, we hope you enjoy your special day!