Father’s Day Roundup

Celebrate that special Dad in your life with these projects!

Father’s Day is just around the corner!
Why not get a head start on crafting for that special Dad in your life
with these 8 Amazing Father’s Day Crafts!
Repeat: I will not procrastinate this year. I will not procrastinate this year. I will not procrastinate this year. *fingers crossed*

1. Happy Dada Day Printable – Duet Letterpress
2. DIY Coffee Sleeve – The 36th Avenue
3. Father’s Day Questionnaire – Daffodil Design

4. DIY Bottle Opener – One Project Closer
5. Manly Munch Mix – Shaken Together
6. All Star Father’s Day Pouch – Tried & True

7. Father’s Day Gift Bags – The Country Chic Cottage
8. Dad’s Token Tin – eighteen25
and one more just because I want one of these for myself:
9. Beer Tote – One Project Closer

Children’s Play X-Rays

Explore bones and bodies with your kids! - Free printable x-rays from Tried & True My 4 year old son has been fascinated with the inner workings of our bodies lately so I went looking for x-rays that we could use with our light table to fully explain skeletons to him. Unfortunately, all the pins I found either went to forbidden pages or items for sale. Oh well, guess I’ll just whip some up…how hard could it be?! Kids Play X-Rays : Play - A Tried & True Free Printable

It was actually more involved than I thought it would be! Turns out, googling “Head X-Ray” brings up a lot of really disturbing images. And while a nail in the middle of someone’s head is scientifically amazing, not really the lesson I was going for with my little one!

Free printable x-rays for light tables and more from Tried & True! After hours of looking for just normal x-ray images (as much as I can tell!), I resized and adjusted the contrast to make them as clear as possible and then had my husband draw the corresponding line drawings. Awfully handy having an amazing artist in the family! :D

I printed the x-rays on vellum paper with the drawn images printed on just standard printer paper.  You can either tape the x-rays and drawings together to create a flip book or just leave them separate and have your kids be able to match the drawing to the x-ray. These work great with light tables but you can also just hold them up a window to see the “x-ray” action!

Kids Play X-Rays Download - A Tried & True Free Printable

I thought I would put these up on T&T just in case there are any other parents out there who don’t want to go through page after page of grizzly x-rays. Your stomach can thank me later!

You can download the images above right now:

Hand/Foot X-Ray & Line Drawing
Chest X-Ray & Line Drawing

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Sweet Tweet Pushpins

Make a quick little housewarming gift with Tried & True's Sweet Tweet Pushpins! We have some good friends who just moved into a beautiful new house so to celebrate them, I thought I would post a super quick and easy housewarming gift that I originally wrote for Crafts Unleashed. Congrats, Chris & Rosemary!

So, a good friend is moving to a new house and you need a quick gift to congratulate her on the big move? You can whip up these super cute bird pushpins in under 20 minutes with just a few basic craft supplies. Pair them with a small cork board and you’ve got the perfect gift to help organize her new house!

Materials for the bird pushpins housewarming gift idea:
- Micro Mini Mushroom Birds (I used two packages for a total of six birds)
- Embossing Tool (or any other blunt pointed tool)
- Map Pushpins
- Aleene’s Quick Dry Tacky Glue
- Small Bird Nest (optional)
- Small Cork Board (optional)

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Week In Review & Photographer’s Dream Giveaway

Glittered Rainbow Frame Tutorial : Tape

Ah, it’s Friday. <deep sigh>

What are you all doing this weekend? We’re looking forward to a geeky Star Trek date night, a meeting with our beekeeping club (more on that later!), and of course, lots of Tried & True crafting. After a week filled with sad and “meh” news, I’m looking forward to a little zen crafting time.

Here’s a little review of the last week courtesy of the Tried & True Instagram feed. (Click through to the bottom of the post for the awesome Photographer’s Dream Giveaway entry form!)

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Glittered Rainbow Frame in 15 Mintutes!

glitteredrainbowframe_main It’s time for another 15 minute craft tutorial! Yay for quick crafts you can whip out while your kid is insanely engaged in that new box of Play-doh. You can worry about finding the Play-Doh smooshed in the carpet later because for 15 minutes, you’ll be in glittery rainbow heaven!

Let’s get started…

Glittered Rainbow Frame

Materials:
- 2 cheap frames (you’ll be using the glass from both of them but only the frame of one)
- Glitter Tape
- Craft Knife
- Spray Paint (optional)

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