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"Copyright Notices" .................................................................................................................................... 2

Contents...................................................................................................................................................... 3

A little note for you… .................................................................................................................................. 4

Activity No. 1 – “Easy Nail Art Blue Heart” .................................................................................................. 5

Suitable for Cubs, Scouts & Explorers ....................................................................................................... 5

Activity No. 2 – “Fun Candy Special Message” ............................................................................................. 7

Suitable for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Explorers ......................................................................................... 7

Activity No. 3 – “Easy Cute Memory Keepsake Card” .................................................................................. 8

Suitable for Beavers & Cubs ...................................................................................................................... 8

Activity No. 4 – “Easy Gift Box” ................................................................................................................. 11

Suitable for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Explorers ....................................................................................... 11

Activity No. 5 – “Dad Rocks Paperweight” ................................................................................................. 14


Activity No. 6 – “Folding Craft Stick Card” ................................................................................................. 15


Activity No. 7 – “Gold Trophy” .................................................................................................................. 16


Activity No. 8 – “Nuts & Bolts Heart Plaque” ............................................................................................. 18


Activity No. 9 – “Dads Easy Peg Plane” ...................................................................................................... 20


Activity No. 10 – “Dads Lotto Card” ........................................................................................................... 22

Suitable for Scouts & Explorers ............................................................................................................... 22

Activity No. 11 – “Things I Love About You Scratch Card Easier Version” .................................................. 26

Suitable for Beavers, Cubs & Scouts ........................................................................................................ 26

Activity No. 12 – “Quick & Easy Father’s Day Card” ................................................................................... 29


Activity No. 13 – “Origami Popup Card” .................................................................................................... 31

Suitable for Cubs, Scouts & Explorers ..................................................................................................... 31

Activity No. 14 – “Easy Necktie Card” ........................................................................................................ 36


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A little note for you…

Hi, here’s the Father’s Day Pack. There’s some really fun little pressies and cards the kids

can make for Dad. Mindful of the fact that some children may not have a dad most of

the gifts and cards can be tailored for a special person or granddad.

PRINTING HELP

IMPORTANT - If you are not intending to print in colour make sure you set your printer

to greyscale (this can be found in the Print Dialog box).

Because the entire pack is in one document you will need to print specific pages for the

activity you want to do. To do this you need to type the number of the page you want

printed in your print dialog box.

Have fun

Samantha

©www.easierscouting.com | Activity No. 1 – “Easy Nail Art Blue Heart” 5

Activity No. 1 – “Easy Nail Art Blue Heart”

Suitable for Cubs, Scouts &

Explorers

Materials Needed for Each Child

Slice of wood (roughly 16cm by

18cm big enough for the

template on the next page)

30 small nails with heads

Embroidery thread or twine (any

blue colour of your choice)

Hammer

Scissors

Metal picture hanger (optional)

Preparation Before

1. Print out the heart template – found on the following page. You need one for

each child

Directions

1. Place your heart template on your wood. Tape it down to keep it in place

2. On a solid surface, hammer the top and bottom

nails in to keep your template from

shifting. Hammer each nail into the wood, about

halfway, leaving enough space for you to wrap

your thread

3. Hammer all of your nails along the heart’s border

then remove the paper template

4. Tie a knot of your thread at the bottom nail

head. Begin to randomly strand your thread to the

nail heads, looping the thread around the

entire edge once. It’s important to keep

tension on your thread the entire time to

avoid the thread slipping or unravelling

from your nails once you have done this

for the edge start to ‘criss cross’ from one

side to the other to make your pattern

similar to the picture

5. Once you’re happy with your design loop

the end of your design at the same beginning point. Tie a knot to secure and

trim thread

6. You can add a simple picture hanger to the back of the wood if you wish

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©www.easierscouting.com | Activity No. 2 – “Fun Candy Special Message” 7

Activity No. 2 – “Fun Candy Special Message”

For this card the children would write a message and stick candy in replace of the

words. You would design this on an A3 sheet of card. Or A4 if you only intend to use

a little candy.

Suitable for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Explorers

Materials Needed

If you want to follow my message exactly you will need to buy the candy to match the picture below for each child otherwise the kids can make up their own words

Directions

1. Use nice writing on a large piece of card and stick the candy in the places shown below.

Hey presto you’ve made a delicious card with some lovely words

Dear Dad we were going to send you to for

Father’s Day but we thought you would so

we are sending you to the instead so you can get some

If you get the on the

way have some because it’s more healthy. I’ve

arranged for you to get to the rocket on a but don’t

forget to leave the out. Dad hopefully when you get back

we can go on a together and I can

in your ear I LOVE YOU XXX

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Activity No. 3 – “Easy Cute Memory

Keepsake Card”

Suitable for Beavers & Cubs

Materials Needed

Template (found on the next page)

Scissors/Guillotine

Pen

Prit stick type glue

Preparation Before

1. Print out the card template – found on the following page. You need one for

each child – if you can print it on really thick paper or thin card. If this isn’t

possible then stick the template onto some same size card

2. Use a guillotine to cut round the front and back of the card keeping it together

and flat (the kids can fold it)

3. Now print out the page to go inside the card (this will be cut out and stuck on

the insides

Directions

1. Draw a picture or stick a photo of dad on the front cover

2. Write your name on the back of the card

3. Now fold the card in half

4. Fill in the blanks for the middle of the card cut it out and stick it in the middle

of the card

Thanks to… www.marthastewart.com



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Activity No. 4 – “Easy Gift Box”


Preparation Before

1. Print out the gift box template – found on

the following page. You need one for each

child – print it on really thick paper or thin

card

2. Print out the tie template to use as a

template to draw round onto some

patterned paper

Materials Needed for Each Box

A4 sheet of thin card

A little patterned card or paper for the neck tie

Scissors

A ruler

A pen or pencil

Prit stick type glue

Double-sided tape

Little treat to put inside the box

Directions

1. Cut along the solid lines of the template

2. Make sharp folds along ALL the dotted lines

3. Using the glue stick tick the flap to the other edge of the box

4. Fold the A tab inward and place a piece of double-sided tape in the centre

5. Now fold the two B tabs inward and secure to the A tab

6. Place two pieces of double-sided tape on the inside of the C tab and secure to the other

tabs

7. Draw and cut around the tie template

8. Stick the top part of the tie to the top flap of the box

9. Stick the long tie part to the top edge of the front of the box so that when you close the

lid the top part of the tie sits over the long part



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Activity No. 5 – “Dad Rocks Paperweight”

Although this is a great easy craft it may be impractical for your building and time because you

need an oven and also you need to bake it for 2 hours. I’ve left it in because I know some groups

that do have an oven plus if it’s Cubs or Beavers they can leave the oven on for the section that

enters the building after to turn off for them.


Materials Needed for Each Paperweight

1/4 cup salt

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup water

Bowl

Cookie sheet

1/2 cup small stones or gravel

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F

2. Mix flour, salt and water together in a bowl. If dough is too sticky add small amounts of flour

3. Be careful not to add too much as the dough will dry out and your creation will crack

4. Shape a piece of the dough into a ball in your hands. Place the ball on the cookie sheet and flatten to about 1/2″ thickness

5. Carefully select your stones to spell out “DAD ROCKS”. Press them firmly but gently into the salt dough

6. Bake your paperweight for 2 hours until completely dry

7. Remove from oven and allow to cool before handling or removing from cookie sheet

8. Optional: You can spray your creation with acrylic sealer or paint it with a clear coat

sealer

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Activity No. 6 – “Folding Craft Stick Card”


Materials Needed Per Child

1. Craft sticks 8 or whatever you choose

2. Scotch masking tape

3. Permanent Markers - (The washable markers don't work well because they smudge)

4. Small piece of ribbon for the loop at the top

5. Pale blue acrylic paint

Directions

1. Place two sticks together, side by side, and tape them together covering both the sticks with the tape

2. Turn the two sticks over so that they are diagonal to you

3. Place another craft stick next to and below the

two sticks that you taped together. Use another piece of tape to tape the bottom two sticks together

4. Turn all three sticks over diagonally and place another stick at the bottom of the row and tape the last two sticks together. Keep going until

you have a whole row of sticks

5. You can also cover the first and last stick in the row by placing tape over the stick and then folding it back over the stick

6. Paint the sticks with the blue paint

7. When the paint is dry use a black marker write the words

8. Glue a ribbon on the top of the row of craft sticks

Easier Option

If you want a slightly easier option you can just tape all the sticks at the back together and

write on the bare sticks with your messages.

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Activity No. 7 – “Gold Trophy”

I love this little trophy especially if you add some coloured jewels.


Materials Needed Per Child

Trophy template – found on the next page

White A4 thick card

Very lightweight dried macaroni and other pasta shapes (important because it will be too heavy for the card)

White glue, paint brush

Gold spray paint

Small amount of construction paper

Marker, Scissors

Other pieces of jewels that you can find see picture below

Directions

1. Print out the trophy template this will be used for the kids to draw around if you can’t put the card through your printer

2. Cut out the trophy shape – you may need to help the younger ones with the tricky bit

3. Cut a slit in the bottom where the dotted line is

4. Draw around the half oval shape onto your card and cut out you will insert into the slit at the base of the trophy so that it can

stand up

5. Squeeze some white glue on to the trophy and use a paint brush to spread it over all areas of the card

6. Start adding your dried pasta in whatever pattern you like, don’t overload it because it will become too heavy to stand up

7. Once all the macaroni is on, leave it to dry then you can spray paint the entire trophy gold

8. You'll also have to spray paint the other small piece of card that

will be the base to help stand up the trophy

9. Now once it’s dry if you have any other jewels you want to put on you can stick these now plus a little card message of your choice

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©www.easierscouting.com | Activity No. 8 – “Nuts & Bolts Heart Plaque” 18

Activity No. 8 – “Nuts & Bolts Heart Plaque”


Materials Needed for Each Plaque

Blank canvas base - you could use a polystyrene square

Nuts and Bolts, Nails, Washers, Screws, etc.

Wooden Letters (optional) that spell the word that you choose a cheaper option would be to write or paint a message in the corner

Non-toxic Heavy Duty Glue (lots of glue)

Spray Paint blue or silver

Directions

1. Print and cut out the heart template – found on the following page – you just need let’s say one between four to use to draw around on their base

2. Draw around the shape with a feint pencil

3. Apply the glue to outline the shape

4. Then glue the nuts, screws, bolts, washers on the shape

5. Glue on the letters to make the word that you chose (if you are using them)

6. Allow to dry

7. Write on your message at the corner if you are not using wooden letters across the

middle

8. Once it has dried cover with the spray paint. Make sure you are in a well ventilated area

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©www.easierscouting.com | Activity No. 9 – “Dads Easy Peg Plane” 20

Activity No. 9 – “Dads Easy Peg Plane”

I think Dad will love this little peg plane pressie it’s really cheap and easy to make. I thought you

could spray it or paint it with a colour once it’s finished. And maybe write a little message on it

like “Love you Dad” on one of the wings.

Suitable for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts &

Explorers

Materials Needed Per Plane

Glue suitable for wood

5 x craft sticks

1 x wooden peg

1 x toothpick

1 x cork

Spray paint or normal paint

Directions

1. Print out the picture of the plane found on the next page and get the kids to make

their plane by looking at the picture

2. Basically you are sticking two stick to the top and bottom of the peg towards the

end

3. Cut smaller pieces of the sticks to stick on the end of the peg for its tail

4. Cut the cork into 3 pieces two thin and the other one is half

5. Force the toothpick through the three cork pieces

6. Now stick the top of the cork to the underneath of the peg

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Activity No. 10 – “Dads Lotto Card”

This is a great craft but the children will need to use a cutting knife. Also to cut out the circles could take a while so if you only have one craft knife this will be impractical for a large group because the children will be waiting. They are pretty cheap to buy and are useful for many crafts so if you did invest in some they won’t go to waste. Maybe you could share the cost between sections.

Suitable for Scouts & Explorers

Materials Needed

Metallic acrylic paint

X-Acto knife (craft cutting tool)

Cutting surface/mat/plastic chopping board

Liquid dish soap

Foam paintbrush or any mixing tool will do

Clear contact paper Masking tape

Card Template (found on the following page)

Preparation

1. Print and cut out the card template if you can’t put card through your printer stick this as paper onto a piece of card (you’ll notice I’ve created one without Dad on it in case a child doesn’t have a Dad and wants to make it for their grandpa or stepdad. You need one template for each child and another one for each team of three to use as a template to create the acrylic squares

Directions

1. Cut a square from the contact paper the size needs to cover the six squares on the lotto card. Tape it to the cutting surface

2. Squirt a good amount of metallic paint onto the contact paper

3. Add a small amount of liquid dish soap, about a 3:1 ratio

4. Mix the two with a your foam or paintbrush, and spread evenly

over the contact paper

5. Let this dry for about an hour

6. Add another layer if it's too thin – you don’t want to see the pen behind it. Once dry, remove the contact paper from the cutting surface

7. With the craft knife you need to put the card template onto your cutting surface and cut out the squares. This one will be used as a

template to make the squares for the acrylic paint so you only need let’s say one for each team of three. Each child can take it in turns to cut out the middle of the squares so they will do two each

8. Now on their own card with the squares intact the children will write three different messages on three of the squares then repeat those for the other three

Clear contact paper can be found in any craft or stationery shop or order on amazon


9. These messages can say what they would like their dad to win, for example, Breakfast of his choice, A footrub, something that is personal to their own dad or whoever they are making it for

10. Tape the contact paper back to cutting mat. Take the cut out card the one you created in a team as a template and lay it on top of the contact paper, and cut inside the squares if they are sharing the cutting tool get them to cut two each then pass it on

11. Carefully peel away backing off the contact paper

12. Place the scratch-off square over the prizes on their card the one that they wrote their messages on

13. Dad will use a coin to scratch off the prizes


Match 3 to win

Match 3 to win


Match 3 to win

Match 3 to win

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Activity No. 11 – “Things I Love About You

Scratch Card Easier Version”

I’ve created another Scratch Card activity for the younger children where they don’t need to use a craft knife.

Suitable for Beavers, Cubs & Scouts

Materials Needed

Metallic acrylic paint

Scissors

Cutting surface/mat/plastic chopping board

Liquid dish soap

Paintbrush

Clear contact paper Masking tape

Card Template (found on the following page)

Preparation

1. Print and cut out the card template, you’ll notice on the A4 sheet it has the template at the top and just squares at the bottom you need both for each child. Cut out the top one and leave the squares to the side for a moment

2. If you can’t put card through your printer stick the scratch card onto a piece of card (you’ll notice I’ve created one without Dad on it in case a child doesn’t have a Dad and wants to make it for their grandpa or stepdad.

Directions

1. On the main card template get the children to write in the squares things they love about their Dad or friend

2. Now put the clear contact paper on top of the squares template you put to one side and draw around the squares as neatly as possible

3. Cut out each square that has been traced on the contact paper

4. Carefully peel away backing off the contact paper of each square

5. Place the scratch-off square over the each square on their card

6. Squirt a good amount of metallic paint onto a throw away plate or any surface

7. Add a small amount of liquid dish soap, about a 3:1 ratio

8. Mix the two with a paintbrush, and spread evenly and neatly over each plastic square on the card

9. Let dry for at least 1 hour (it can be drying as they take it home you do not need to wait in the meeting just tell them not to

smudge it on the way home

10. If you can see the message underneath you will need to add another layer

11. Dad will use a coin to scratch off the prizes

Clear contact paper can be found in any craft or stationery shop or order on amazon


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These will be used to trace onto the clear contact paper

Scratch to find out


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These will be used to trace onto the clear contact paper

Scratch to find out

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Activity No. 12 – “Quick & Easy Father’s Day

Card”


Materials Needed Per Card

A5 coloured piece of card

Preparation

1. Print and cut out the card template onto think white

paper

Directions

1. Stick the template onto an A5 piece of card

2. Write your message on the back

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©www.easierscouting.com | Activity No. 13 – “Origami Popup Card” 31

Activity No. 13 – “Origami Popup Card”

This may look a bit complex but when you actually break it down it’s really easy. Another option to this card if you like the origami letters is just to mount the letters onto the front of a piece of card and write your message on the back.

Suitable for Cubs, Scouts & Explorers


Scrapbook paper - 3 pieces 5 x 5 inches in size

can be any patterned paper of your choice (I

have also put a couple of patterned squares in

case you can’t get hold of patterned paper you

can print these out – they are the correct size

you need)

Some other patterned scrap paper for the

balloons

2 x A4 card stock

Felt Pens

Scissors

Double-sided tape

Hole punch

Twine

Making the Origami Letters

1. Cut 3 pieces of scrapbook paper 5 x 5 inches in size or use my ones that I’ve put in this document

2. You are going to make 2 x Letter D’s and 1 letter A

3. See the next page on how to make the letters

Directions

1. Fold your card in half so that it’s a top folded card

2. Along the card's spine, make six cuts through both layers of cardstock to create three 1/2 inch wide and 1-inch deep strips that are perpendicular to the fold and evenly spaced as shown

3. Open the card and poke the strips forward. This creates the pop-up effect


4. Use double-sided tape to attach the back of each DAD letter to a pop-up strip

5. To add some extra oomph, cut circles from a couple of different

scrapbook papers, punch a small hole in each, and tie on a piece of twine so they resemble balloons. Use double-sided tape to attach the balloons to the card and stick the strings to the backs of the origami letters

6. Now you can write your message inside your card

7. Finish your card by placing another card behind the pop-up card to hide the cut-outs. Use double-sided tape to stick the cards to one another, make sure it closes smoothly


Making the letter ‘D’

2. Fold it in half again and unfold it 1. Fold the paper in half

3. Bring the sides into the

middle fold, and unfold it.

Make sure the opening is

at the bottom ready for

step 4

4. Using the tips of your fingers grab the top right corner and push it down it

should now look like a little

house. Do the same for

the other side

5. Tuck the outer halves of

the house behind

6. Make triangular folds as

shown in the image, and

then flip the origami over

and do it again on the

other side

7. Fold the tip up so that

it meets the middle of

the origami, and then

unfold. Do the same for

the other side

8. Tuck the folded tips in

the fold to hide them. Do

the same for the other

folded tip and you are

done with letter D!


Making The Letter A

1. Fold the sheet in half

2. Fold the sheet again in half, and unfold it

3. Make a triangular fold so that

the top right corner meets the

middle of the origami

4. Do the same for the other side

5. Fold the side again until the edge meets the middle of the origami, as shown in the image

6. Do the same for the other side then flip the origami over

7. Fold the two tips that you

can see up. (Note: if you

used thicker paper, you

might need to use double

sided tape to keep the tips

up.)


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Activity No. 14 – “Easy Necktie Card”



2 x A4 vibrant coloured pieces of card of different colours

2 x buttons for the collar

Motifs for the tie (you can find some templates of these on the

next page)

Directions

Fold the A4 piece of card so

that the opening is to the right.

Make a 3 inch feint mark from the top of the card downwards at each side

Now cut an inch in from the left and from the right

Fold down the excess card on

the back page and cut along to snip off completely

Bring in the collar to meet the

top right points

1 2

3

Now take the second piece of card. You need to make it

square so take the bottom right corner up to the left edge and fold

Cut off the top open out and you will have a square (you can also use an already square piece of origami card)

Lay your square in a diamond shape in front of you

Grab the right corner and fold it

downwards so the right edge meets the middle of the square do the same for the other side. It should look like the picture

above

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Fold the tip backwards for about 5 ½ inches

Then repeat

step 3 bringing the right point inwards so the edges touch the middle crease

Then turn over the tie and tuck the

point under the top of the tie.

Using glue, stick the buttons onto

the collar then stick the tie underneath the collar.

Cut out the motifs for the tie and stick them on then write your special message inside the card

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