Father’s Day is the perfect time to make these handpainted paperweight rocks for Dad as a daily reminder of how much you care. An easy-to-make gift for Father’s Day or dad’s birthday.
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Family Paper Weights – Gift Idea for Father’s Day
Making homemade presents for Dad is the best gift for Father’s Day. Not only are homemade gifts special, but they are also fun arts and crafts to make with the kids. Like this DIY dry-erase board for dad, a Family homemade key chain, or a special apron for dad to grill with.
This homemade gift for Father’s Day is simple to make. Find some rocks in the yard and paint them to resemble the kids. Dad will smile whenever they see these on their desk—perfect gift idea for Father’s Day.
What You’ll Love about this Father’s Day Gift
- It’s easy-to-make
- This gift will put a smile on Dad’s face while he’s at work.
- There are very few supplies.
Supplies You’ll Need:
- Rocks – I found a bag of river rocks at my local hardware store. There will be several more than you need, but you can use those for future rock painting projects or decorate the yard with them.
- Acrylic Paint for skin – You might need to mix two colors together to make a shade that you think resembles the skin color you are going for
- Googly Eyes – I found some cute googly eyes with eyelashes for the painted rocks on Amazon, and I also used plain googly eyes
- Yarn or cross-stitch floss for the hair – Get some to match your children’s hair color and dad’s hair color
- Glue – I used a tacky glue that dries quickly to glue the hair and eyes
- Marker – This will be used to make facial features like a smile or rosy cheeks
Equipment Needed
Paintbrush
How to Make Father’s Day Rocks
Set newspaper or something else to protect your work surface
Pick out rocks to paint. Pick out one to make dad and one for each child in the family
Mix paint colors to match your family’s skin tone and paint your rocks with that color
Let those dry. You can use a hair dryer to speed up drying time
Cut the yarn to make the hair. and glue that to the rocks
For the dad’s hair, I made a part in the hair by adding looped yarn going one way and then looped yarn going another way
Add googly eyes
Use a marker to make a smile
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Printable Instructions
Dad and Me Father’s Day Paperweight Rocks
Materials
- Rocks I found River Rocks at my local hardward store
- Paint for skin You'll want to pick out colors to resemble your family. I mixed a little orange and white to make a peach color
- Yarn or cross-stitch floss for the hair Colors should match the kid's hair and dad's hair
- Glue I used a tacky glue that dries quickly
- Marker this is for adding featurs like a mouth or rosy cheeks
Instructions
- Set newspaper or something else to protect your work surface
- Pick out a rock to paint as dad, and one for each child.
- Mix paint colors to match your family's skin tone and paint your rocks with that color
- Let those dry. You can use a hair dryer to speed up drying time
- Cut the yarn to make the hair. and glue that to the rocksFor the dads hair, I made a part in the hair by adding looped yarn going one way, and then looped yarn going another way
- Add googly eyes
- Use a marker to make a smile
