Father's Day Magnet - Free craft instructions for kids
August 28th 2008 06:03
Make Dad a Fridge Magnet for Father's Day. He can see how much you love him, every time he uses the fridge!
Materials Required
1. Piece of thick cardboard 8.5cm x 8.5cm
2. Plain fridge magnet
3. Texta's
4. Love heart sticker
5. Strong craft glue or hot glue gun
6. Double sided sticky tape (DSST)
7. Your choice of decorations for your magnet - eg Glitter glue, rubber stamps and ink pads, bright buttons, small stickers
8. Scissors or craft cutter
9. Piece a4 white paper (to print the template onto)
Instructions
1. Print out the template (below). The template will make six magnets.
Printing Instructions
Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
2. Get the template ready:
Colour in the words "I My Dad" on your template first.
Then decorate it as desired (eg textas, crayons, stamping, stickers) but don't add anything wet (like glitter glue) yet.
Stick the love heart sticker on (positioning as shown in the picture)
Cut out the template around its border
3. Get the magnet back ready
Using the hot glue gun or strong craft glue, adhere the magnet to the back of the piece of thick cardboard.
Use the thick black texta to colour around the edges of the piece of cardboard (as shown)
4. Put the magnet together
Use the DSST to adhere the template to the cardboard back (as shown)
5. Finish decorating the magnet.
Now is the time to add anything sticky, like glitter glue, to your magnet.
6. The magnet is ready for the fridge
Father's Day Magnet - Finished magnet
Materials Required
1. Piece of thick cardboard 8.5cm x 8.5cm
2. Plain fridge magnet
3. Texta's
4. Love heart sticker
5. Strong craft glue or hot glue gun
6. Double sided sticky tape (DSST)
7. Your choice of decorations for your magnet - eg Glitter glue, rubber stamps and ink pads, bright buttons, small stickers
8. Scissors or craft cutter
9. Piece a4 white paper (to print the template onto)
Instructions
1. Print out the template (below). The template will make six magnets.
Printing Instructions
Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
Father's Day Magnet - Template
2. Get the template ready:
Colour in the words "I My Dad" on your template first.
Then decorate it as desired (eg textas, crayons, stamping, stickers) but don't add anything wet (like glitter glue) yet.
Stick the love heart sticker on (positioning as shown in the picture)
Cut out the template around its border
3. Get the magnet back ready
Using the hot glue gun or strong craft glue, adhere the magnet to the back of the piece of thick cardboard.
Use the thick black texta to colour around the edges of the piece of cardboard (as shown)
4. Put the magnet together
Use the DSST to adhere the template to the cardboard back (as shown)
5. Finish decorating the magnet.
Now is the time to add anything sticky, like glitter glue, to your magnet.
6. The magnet is ready for the fridge
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