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Amazing Out of This World Father’s Day Card

April 22, 2015 By Deirdre

I know that Father’s Day is still a long way away.( We haven’t even had Mother’s Day yet.) Creating the Your My Biggest Fan Mother’s Day card got me thinking about cards we could make with cupcake liners. That lead to thinking about what holiday will come up next after Mother’s Day. Father’s Day came to mind so, we made a Father’s Day Card.

After deciding on the holiday we would make the card for, it was time to think about what theme the card should have. My son and I husband both space so, I decided on “You are Out of This World” as the card’s theme.

The first thought was a flying saucer with a little green creature in it. Since my family isn’t made up of little green men, I decided that wouldn’t work. You may be thinking that is a great idea. Making a flying saucer with a cupcake liner would be super fun. If that was your thought, I think you should totally go with it. It would be fun.

We ended up making a rocket ship with a cupcake liner for our card. It was a little challenging to figure out just how to fold the cupcake liner for us. We ended up making one that folds together the way a paper airplane is made.

Supplies for the Father’s Day Card

Blue plain or patterned cupcake liner
Red, Orange, or yellow plain or patterned cupcake liner
White piece of paper
Glue
Scissors
Out of This World Father’s Day Card

Steps for Crafting the Father’s Day Card

Fold the cupcake liner in half with the decorated side faced out.
Open the cupcake liner up and flatten it out with the decorated side faced down.
Fold in the two outsides into an airplane fold. That means they fold in to form a triangle. Then fold it again the same way. The top of the rocket is now finished.
Pull the rounded edges of the cupcake liner back over the fold to form the rocket boosters.
Cut a flame out of a cupcake liner that is red, orange, or yellow.
Cut a small circle out of white paper.
Assemble the rocket on the Father’s Day Card printable I have made for you by gluing the white circle on the rocket and the flame beneath the rocket.

It would be fun to come up with a space related note of picture to put inside this card. Maybe your children could draw something they like to do with their dad. They could share a special memory or a list of reasons their father is really out of this world.

Here are some other wonderful activities and crafts that this Father’s Day Card would be wonderful to go along with:

D.A.D. Dessert: Dutch Apple Dessert

Walking in My Father’s Shoes Craft

Cereal Tie for Breakfast

If you make this Father’s Day card, please leave me a comment below telling me about how your crafting session went or share a picture of it on my Facebook page.

Four Children’s Prayers for Their Fathers

May 22, 2013 By Deirdre

The children mentioned in this post are not real, but they are based on children I know. They don’t all really live on the same street, but I can totally see the knowing each from school or church. These prayers for their fathers could probably be prayed by kids all around the world.

At the end of the cul-de-sac on Shady Brook Lane were four houses. Each is the home of boy and his family. The boys spend hours playing together. Legos and bike riding are their favorite things to do.

While it may have looked to their family’s like all they did was play and ride, they each spent time taking in what the other families were like.Sometimes when they went inside after a day of playing they would pray they had a different dad. Well, not a completely different dad. Maybe a dad that was just a little more like one of the other dads.

Prayers for their Fathers

Jason
The boy that lived in the white Cape Cod house just as you entered the cul-de-sac was name Jason. His dad worked as the chief mechanic at a big car repair center. He came home dirty and sometimes a little smelly. Jason’s mom had to scrub his clothes to remove each day’s grime before washing them.Jason’s Prayer

Dear God,

I love my dad. You know I do! His hands are always stained when he comes home. Mom has to scrub his clothes each and everyday so the grease from the cars doesn’t set into them.

Please God give him a new job. I would love for him to have a job that he would need to wear a suit too. Kevin’s dad wears a suit and tie to work everyday. He never comes home dirty. Maybe you could give him a job like him.

Amen!

Kevin

Kevin lives in a house next door. It is two story house with black shutters. The house isn’t fancy or big. Kevin’s mom had hope for years that would move to a bigger house, but Kevin’s dad said they needed to save for the future. Kevin’s dad had a job at big insurance company. He seemed to work all the time. Work has kept him at the office late. Then he comes home and works some more.

Kevin’s Prayer

Dear God,

My dad works so hard. He hardly seems to have time to sleep. He didn’t come to many of my soccer games this spring. I am sure wanted him to be there. He would have loved to see me make those goals.

Please God give him a job that doesn’t take so much time. Jason’s dad seems to be at home for dinner every night and he was at every soccer game. Maybe you could give him a job like his dad.

Charlie

Charlie lives in a tan vinyl sided house with big window in the living room. It is perfect for looking out into the cul-de-sac to see who was coming home from work and who headed out with their family for dinner. Charlie’s dad is the Army and he has been away from almost six months so far. Charlie knows his dad is in some place called Afghanistan. He talks to him through Skype on the computer, but it isn’t the same as having him home all the time.

Charlie’s Prayer

Dear God

I miss my dad so much. He used to take me and my sister Rose to the park on Saturdays. Sometimes we would stop at McDonald’s for lunch. It was wonderful. Just having him to ourselves. If we stopped at McDonald’s, Dad would always get an extra large sweet tea for Mom. She loves sweet tea and Dad loved to surprise her with it.

Please God bring him home to us. I wish he could be home all the time like Joseph’s dad. Joseph’s dad is home all day long seven days a week. That would be so cool. When my dad comes home, can you have him be home all the time.

Joseph

Joseph lives in the house just as you were leaving the cul-de-sac. The house’s window’s seemed to glisten in the sun. Joseph’s dad washed them often. He also mows the lawn regularly and sometimes heads over to Charlie’s house to mow the lawn there. Joseph’s dad tries to keep busy when he isn’t looking for a job.

He had been hunting for a month or two and hadn’t found anything yet. The extra family time and time to get caught up on things that had been left to do later had been wonderful that first month. Now he is starting to worry. Joseph can see the worried looks his parents share. They try to hide their concern from him, but he is old enough to sense something was worrying them.

Joseph’s Prayer

Dear God

I love, love, love having my dad here to take me to the park and the library. We find the best books to check out. Some are a little violent. Mom wouldn’t be excited about the books on tanks and war planes, but Dad seems to think they are okay.

My parents are worried though. They talk sometimes in whispers about dad’s job hunt and how mom has to start hunting too. I have head mom say that we need something called insurance.

Please God give my dad job like Charlie’s dad, or Kevin’s dad, or Jason’s dad have. I know he could do just about any job you gave him. He just needs to have job.

Amen

The Boys’ Prayers

Each of these boys loves their dads you can hear that in their prayers. Each of these boys sees something that he thinks could be changed. Each of the boys sees a dad that has what they think their dad needs and none of the boys realize that someone might want what each of their dads to have.

What is most important is that each of these boys is that they realize they can lift their concerns in prayer!

They may not get the prayer answered as they have requested it though. God may answer their prayer in his own time and way. They may not understand that.

The hearts and prayers of these boys are simple and come from pure hearts. I hope that you will take a few moments on before Father’s Day to pray with your children for their dads.

They may surprise you with what they share in prayer. I bet Joseph, Kevin, Jason and Charlie’s moms might have been a little surprised at what their child prayed. (Well, maybe they wouldn’t. Moms are pretty good at knowing what is on their children’ hearts.)

This post in linked to Mrs. Matlock’s Alphabe Thursday and Pour Your Heart Out on Things I Can’t Say.

Pausing Life for a Moment- Remembering My Dad

June 12, 2012 By Deirdre

Father’s Day is right around the corner so, I thought I would pause for a moment to thank my dad. When I sat down to write this, I realized that I probably haven’t even mentioned him on the blog. He lives about seven hours away from us and we get to see him a few times a year, but he hasn’t appeared in a post yet.

When I was growing up, I had a Leave It To Beaver attitude of what a dad should be and I thought my dad should be just like that dad.

My idea of what a dad should be involved going to an office during the week in a suit and tie. He listened intently to what he children were saying and gave hugs at just the time you needed them.

Well, my dad listened intently to my chatting on and on about writing and encouraged me to do more with it. He was not the type of dad that wore suits to work. Actually he probably wore them when I was very little, but I don’t remember them as I got older.

He loved music, art and plays. So, that is what he took us to. We spent hours in museums looking at modern art, attending concerts or sing a-longs, and once a year going to a play at the Kennedy Center.

He took us to his mother’s apartment too. She lived not to faraway our house. I wrote about visiting her on Sundays in my post Sitting Straight and Tall on Sunday awhile back. She wasn’t always an easy person, but my dad taught me that treating her with dignity was important.

My dad was raised in a very formal home by parents that loved him, but weren’t big on letting him know that or that is the impression I have always had of them. He is not very formal, but he brought with him into adulthood some of the formality he grew up with. Although he has more and more shared how much he loves me. I don’t think his parents were big on saying words of love.

I grew up knowing my dad knew about a lot of things. He was always reading book and newspapers to gain more knowledge. You could ask him about any topic and he seemed to know something about it.

It was hard to really feel like I really knew him when I was little. My parents divorced when I was eight and we saw him mostly on Sundays. As I grew up, I got to know him better and learned that there are many dads that don’t wear suits and every dad is unique and special.

As I mentioned, we don’t get to see him often, but JDaniel has recently decided he likes to call him on the phone and draw him pictures. I am so glad they have made a connection.

I am also thankful that my dad is part of my life and that he shared with me the interests that he loved.

This post is linked to Pour Your Heart Out and Alphabe-Thursday.

Father’s Day Sunday

June 19, 2011 By Deirdre