Mess free guarantee with this fun Father’s Dad card craft!
Are you looking for a Father’s Day card craft activity for your baby or toddler without worrying about messy hands or clothes..? Then our mess free Father’s Day card craft is the solution!
By using a freezer bag babies and toddlers can have finger painting fun without the mess. So look no further than this activity for your fantastic mess free Father’s Day card. Let me show you how…
To create the card you need:
- Piece of white card,
- Paint (I’ve used 6 colors, but you can use whatever you have at home),
- Freezer bag,
- Tape,
- Blu tack, and
- Scissors.
Father’s Day card craft – easy to make and mess free.
And here is how you do your mess free Father’s Day card craft. Depending on the age of your child you can set this activity on a high chair, table or the floor.
- Fold the card in half and use the blu tack to secure the card to the table; you can also use tape, but just be careful you don’t rip the card when removing it from the table.
- With your child’s help apply dollops of various colors of pain around the card.
- Carefully place the card into the freezer bag and secure around all edges onto the table using the tape.
- Show your child how to mix the colors and make swirly patterns – let them explore and have a play with the paint and the different colors.
- Once your child has finished, remove the card from the freezer bag. Throw the freezer bag away along with any other mess.
- On the inside of the card write your child’s message to the Dad.
Not just play, this activity helps development too.
- It is a simple way to introduce art to babies and toddlers.
- It is good for developing hand-eye coordination.
- This is a sensory activity, as your child is moving the paint around with their fingers – not a paintbrush.
- Helps develop fine motor skills.
- Can help with color recognition too, be sure to chat about the colors you are using. Its a great way to experiment and demonstrate what happens to primary colors when they are mixed together.
If you have enjoyed this mess free Father’s Day card craft then please do check out some of our recent activities from KiddyCharts:
- Does your LO enjoy sensory activities? Check out our Sensory bottles for babies and toddlers activity,
- Or how about a sensory activity which your LO can also eat, Baby sensory finger painting. And, how about
- If your LO likes Dr Seuss, what about one of our 25 Dr Seuss activities and crafts.
Or what about these great Father’s Day activities from the web:
- Father’s Day footprint cards from Crafty Morning,
- For the DIY Dad’s, An engraved hammer craft from i can teach my child, and
- Something for Dad from all ages! Homemade Father’s Day gifts that kids can make from Happy Hooligans.
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Enjoy!
Helen Neale
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!