|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Cautionary Tales For Children
Wonderful witty poems great for reading to your children. The stories and rhymes will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research has shown how important YOU are to your children and how as a dad the things you do, and keep on doing, really count, whether you live with them, or you are a single dad and are only able see them once a month, once a week or more, what you do really matters. This site is dedicated to all dads but will be of special relevance to the single dad. Remember, you are half the reason your children exist and they need you whether you live with them or not. As their dad, you have what it takes to make their lives successful and fulfilling no matter how often you see them. This site is about all the positive things that we as parents have to offer our children.
|
|
|
|
Magical Ink-pot
|
161
 24075
|
Easy to make, Magical Ink-pots
One can behold no more useful an accompaniment to the quill, than the magical ink pot. Waiting deep inside its velvet inky blackness, are all the words for all the tales that have yet to be told. Your task is to discover them and order them to your bidding. However, be sure to utter the Ink Pot Ode as an incantation, before you embark upon the creation of your great opus, and heed the commonsense therein.
. . .
Your Magical Ink-pot which will be made using a few old kitchen cleaner bottle caps or a single serving drinks bottle, will look utterly fabulous, and besides, it’s a great way to keep your feather quill on your desk. No serious wizard or witch would think about starting their new term without it.
. . .
There is more than one way to make our ink pot and it all depends on what junk you have at hand to make it with. Any small juice bottle (single serving) or small shampoo or conditioner bottle may be cut down to size, sprayed black and simply made in to the finest looking Magical Ink-pot. Because the finishing touch of any magical ink-pot is the label, you'll find that we have provided three different sizes of label on the label download. The label also cleverly covers up the join in the bottles that you have cut down to size. To make sure that it goes round properly, stick it on at the front first, and then wrap both ends round to the back, trimming to the correct length at the back for a really neat finish.
. . .
Download, the graphic printable bottle labels and whichever instructions best fit your needs, and get making magic. One set of instructions will show you how to make the ink-pot from three old packaging lids, the other, how to make the ink-pot from a small, single serving bottle. Make a different one with each of your children (if you magically have more than one), or for each colour of ink. The instructions and all the graphic printable templates are available in both A4 and US Letter size downloads just click on the size you need to download it.
Ink-pot making instructions using packaging lids
Choose these instructions if you have collected some packaging lids that you can use to make your ink-pot.
 
Ink-pot making instructions using small drink bottle
Choose these instructions if you have a small bottle that you can use to make your ink-pot.
Ink-pot label printable
Download and print off these labels to add the finishing touch to your Magical Ink-pot.
|
|
|
OR |
|
161
 24075
|
 |
Posted by tuskel - Since I made two quills, red and blue, I thought it would be fun to make the colour changing ink that is mentioned in Philosopher's Stone. Harry buys some in Diagon Alley. However, the name of the wizarding stationery shop is never mentioned. There is one in Hogsmeade, called Scrivenshaft's though (as mentioned in Prisoner of Azkaban) and I figured they must sell some, too. This bottle is made of a water bottle - surely recognisable - and painted inside with different acrylic paints - red, blue and ochre mixed with black. After it was almost dry (we just couldn't wait!), I taped it up and added the labels.
|
 |
Posted by luppie05 - I painted the feather with red patina because it was a little damaged because i glued it to the table. But i think it only looks better! Like a real phoenix feather! I painted the inkpot with nail polish, hihi
|
 |
Posted by puffleprincess - I made these for my youngest son and I have really enjoyed making them thank you for your site.
|
 |
Posted by yoyomax12 - This was made using a powerade (Gatorade) bottle.
|
 |
Posted by bjohnson - Thanks for making this project so easy and fun!
|
 |
Posted by macca - This was surprising easy to do and so impressive. I'd recommend anyone to try it out!
|
 |
Posted by sausages - I used these really funky smoothie bottles and painted them black. I stuck the fabby labels from dadcando on and shoved a pretty gem stone cork in the top!!!
|
 |
Posted by harrypotter123 - The label on this ink pot is from this website. I am telling this because the label cannot be seen. I used the second instructions of it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lovely little MicroBooks
|
|
Sitting in the car on those long journeys back wards and forwards from mum’s to dad’s, going on that special weekend or second holiday with their dad, often kids of separated parents do a lot of traveling and have a lot to keep in their heads. So what better than a little pocket sized notebook to write and sketch down all those important thoughts. These fun little origami MicroBooks are a really simple project that anyone can tackle. They’re easy to fold up and really nice to fill in and keep. They’re perfect for kids because they don’t have loads and loads of pages that will never get written in, and they're small enough to fit in a pocket or a small bag. They've got to be the simplest form of origami on the web.
My kids showed me how to make a micro-book in about five minutes, it's so quick and easy.
The instructions and the lovely graphic printables are free to download.
So even if you only have a few minutes to spare, this is a perfect project to do.
There’s a couple of holiday diaries, perfect for keeping happy memories of a lovely time with dad. There are books for doodling, and writing, and even ones packed with interesting facts, enough to keep anyone busy.
There’s a special new MicroBook full of all the best wizard’s spells, charms, hexes and curses, just perfect for all those budding wizard Harry Potter fans. Click here to be magically transported to the spells MicroBook page.
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
