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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.
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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.
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Make a Shaun the Sheep
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Made from an old sock and a pompom, this Shaun the Sheep is just like one of Wallace and Gromit′s inventions
Ever since the cheese loving inventor and his dog were first shown on the BBC in 1989, Wallace and Gromit have been a favourite of children and adults alike. Shaun the Sheep first starred in the third Nick Park / Aardman Animations short film Academy Award winning film, ‘A Close Shave’ (in 1995), as the sheep who unwittingly fell in to Wallace’s Knit-O-Matic while trying to escape Preston, a ruthless, sheep rustling robotic dog. (You might be interested to know that Bob Baker, who co-wrote “A Close Shave” also co-created Doctor Who’s famous robot dog, K9.
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Since then, Shaun has gone on to star in his own TV series and because the kids loved it so much, we decided to take a fluffy pompom sheep and make it look like Shaun, using an old white sock and our trusty glue gun.
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It’s very easy to make and should only take you about 15 minutes to complete, once you have made the fluffy pompom sheep .
Take one old white sock, cut it up and glue it like this...
(make sure you ask the owner of the sock first)
Now make take one pompom sheep and follow these instructions to assemble your Shaun
 Take one fluffy pompom sheep (before you have stuck the legs on) and trim back the wool to make it look like Shaun. Take care to leave a tuft of wool over his head. But for the rest, you can trim away as much as you want... Shaun had a very close shave!
- Make the jumper body from an old sock, by cutting it down and gluing it with a glue gun as shown.
- BEFORE YOU GLUE HIS LEGS ON Push Shaun body inside the jumper body, making sure his hair tuft pokes out
- Thread the front legs into small knitted tubes which were made from the old cut up sock. Cut the tops at slight angles to match the curve of his body and glue gun in place making sure that they are vertical and that Shaun stands horizontally.
- The back legs do not have jumper arms and so can be glued straight on to the body. If you want, cut the sock back slightly and glue the legs directly onto the pompom.
- When the jumper is on colour in the stripes with felt tip pens or paint the wool with acrylic paint.
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Make toys from junk
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You can make the most incredible toys using just about any old junk. Kids love things to be quick, so get busy with a glue gun with its instant, incredible sticking power and the ability to glue almost anything to anything. Suddenly an old detergent bottle has so many exciting possibilities.  Combine that with a can of quick drying spray paint and a permanent marker, and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to be, well, a rocket scientist, or an engineer, or a magician. The toys you can make from junk are amazing and the most fun to play with and you’ll find you can add engineer and magician to your growing list of titles. Simple, easy to follow downloadable instructions and graphic printer sheets will help you and
your kids make the most fantastic looking models. This canoe was made out of two shampoo bottles and really floats; great
All our downloads
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couldn't be easier to follow, with projects from the simplest to the most advanced, all explained in beautiful pictorial detail. The instructions are all original and like nothing else you'll find on the web. What’s more, we've made them all and had a lot of fun making them, so even before you start, you'll know it can be done. On dadcando you’ll find projects for every skill level, and my kids have play tested every model, so we know they work in the playability department as well.
In fact, it must be said, often they have more play value than expensive shop bought toys.. Don't worry if you don't have exactly the same junk as us, making things from junk is not an exact science; let your creativity and problem solving skills show through. When making from junk there are no rules. Start collecting empty packaging right now and within a week or two you'll have enough to build your first model from Junk.
Making stuff from junk is a great way to recycle your rubbish, and very soon, just like your children, when you see an empty ice cream carton, a wire coat hanger, or a used Tetrapak you won't see rubbish, you'll see a rocket port, a ship, or a dog kennel.
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