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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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Giant Black Widow Spider
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Learn how to make pompoms from a plastic bag and make this giant black widow spider
It’s so simple and you don’t even need wool, so you can make this project right away from stuff you are bound to have at home. Make your spooky spider from a black bin liner (refuse sack) so that it looks just like an enormous black widow spider. When finished, this spider is about 450mm or (18 inches) across.
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The legs are just made from a rolled up pieces of printer paper, and are a modern version of papier mâché. Papier mâché uses glue and paper to make hard wood like structures. In this case the paper is rolled and glued using a coating of PVA (Elmer’s white glue) to give a hard durable leg. Four of the eight legs have a coat hanger wire in them and that means that you can bend the legs to support its body in a really spooky, spidery way. The legs can be decorated with glue gun glue (hot melt) to give long delicate surface features and after they have been painted black, the raised features can be painted in a gorgeous bright dayglo red or for a really spooky finish you could even use glow in the dark paint.
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The end result is a beautiful table or window decoration perfect for a festival like Halloween. For a really apply glue gun glue at the ends of the legs and glue onto glass windows or big patio doors, (later the glue will be easy to remove from the glass), or pin the ends of the legs to a curtain with safety pins to make it look like the spider is scuttling up the curtain. Perfect for any time of year, parties or specially suitable as a festive celebration decoration.
The instructions come in both A4 and US Letter size, all you have to do is click on the size you want to download it. These instructions also include the templates that will help you make the pompom discs the right size.
 
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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
are gorgeous, and the instructions
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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