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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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Your Alethiometers
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I would like to say it looks easy, but I think challenging is more accurate. Nevertheless it is really worth it to put all your modelling skills to good practice and make the best looking Alethiometer that you can.
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It goes without saying (I hope) that if you make an Alethiometer, tell us about it, we love to see a picture of it. So, when you've made one and taken a picture of it, don't forget to post it in your dadcando page.
If any more inspiration was needed, we have already been sent a picture of these two lovely Alethiometers made by Mark for his son Dominic, and made by the Alethiometrist, Danielle.
You can get the plans and instructions to make your own Golden Compass on dadcando,
here.
Dominic’s and Mark’s Alethiometer
Our Alethiometer is made from MDF cut on a CNC router, and the "glass" is a piece of acrylic which I put in an oven and placed over a ring and pressed gently with a cloth to make the bulge.
That is so cool, doesn’t that make you want to make one.
Danielle’s Alethiometer
Oh, have I made an Alethiometer? See the attached pictures. Let's just say I'm a bit obsessed with the Alethiometer. *sigh* I'd love to see your version of it!
Well you don’t have to wait any more… it’s up on line right here on dadcando. I still l love yours though.
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Lovely little MicroBooks
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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.
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