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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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Permanent markers
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A very quick way to let your kids personalise your models giving them detail and character
Surface decoration really makes a difference to the look of your models. You can paint them with emulsion or spray, but a very quick way to finish them off is by drawing on them with a permanent marker.
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Permanent markers write on anything, permanently, so be careful with your clothes.  The best one to have for most uses is the bullet point type, like the medium one shown here, although it is useful to have a thinner one, the type of marker that is used to write on CDs or overhead projector film is ideal. And of course, because you want things to be fun, why not get a huge jumbo marker, they're not expensive and the kids are always have fun colouring in using such a big pen and such a lot of black ink! They come in a very basic range of colours, and are perfect for adding names and little details to models that you have sprayed or painted over all one colour. Always write something on your models, it is an important finishing step. Let your kids name the model and or think up and design imaginary organisations and logos. If the model needs a number, then why not use a number special to them, their age or their favourite number. Play is all about buying in to the fantasy and these finishing touches and little personalisations, add a huge amount of playability to any homemade model. Don't forget that permanent markers now come in gold and sliver and that they can be used to colour over a whole range of cardboards and plastics to give a good, bright, metallic finish, instantly.
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Before you actually put pen to model, first type what you want to write on your model, on your computer at about the right size, in a type font that you like or is particularly suitable, i.e. the NASA font for spaceships, or a stencil font for hardware, for example. Then using it as reference, copy the text onto the model using the marker. Or look for reference images of real versions of your model and copy their sponsorship and logos on to your model, you’ll be surprised at the difference a few carefully placed graphics will make to your model.
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This floating canoe only took about 30 minutes to make. It’s not painted, but it is completely transformed by the name drawn on to it.
All the time we were making this, my son was itching to put the name on it. He came up with name, Waterdart 2006, even before we started making the model.
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Crafty things to do
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You don't have
to be an expert craftster
to enjoy dadcando craft projects. All our projects are designed with children in mind, and all explained in simple steps that will give you great results every time. But, even if you are experienced in the art of crafting, we're sure you'll find interesting projects here that are new and different. Bind your own book and cover it with an old pair of trousers! Or learn the modern art of papier mâché, where you can make this gorgeous
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D'oh Nut
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using
masking tape . . . . . . . . . and couple of plastic grocery bags. Even where we explain more tradition crafts, like painting a T-shirt, we add details to make sure that you and your children get the best results.
Dadcando′s projects are driven by what
kids want, and so you'll find many of
of them are based on films, books
and console games.
Where necessary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
our projects are supplied with lovely . .
download printables of the highest quality so that your models and craft will always look as close as possible like the pictures of the finished projects you see on the pages of dadcando.
Now on dadcando you can upload pictures of the things that you have made and not only show your friends but win prizes in one of the regular competitions we run for the best uploaded pictures. So what are you waiting for?
It's time to get crafting with dadcando and see what you can do.
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