Daily Archives: June 15, 2020

Our family loves a good countdown. And I mean LOVES! We make them for just about every holiday… ok, we make them on any old day, but especially on holidays. That said, we have never made an hourly countdown for Father’s Day. When I suggested to my daughters that we make one for their Daddy they were so excited. They couldn’t wait to get started on creating the perfect countdown.

What We Used To Make Our Countdown:

Construction paper

Scissors

Tape

Paint

Paint brushes

String

Clothespins

How To Make The Shirt & Tie Card

1. Fold the construction paper in half.
2. Make a small cut in the center of the front of the card.
3. Fold down both sides where the cut is to make the collar.
4. Draw a tie onto a white piece of paper and cut it out.
5. Decorate the tie. We used the back of the paintbrush to create the dots that you see on our ties.
6. Write the time you would like the card to be opened at the top of the tie.
7. Glue the tie under the collar of a shirt.
8. In each card, have your children write a special message to Daddy, or write down different activities you can do as a family.
9. Once you are ready to hang them up, add a piece of tape to the inside corner of the card to keep the cards closed.

We decided to make 10 shirts. Our countdown will go from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Here’s Is What We Wrote In Each Card:

8:00 a.m. Sit back and relax, we are going to make you breakfast.

9:00 a.m. Let’s Go sit in the screened in porch together. Bring your coffee and relax.

10:00 a.m. Daddy, lets go take a walk on the beach and collect shells.

11:00 a.m. Sit down Daddy, we have a special garden poster to read to you. See here. Father’s Day Gifts

12:00 p.m. Us girls are going to cook you lunch. Sit back and relax.

1:00 p.m. Let’s go swim in the pool!

2:00 p.m. We challenge you to a card game. Your choice.

3:00 p.m. Let’s go build sand castles. I’ll race you to the beach!

4:00 p.m. Time for presents!

5 p.m. Go relax, Daddy, we’re cooking you dinner.

Comment down below and let me know what you think of our countdown.

*Adult supervision is required*