Fathers Day Week Activities

Fathers Day is coming up this Sunday 21st June , 2009. This weeks activities are to celebrate and honor our Dad.

Artsy Monday

This is a cute card project just right for Dad.You can find all the instructions here . This project is suitable for kids 3 and up. It takes about 30 minutes to finish.

You will need paper, glue , scissors and crayons.

Print this template and get started to have some fun.

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Cooking Tuesday

Bake some cookies for Fathers day this year and decorate them with dad.

What you need:

Frozen Sugar cookie dough

Cookie Cutters

Icing

Sprinkles or candy for decoration

What to do:

Thaw the sugar cookie dough and then cut it into different fun shapes. Bake them as per instructions.

Once the cookies are cold, cover them with with icing (store bought) and decorate them with candies or sprinkles.

Some of the icings available in the grocery store come with sprinkles for decoration. A great idea for Fathers day would be to cut the cookie into the different alphabets to make up the word DAD .

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Virtual Wednesday

Some fun , touching songs for Dad for Fathers Day.

* Let Dad know how special he is with this adorable Father's Day song. This will touch the heart of even the roughtest and toughest Dad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMCJ5zylCJ0* "My Dad" is a fun song for dads. Play it for your dad on father's day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9X6S-PPRso

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Scientific Thursday

Magical Inflating Balloon

Nothing is funnier than watching Dad blow Birthday balloons. His cheeks puff out, his face turns red. Show Dad how to inflate balloons using the scientific principles of heat and expansion.

You will need:

A bowl , a bottle and a balloon.

Steps:

1.Fill the bowl with ice cold water

2.Fill the bottle with hot boiling water.

3. Let them sit seperately for a minute.

4.Now empty out the bottle.

5. Immediately stretch a balloon over the mouth of the bottle making sure no air can escape.

6.Immerse the bottle in the bowl of cold water.

7.Now watch as the balloon gets pulled in and inflated inside the bottle.

The hot water heats the bottle and stretching the balloon over the mouth of the bottle immediately after pouring the water traps this warm air. If a gas is heated in a container that prevents expansion, the pressure of the gas increases. When the bottle is placed in cold water the air in the bottle cools and contracts causing the pressure inside the bottle to be lower than the pressure outside the bottle. This causes outside air to be drawn in, pulling the balloon in and inflating it inside the bottle.

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Fun Friday

Some Funny Fathers Day Jokes:
A little girl asked her dad," You are the boss in our house , right?" The dad happily said, "Yes, I am". The little girl continued ,"That's because Mommy said so, right?"

One day a Dad trying to discpline his children called his kids and said "The person who listens to Mommy, who does'nt talk back to her , and does what she says will win a prize". The three kids said," We know , we know , you get the prize"