Sharing DAD photos.....

Ok, I know. Sharing this idea again??? Just so you know, I share it every year :) For one, there are new followers who might not know about this idea, and two, I gives everyone a good reminder.

Father's Day is coming up now that is officially June 1st! I thought I would post this idea "early" giving you 3 weeks to "craft" this up. And with the magic of 1 hour photo you could even wait until the day before Father's day and still get this gift put together in time! 

It's a "tradition" to give this gift on Father's day and yes Dad knows it's coming and expects it, but it's one of his favorite gifts. :) 

1. Snatch up some wooden letters - you need 1 "D" and 1 "A" 

2. Photograph your children with the letters. 1 Letter for each photo

3. Pick our your favorite shots and edit if necessary. Submit to your local 1 hour photo. 

4. While your prints are being processed shop for a frame that has 3 slots/openings for your pictures! 

Put it all together and gift it to Dad on Father's day! 

More options?:

What about gifting one to "GRANDPA" or "PAPA"

Do you have a lot of kids? Spell out the word "FATHER" instead of Dad. 

Update each year for Father's Day and store last years pictures behind the current year. Then reminisce each year on how much your kids/family and your photography skills have grown! ;) 

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The man we call DAD

As promised here is our Father's Day photo for this year. My Daughter was getting her haircut Friday morning so I really wanted to put off doing this year's pictures until that was done. About an hour after her appointment we were snapping photos and in 5 minutes we had our gift done! Love that! and of course Dad did too!
I wanted to share this DARLING Grandpa version for those who need to "see" the idea to be get their creativity going. What adorable grandkids he has! and they took the photos each at their own house on their own time and then sent them all to one person to create the masterpiece. SO you too can pull off something this fun and cute even if you don't live near your relatives! and it looks like they cut their letters from posterboard too! Kuddos to these crafty gals! Thank you for sending me your photo and sharing your excitment for this project! I love to hear back from you!

I hope everyone had fun giving all the handmade gifts, cards, paper neckties (giggle), etc. this Father's day! xo - Meg

**update: - check the comments for links to others blog who posted their "DAD" photos as well!

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Have you thought about............

Father's Day coming up? This Week???? eek!

We are pretty traditional when it comes to Father's Day celebrations around here - BBQ, making a favorite dessert, maybe breakfast in bed, a few fun homemade gifts from the kids that they made at church, etc.

One tradition we started two years ago was the "Dad" photo. I posted my photos of this gift last year after Father's Day and had several bloggers comment they wish they could have done that. SO this year I am posting early - well sort of early ;)

What you do is go buy some larger wooden letters. You need 1 D and 1 A. They can be prepainted if you want them to be. Buy a frame that holds three photos horizontally. Then dress your kids up (or not) and take their photos holding one letter for each frame. It's probably just easiest if I show you. :)

Here is the first year we did it ('06)-

and here is the second year ('07) -

As you can see they cooperated much better the second year ;). The frame hangs in Daddy's Office with the previous years stacked behind the current year. I know how much my kids change each year but this is a fun way to have it documented. This is a great gift for Grandpa's too! You can do GPA or PAPA. Just find the right frame and the right letters and have fun! (and don't forget to stash away your letters until next year!)

I am not posting what this year's photos look like because Hubby is a daily reader of my blog also and I would want to spoil the surprise for him or the kids. :) I hope this was helpful for any Mom's searching for a Father's Day idea! OH! and thanks to Carrie of EMA Photography for sharing the idea many years ago!

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