craft thursday #1: father knows best framed picture

craft thursday #1 was a bit of a phony. since father's day was just a few days away, we used craft thursday as our time for making joe's father's day gift.

fyi: the project looked a lot different in my head.

the plan was to make a frame for some classic "father knows best" phrases. i got the idea and graphic here. i am having trouble locating the link for where i got this idea, but i will link to it when i find it.

the first things we needed were a large piece of cardboard (at least 10x12), a large piece of foil (also 10x12 minimum), pencil and scissors:


the cardboard was for mounting the graphic, the foil was for making the cardboard shiny, the pencil and scissors were for tracing and cutting out the cardboard/foil.

after the cardboard and foil were prepped, we placed the graphic on top:


here you can see what happens when your 4 year old pulls the graphic out of the printer before it's done printing and if you overreact and shout his name, he'll say "it's okay, mom!" and immediately you will know he's right:


the final step involved the children etching their names in the foil frame, like this:


sadly, this caused the foil to rip. boo!

thankfully there was a plan b, which was a bit less crafty and "homemade," pricier, and involved a trip to target: 

dad liked it anyway!