Try this simple and easy craft ideal for just about any age.
Custom Notepad
A pad of paper for jotting down notes and reminders is an office and entryway essential. Use a big block notepad as a canvas for your creativity, and you have a useful and personal gift. Dad will think of you every time he puts pen to paper.
To Customize a Notepad
Wrap a rubber band around a notepad cube, to hold the pages together, and then write greetings and draw pictures on 2 sides using a broad-tip marker. (Fine tips will get caught between the pages.) Move rubber band, and decorate the other 2 sides. Tie the notepad with a colorful ribbon. As an added gift, slide a pen under the bow.
Martha Stewart’s Favorite Crafts for Kids: 175 Fun Projects to Create, Build, Design, Explore, and Share is on sale starting June 18, 2013 on Amazon.com and at your favorite bookseller. The book is a collection of creative and educational crafts projects that parents and kids (ages 3-12) will love to create together. The projects fun, but also serve a practical purpose: kids can wear, decorate, and play with what they make.
Projects include Pipe Cleaner Pals and Paper Bag Puppets (for animal lovers), Water Fireworks and Solar System Bedroom (for little scientists), Elephant Stilts and Carpet-Tile Hopscotch (for the most energetic kiddos), and Schoolwork Scrapbooks and Cereal Box Organizers (to keep all ducks in a row). The book is full color with detailed, photograph instructions; there is also a photo glossary of items needed for a well-stocked craft shelf and a section on basic craft skills like a simple running stitch and papier mache.
