Girl in Air BLOG: Father's Day

Isn't this the CUTEST gift for DAD?!
A photo of dad and son inside a hollowed out light bulb on a chalkboard block!!!
Perfect to write how much you LOVE your dad!

Another option is to make a wire heart and screw a socket to the block.

There are so many wonderful FUN colors of wire!
Aren't they just so COOL!
I got the idea HERE

Let's make one!

What you need:

Pliers
Light Bulb
Wire
Wood Block
Chalkboard Paint
Mini Clothes Pin/Socket

First I cut few blocks from left over lumber and sanded the edges.
One is cut from a 4x4 and the other with the socket is from a 2x6.
{I cut a few extra to add to my Etsy shop and for my Farmers Market booth}

Then painted my block with a couple of coats of chalkboard paint. You can also make your own chalkboard paint in fun colors just by adding non-sanded grout to any flat paint. Like I did for my Art Activity Wall

While the paint dries...Hollow out the light bulb...This is surprisingly easy!
I found a great tutorial HERE

I used an old burnt out light bulb and some small pliers.

I worked over a towel and just twisted and turned til the insides all came out...
who knew how easy it was to hollow out a light bulb?!
Simply wash out the bulb with soap and water...
you don't even need to scrub..... it rises out so clean!

I thought I would try my hand at wire writing and put the word D A D in the light bulb! After watching a few You Tube video's on wire writing...

I had a total project FAIL!!!
Not only does it look AWFUL but it's way to big to go inside a light bulb...
Maybe you will be better at wire writing than me....

So I just went with a simple heart...
I did have to bend the heart a little to insert it and then put 2 screwdrivers up the bulb to carefully flatten out each side of the heart.
Then I hot glued the wire to the inside of the bulb so it stands upright.
{if NOT using a socket, make a hole with a nail, insert wire and hot glue wire and bulb to block}

I found this old socket in one of the hubby's toolboxes
and screwed it to the painted 2x6 block.
{Is it wrong to make the hubby a Father's Day Gift with items you 'steal' from his garage}

and....the hubby already has this on his office desk!

I had so much fun making this that I have been searching for items small enough to fit up a light bulb...While you can use a larger light bulb the opening is still the same size...

I found some tiny clothes pins at the craft store and glued them on the end of the wire and added a photo.

Oh the possibles are endless to be creative with a light bulb...search light bulb on Pinterest and you will see terrariums to fish bowls to potted plants!

I think a set of 4 light bulbs on a longer board with the letters L.O.V.E would look awesome too....

What will you put up your light bulb?
Dried Flowers, Letters, Numbers, A LOVE Note Clay Shapes???

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Happy Father's Day!

This is a FUN project for kids~!

You can see my stamp tutorial post HERE

My outdoor stamping station.

Since my last tutorial, I bought an anvil and a NEW

'prettier font' stamp set from.....

Beaducation

Stop by and check out their site....it has some GREAT online classes, stamp sets, and tons of design ideas

I made up a few to give the kids some ideas

I love you

dad

#1 dad

world's best dad

I got a list of names so I could stamp before hand about 40 or so names took me about an hour.

So 'dad' was on one side with the child's name on the back

I left the names uncolored so the kids could choose

what color they wanted to use

Then I stamped a bunch of toppers

i love, world's best, #1, and we love

for more choices.

So once the kids found the stamp with their name, picked a topper, a color, then they could decide to make a keychain or a hanger for a rearview mirror or office for DAD~~

Kids LOVE choices and making a gift for DAD!