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Cautionary Tales For Children
Wonderful witty poems great for reading to your children. The stories and rhymes will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
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Research has shown how important YOU are to your children and how as a dad the things you do, and keep on doing, really count, whether you live with them, or you are a single dad and are only able see them once a month, once a week or more, what you do really matters. This site is dedicated to all dads but will be of special relevance to the single dad. Remember, you are half the reason your children exist and they need you whether you live with them or not. As their dad, you have what it takes to make their lives successful and fulfilling no matter how often you see them. This site is about all the positive things that we as parents have to offer our children.
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Make a Homer's D'oh nut trophy
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It's made from two plastic carrier bags in under an hour, but it looks good enough to eat
Was it worth the wait? Only you can decide, but finally, the long awaited Simpson’s Movie arrived to a great fanfare and a loyal audience. OK, so the film was only in 2D, but you can make Homer Simpson’s Doughnut in real 3D! All the instructions you need to make it are right here on dadcando. Using only two lightweight carrier bags plastic grocery bags), some sticky tape and a bit of glue gun glue, prepare to step into the world of modern, no-wait papier mâché.
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This is papier mâché with a difference. Instead of bits of paper you are going to use old carrier bags to give your model bulk and form. Instead of wet glue , you are going to use masking tape, so you won’t have to wait for ages for it to dry. The effect is amazing and if you follow these simple instructions, the doughnut will look good enough to eat.
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Award your trophy to someone special who’s a Springfield fan, give it as a birthday present. Of course, you don’t have to make a trophy out of the doughnut. You could finish it and put it as a work of art in a box frame and hang it on the wall. Or you could make three with different brightly coloured icings, and arrange them in a row as an ironic homage to Andy Warhol, and the closest your going to get to making a pop tart into pop art!
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Remember to be careful when using lots of glue gun glue. Hot melt is very hot and can give you a nasty burn. If you get it on your skin rub it off as quickly as possible and run cold water over the affected area for a minute or two. Put the glue gun away and out of reach of small children when you are finished with it.
This is really a very easy model to make, and it will show you how you can use glue gun glue (hot melt) to do a form of rudimentary modelling. Instructions are available in both US Letter format and A4 format, just click on the page image to download the instructions you want to use.
 
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Posted by artzy1 - This is my d'oh nut example. I teach at a summer camp and I could kick myself for not getting a picture of the entire tray my class created. The everything bagel was my favorite!
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Posted by vbell06 - This is my Homer's Doh'nut
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Posted by Demodemo - My dad helped me with my D'oh-Nut. We painted the icing pink and then use clear spray paint to make it shiny and stick the sugar strands on, which my mum bought those specially.
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Posted by esol13 - This is us with our d'ohnuts that we made! We decided not to make the trophy because they looked good enough to eat!
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Posted by tyep - Had a little trouble with dissolving sprinkles, but the white glue trick worked.
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Funky pompoms
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 Dadcando has some truly amazing funky pompom projects, and making a pompom couldn't be easier or more instantly rewarding. You don't even have to have wool, you can make a pompom from any lightweight plastic bag, bin-liner or sandwich bag.
This tiny little pompom was made from a transparent blue plastic sandwich bag. Perfect for making little pompom creatures to decorate the top of your pens and pencils.
All you need is a piece of cardboard, which you cut into two same sized rings.
You bundle up some wool into 2m lengths and thread them through the rings about 8 at a time (or a plastic bag).
Keep threading the wool through the ring until you can't fit any more through.
Push the tip of a pair of scissors into the wool and between the discs inside and cut round the rim.
Tie a few lengths of wool round the pompom bundle between the cardboard discs and then remove the discs by slipping them off the wool or cutting them.
 That's it. It couldn't be much simpler, but it is only the start. Both boys and girls love making pompoms and dadcando's projects have easy to follow instructions and the beautifully designed printed image patterns will make sure that your pompom looks fabulous as well as being something really wacky and memorable, and they’re all so quick and easy to do.
So, beg or borrow a ball of wool off someone to get you going, or visit your local fabric shop and buy a ball or two. There are some crazy wools out there, have a look at the wonderful pompom William designed in Your Models, using a fun multicoloured wool. I guarantee once you start making pompoms with your kids, they won't want to stop.
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