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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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Ratchet's Spaceship
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Make Ratchet and Clank’s Spaceship and look like a professional model maker
This is such an easy and pleasing project and has given my children hours of fun. If you don’t have the right bottles, don’t panic… use your ingenuity, or go out and buy products that are the right shape. Use up (or decant into old bottles) the contents and you’re all set to go.
I really couldn't be easier to make and wow! see what a different a paint job makes. Because the washing up liquid bottle (canopy part) was made of clear plastic, we sprayed the inside of that black before sticking it to the body. That way it looks very shiny when finished. However, if you do that you must remember to mask off the window part before spraying the rest of the body colour. Once the red (or any other body colour you like) was sprayed, we just used artists acrylic paints to finish it of. Use a wash of black make certain parts look old, worn out or dirty. Paint contrasting colours as lines and rings in certain places to add detail, add alien looking numbers or letters if you want, or look at the ratchet and Clank Spaceship on the console game to get some ideas about what to paint on the bodywork.
So what are you waiting for? The download comes in both US Letter size and A4 (click on the size you need to download). The download also comes with a special wing template to make cutting out the shape of the wing easier. For our wings we used foam board, but any thick or corrugated cardboard would be just as good for the job. Tip: If you use corrugated card you could seal up the edge of the wing with glue gun glue to give a better finish.
 
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Make toys from junk
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You can make the most incredible toys using just about any old junk. Kids love things to be quick, so get busy with a glue gun with its instant, incredible sticking power and the ability to glue almost anything to anything. Suddenly an old detergent bottle has so many exciting possibilities.  Combine that with a can of quick drying spray paint and a permanent marker, and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to be, well, a rocket scientist, or an engineer, or a magician. The toys you can make from junk are amazing and the most fun to play with and you’ll find you can add engineer and magician to your growing list of titles. Simple, easy to follow downloadable instructions and graphic printer sheets will help you and
your kids make the most fantastic looking models. This canoe was made out of two shampoo bottles and really floats; great
All our downloads
are gorgeous, and the instructions
couldn't be easier to follow, with projects from the simplest to the most advanced, all explained in beautiful pictorial detail. The instructions are all original and like nothing else you'll find on the web. What’s more, we've made them all and had a lot of fun making them, so even before you start, you'll know it can be done. On dadcando you’ll find projects for every skill level, and my kids have play tested every model, so we know they work in the playability department as well.
In fact, it must be said, often they have more play value than expensive shop bought toys.. Don't worry if you don't have exactly the same junk as us, making things from junk is not an exact science; let your creativity and problem solving skills show through. When making from junk there are no rules. Start collecting empty packaging right now and within a week or two you'll have enough to build your first model from Junk.
Making stuff from junk is a great way to recycle your rubbish, and very soon, just like your children, when you see an empty ice cream carton, a wire coat hanger, or a used Tetrapak you won't see rubbish, you'll see a rocket port, a ship, or a dog kennel.
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