As a kid we were never aware of Father's Day or Mother's Day and hence we never celebrated them in India. Greetings card were meant for birthdays and New Year. No one knew about Hallmark or Archie's Gallery.
Greetings card were mostly hand made.
Those were white colored blank greetings card where we would draw pictures, decorate with some stickers or die cuts and put up a favorite quote.
Slowly things changed. With globalization , everyone is caught up the fever of "special day". I sometimes forget the count of these special days. There is Friendship day, Rose day,Valentine's day and lots of others. Am not going to debate on whether we should celebrate these or not, but sometimes I feel it is beautiful to express affection and warmth on these special days.
As the Father's Day is approaching, I thought of making a handmade card for Lil S's Baba! We used felt sheet, little bit of ribbon,lots of glittery color and off course the shoes for imprint!
And if you wonder why I am into making a hand made card, the reason is both of my parents are creative and energetic. Amongst the many teachings they instilled, they also helped me to develop an affinity for doing DIY.
My father even made a Guitar for himself. Those days there was no YouTube, figuring out a new project all by himself must have been tough, but he did it!
Creating best out of the waste was my brother's mantra! I remember instances when he would save shavings out of pencil and would put them to decorate a greetings card! When I look back at these memories I feel sad that many of these projects have been misplaced. I don't even have a picture, they are only etched in my memory.
Back to today's project. The project is fairly simple, with a toddler who is always grabbing my legs, standing next to me and try to reach things out of the table, I could use only 15 mins or so to create this project.
I had fun in making this project.
Each day we try to make Lil S grow up to a responsible and respectful adult.Whether you celebrate the Father's Day with a card or with a hug, let us enjoy the little things! And Father's Day is probably not only meant for our Father, but can be extended to the other Father figures in our lives.
Did you look into our previous attempts of toddler craft? They can be accessed from here
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