I think both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are such a great time to hand-make some gifts for parents, from kids.  There’s something so special about receiving something that your child really did have a hand in creating for you. I like to suggest offering some other kind of gift *in addition* (LOL) but Father’s Day wouldn’t feel like Father’s Day without a cute craft! This year, I decided to make these cute DIY portrait keychains with the kids for Kyle.

Kyle recently moved into a new house in the city, and I thought a keychain would be a useful gift that had some sentimentality. I love using shrinky dink paper for crafts since it really does shrink down into the cutest size and preserve drawings, shapes, and letters in miniature.  For this project, I had the kids draw portraits of Kyle and sign their names. Then we made them into a keychain! My kids wanted to draw big portraits, but you could also make the drawing space a bit smaller if you want the keychain to fit in dad’s pocket. We also made a “Letter To Dad” for Kyle to keep on his desk or in his glove compartment. It’s always so sweet to hear the message that the kids want to write for him.  I hope he loves this gift as much as the kids loved making it! I’m linking the exact kit I used to make this because it was awesome and had all the keychain supplies too!

Materials:

• 1 Shrinky Dink Kit
• Colorful Permanent Markers
• Scissors
• Hole punch (Included in the above kit)
• Baking Sheet
• Parchment Paper