Every June, I spend a lot of time figuring out a good gift for Father’s Day. I want Hubby to know how much we appreciate him. And I want Buddy to make a part of it, because really the gift is from him (and not me). Finally, I want it to be useful in some way. That’s not an easy task.
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Last year, I saw some King of the Grill Father’s Day gifts with handprint lions. I liked the idea of handprints, but lions didn’t really seem like something Hubby would especially appreciate. Then I saw a picture of a grill and handprint flames, and I knew that would be a much better picture for us.
Hubby had been complaining about how bad our oven mitts were, so I decided to get some really nice ones for our project. I’ve similar handprint oven mitt gifts done with oven mitts from the dollar store. But I wanted nicer ones that would be an improvement on our current ones. I ordered these ones and we have really loved them.
To make the grill image, I painted Buddy’s hand with acrylic paint. We did a red handprint, an orange one, and then a yellow one. I tried to spread them out a little so you could see all of the colors. I painted the blue grill with acrylic paint as well. It took many layers to get the deep blue color in the picture. Then I used a paint pen to write the King of the Grill and the year on the oven mitt.
Once the paint was dry, I covered it with a light towel and pressed it with a hot iron to set the paint. It should remain if we ever decide to wash it.
Hubby loved it, and we both use it a lot. I wish I had done it on both oven mitts though so if one got ruined, we would have a back up. (I almost ruined it last week… hopefully I won’t do anything else to it!) It also would make a nice set to have two of the same oven mitts.
If you are looking for a handmade Father’s Day card, check out our template here. And if you have any other great ideas for Father’s Day, please share in the comments.
