SENIOR LADY: REMEMBERING DAD PROJECT!

 

When me and my friends were teenagers,

we played the, "when I get married" game.

I declared that I wanted to be a Mom who

had all boys. The Lord honored my request.

I didn't realize at the time, what dilemmas 

I would encounter.  My front yard had no

 grass. My sons and the neighbors' boys 

 played football every afternoon.  Sunday

afternoons were noisy because the guys

screamed with each touchdown. I hung

out on Saturdays at fishing ponds and

lakes. My car smelled like a fruit basket.

After the soccer games, my sons discarded

their empty juice boxes on the back seat.

 Father's Day is coming soon. I wanted to 

forego the neck tie and gift cards. I was

 researching online and I saw personal

 journals and scrapbooks on sale. I had

 already given a mini scrapbook with

 childhood, high school, and adult

pictures for Father's Day a few years

ago. He enjoyed looking at the old 

family photos.  

My husband and my sons loved Comedy 

movies and stand up Comedy shows on 

T. V.  Maybe I could create a booklet with 

funny pictures or pages with jokes inside. 

This would be a gag gift included expensive 

gifts in his Father's Day Gift Bag. Here

are the details for my project:

FATHER'S DAY GAG GIFT PROJECT:

NEED:

Note: Art work & Lettering Style: free-handed 

Plain paper, 8 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. (Optional)

Ruled Notebook Paper

(Number of Sheets, Per Size of Your

Notebook)

Recycled Sports Magazine or

Father's Fave Publication 

Orange Construction Paper 

( Notebook Front & Back Cover)

TOOLS:

Mechanical Pencil

Black Marker: 

Fine & Medium Point

Ruler

Scissors 

Glue, Staples, or Hole Puncher:

( For Assembly of Notebook)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Create the notebook whatever size you

prefer. My notebook was 7 in. x 7 in.

because I chose a scene from a mini

recycled calendar which was 7 in.

I decided to add pun phrases and  funny 

pictures that I created myself. I used mechanical 

pencil when I was composing puns and drawing

 pictures. I enhanced my pictures and letters

with fine and medium point black markers 

after I was satisfied with my composition.

Here are some pages from my mini, Father's 

Day Notebook:

Front Cover

Content Inside:

I composed entire notebook last Sunday night.

I was able to think of puns after two cups of 

coffee. I guess all that  caffeine helped me

come up the phrases. Some of the puns were

based on my husband's past times. I did rough

 drafts of artwork that I thought would enhance 

the pun phrases. 

TIPS:

**Use printer images for 

the letters and pictures 

yield best results. I don't 

own one; do letters & art

free-handed.

**Pages of Notebook can be done on

plain heavyweight paper. I thought 

using wide ruled notebook paper

would be amusing too.

**I assembled my Notebook after

taking pictures to show on my blog. 

My Notebook had 8 pages which were

bound with three staples on the left side. 

Binding the Notebook with ribbons, cord,

 or glue also great idea.

**Ideas for pun phrases are available 

online & at the library.

**My Notebook is  for demonstration

only. Any size or color Notebook with

 funny things your Dad likes is great.