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Helping Hands for Dad

For Father's Day, lend your dad a hand with this "helping hands" tree filled with coupons that can be redeemed for help around the house and yard.

Materials

• Green Construction Paper
  
• Tacky Glue
  
• Scissors
  
• Straws or a Stick
  
• Plastic Flower Pot
  
• Styrofoam Base
  
• Helping Hand Artwork
  
• More Helping Hand Artwork

Instructions

1. Trace your hand six times on green construction paper.
   
2. Carefully cut out your traced hands.
   
3. On the "Helping Hand Artwork" pages, print and cut out six chores you can help your dad complete.
   
4. Glue one chore to each of the "helping hands."
   
5. Glue the hands to straws or a tree branch. Add leaves if desired.
   
6. Place Styrofoam in a flower pot.
   
7. Poke the straw or tree branch into the Styrofoam and secure in place.
   
8. Help your dad!

Craft used with permission from Making Friends.

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