Fathers Day Idea

***Spoiler Alert***

If' you’re Darby’s dad, you should NOT read this post!

I’m not kidding Dad!  Click the ‘X’ and get outta here for a while ;-)

What do you give a man that has two amazing daughters everything?! I don’t know if anyone else has this trouble, but every year I am stumped on what to get my dad to show him my appreciation for being my dad. 

To make it more of a challenge, whenever I give a gift, I try to hand make it.  To me, it always means more when I receive a gift that someone has thought about and has really invested their time in.  I try to do this for others every chance I get.  This year was no different.  I wanted to make my dad something that was special, from my heart….and a little bit silly. 

I purchased a tin, chalkboard paint, and some chalk from the best store in the world, Hobby Lobby.

Even though the package instructed that only 2 coats of paint were needed, I found that I needed about 7 coats of chalkboard paint for the lid of the tin.  Maybe because of the material?  I don’t know, but it was no big deal to paint a few more coats since it dries so quickly.

While the lid was drying, I made a treat that my dad loves.  He loves my homemade granola.  Yum-o! 

When the paint was dry, I used the chalk to write “Nuts and Bolts” on the top of the tin.  I thought this was pretty clever since my dad is a wonderful carpenter (among many other things) and granola should be a staple food group ;-)

I safely packaged the granola in the tin and sent it off to Virginia.  I hope he likes it.  Happy Father’s Day to the best dad a daughter could ask for :-)