You have just the right gift for Dad for Father’s Day, and now you need to personalize it. Give Dad that perfect gift you spent all day finding in a gift bag that leaves no doubt about whom it’s for.

Paper-Bag Dad Paper gift bag

   • Pink or flesh-colored card stock (for head)
   • Craft glue
   • Wiggly craft eyes
   • Pink pom-pon (for nose)
   • Craft hair or yarn
   • Dark pink blush (for cheeks)
   • Black and red permanent markers
   • Pipe cleaner (optional for glasses)
   • Ribbon to match bag (1 1/2 inches to 2 inches wide and 7 inches long — depending on size of bag) 

  • Choose a gift bag in your dad’s favorite color. Use a bowl, plate or cup to trace a head on the pink or flesh-colored paper appropriate for the size of bag. Cut out the head. Cut out ears and glue onto the sides of head, then glue the head onto the bag, leaving enough room at the top for the hair.
      
  • Glue on the eyes and pom-pon nose. Replicate your dad’s hairstyle (or lack thereof) with craft hair, the same color and texture as his. Glue hair onto head. Use small amounts of hair for eyebrows, mustache, beard and sideburns, if your dad has them. Use blush to make cheeks, and draw a mouth with the red marker.
  • If your dad wears glasses, bend the pipe cleaner into glasses and glue on. Cut the ribbon in the shape of a tie and glue to the neck. Draw a collar with the black marker. Put gift in bag. 

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