Frugal Craft: Grilling Apron For Dad

I wanted to do something fun with my son for his dad on Father’s Day and since they love to fish together and Trey loves to grill, why not a fishing apron? I went to Michael’s and used my 40% off coupon to buy the apron ( I used the one with pockets on the front) I also found some Craft Smart acrylic paint 3 for $1 to use. It was super easy to clean up on my 3 year old. For my lips, pole, line and reel handle I used a red and black permanent marker.I used paper plate to pour the paint in (It doesn’t take very much)  and randomly put his hand prints on the apron. ( I used a wet washcloth to clean his hands when changing paint colors. I made all my fish first) I then used my red marker to make a sideways “M” and filled it in to make my lips and once the fish dried enough (Which on took a few minutes if your paint isn’t very thick) I drew little circles for my eyes with the black permanent marker. I also used a paper plate to dip his foot in paint, this was a little bit challenging I did this in my bathroom so he could prop up against our tub to help balance himself. From the tips of his toes I made a thicker line to represent the pole and went above it and drew thinner humps to represent the line and came down so it met one of the fishes mouth to make it looked like it was hooked. I went back up to the inside of his foot and drew a thick line went up with the thick line and went out a drew a circle and filled it in for the reel handle. I used my finger tip and the green paint to draw the seaweed at the bottom. Just simply dipping my finger in the paint and making a grass like look. I went back up to the top center of the pockets and wrote “Hooked on You” and in the bottom right hand corner “Love you!”I hung it up on a coat hanger and it was dry in a couple hours.

It was easy and super fun for Will and a big hit in our family!