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Make Dad a Bobblehead for Father’s Day

If you need a last-minute present — or gag gift — for Father’s Day, look no further.
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June 18, 2020

If you need a last-minute present — or gag gift — for Father’s Day, look no further. Make him his own bobblehead. You can create one using your dad’s photo along with an empty toilet paper roll, construction paper and a pipe cleaner. It’s way more fun than a boring necktie. In fact, make one for everyone in the family, and you can all bobble your heads in time. 

What you’ll need:

Empty toilet paper or paper towel tube
Construction paper
Glue and/or glue stick
Scissors
Pipe cleaner

 

1. Start with an empty toilet paper tube, or cut a paper towel tube to about four inches in length.

 

2. Glue construction paper around the toilet paper tube to give it some color. You can also paint it. 

 

3. Cut a small one-inch long triangle out of the bottom of the tube. This triangle creates the legs of the bobblehead.

 

4. Cut out a shirt or jacket shape from construction paper and draw any details on it that will personalize it for your dad. Then glue it to the top of the tube right above the triangle cutout.

 

5. Cut a five-inch length of pipe cleaner. Glue one inch of the pipe cleaner at the inside top of the toilet paper tube. Then arch the pipe cleaner like a cane so the tip lands just above the shirt/jacket.

 

6. Print out a photo of your dad and cut it out. The heads on bobbleheads are always bigger and out of proportion to the rest of the body, so size the head to at least two inches high. 

 

7. Glue the back of the head to the tip of the pipe cleaner. After the glue is set, adjust the head so it lands in front of the body.

 

8. Cut some ovals for the shoes and bend them in half. Glue half of each oval on the inside of the toilet paper roll where the triangle cutout is. You can also cut out some hand and arm shapes and glue them to the ends of the sleeves.

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