The kids will be making one (or more) of the following yummy and easy treats for their Fathers Day gifts. Let’s just hope there will be enough left for Dad after we make them (and taste test them).

Fathers Day Gifts: 10 Yummy & Easy Treats

Happy playing, because #playmatters.

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A million thanks to Jackie from My Little Bookcase for sharing her ‘secret’ ingredients, pistachio, or rice bubbles, when she makes rocky road for kids. I shared this with hubby as we gobbled down our last batch of rocky road. His eyes lit up at the suggestion of pistachio and rice bubbles. (I didn’t tell him that rice bubbles were for kids, because I thought it sounded down right delicious too!).

As you can tell by the close proximity of my two rocky road posts, published less than a month apart from each other, I have truly been converted into a rocky road fan. You basically get to mix your favourite things you love to nibble on, in chocolate. What’s not to love?!

After something to make for Fathers Day? Create some rocky road, just for him. Get a mix of his favourite nibbles, fold it in some chocolate, this part is really important – clean out that mixing bowl, let it set, cut it up, restrain yourself from devouring it. It’s so simple (and delicious).

A note of warning about our Fathers Day Rocky Road recipe. It is packed to the brim with those yummy nibbles – just the way hubby likes it. We used just enough melting chocolate to fold everything together and set it in a small cake tin to make sure we could cut out nice chunky pieces.

Best fathers day ever, is what I imagine hubby saying when he devours this rocky road.

What will you be putting in your Fathers Day Rocky Road?

Fathers Day Rocky Road with Pistachios, Rice Bubbles & Toblerone

2013-08-02 01:21:31

Serves 50

Rocky road, just for Dad. Filled to the brim with pistachios, rice bubbles and Toblerone - just the way he likes it.

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Prep Time

5 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

15 min

Prep Time

5 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

15 min

64 calories

6 g

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4 g

1 g

2 g

13 g

1 g

3 g

0 g

3 g

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size

13g

Servings

50

Amount Per Serving

Calories 64

Calories from Fat 38

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 4g

7%

Saturated Fat 2g

9%

Trans Fat 0g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 2g

Cholesterol 0mg

0%

Sodium 1mg

0%

Total Carbohydrates 6g

2%

Dietary Fiber 1g

4%

Sugars 3g

Protein 1g

Vitamin A

0%

Vitamin C

2%

Calcium

1%

Iron

3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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Ingredients

1. 160g Pistachios
2. 375g Dark chocolate baking melts
3. 100 g Toblerone
4. 80g Pascall Mallow Bites, Swirls, Berry Delights
5. 32g or 1 cup of Rice Bubbles

Instructions

1. Cut up the Mallow Bites and Toblerone.
2. Place the dark choc melts in a large bowl and melt, by placing the bowl over a pot of hot water.
3. Remove dark choc melts from heat once the dark chocolate has melted.
4. Add pistachios, Toblerone, Mallow Bites and Rice Bubbles to the melted dark chocolate.
5. Lightly fold the mixture and place it in a small cake tin lined with baking paper.
6. Place in the fridge and let it set, (this will take a few hours).
7. Once set, cut into large slices, roughly 2cms thick, then 1 inch squares.

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I have four children born within the tiny space of 3.5 years. As each evening draws to a close, when my husband drives into the driveway, they all run to the door. Then the boys frantically run away, and try to hide in anticipation of a game of hide and seek. Miss K is left leaning against the door, waiting. Waiting to be picked up into the arms of her Dad.

 
From their cheeky invitations to play, to their simple professions, I can see clearly that my children absolutely adore their Dad.

 
Here are 14 playful ways to celebrate Fathers Day, because play matters. Thank you Dads for making a world of difference, in the little things and the big things.

 
Happy playing and wishing all Dads out there a wonderful Fathers Day!

Activities for Children: Fathers Day

	← Fathers Day Kids Craft Secret Message by Lessons Learnt Journal → Keep Calm and Daddy On Fathers Day Gift by Lessons Learnt Journal
	← Children's Books for Father's Day by Buggy and Buddy → Books about Dads by My Little Bookcase
	← Cereal Tie by JDaniel4's Mom → Daddy Biscuits by Pinkoddy
	← Science Play Kit by Octavia and Vicky → Dads make wonderful readers by My Little Bookcase
	← DIY Fathers Day Cards with Bow Tie Pasta by The Gold Jelly Bean → Fathers Day Salt Dough Keepsakes Mummy Musings & Mayhem
	← Father's Day Cookie Mix in a Jar by My Little Bookcase → Fathers Day Goodie Bags by Little Family Fun
	← Sand Footprint Craft by Paging Fun Mums → Walking in my Father's Shoes by JDaniel4's Mom

 
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Fathers make a world of difference. “Daddy loves me”. I think a person’s life is shaped by many things, but it is a very good thing if someone can confidently proclaim that their Father loves them.

 
This Fathers Day Kids Craft is a simple homemade gift for Fathers, that kids, as young as preschoolers, can make to honour Fathers on Fathers Day.

 
It is inspired by {Secret} Message in a Bottle Valentine by My Sister’s Suitcase. The moment I came across it via Pinterest, I was smitten. I didn’t have access to adorable vintage game pieces, so improvised with finds from my local dollar store.

Fathers Day: Kids Craft, A Secret Message

Materials:

• Small craft wooden blocks
• Glass jars / bottles
• Ribbon
• Cardboard
• Markers

Method:

 
1. Write a message for Fathers on the wooden blocks by placing a single letters on single small craft wooden blocks.

 
If your child is too young to write the message for their Father on their own, here are some ways to vary the craft:

• Ask them what they like to do with their Father. Help them compose a message based on their response. (Hint: being concise is key and makes it easier!)
• If they are at the stage where they are beginning to write, and keen to write some letters, model how to write the letters to them first. Allow for some practice writing on large scraps of paper before moving onto the wooden blocks.
• Encourage them to write selected words, perhaps the shorter words, from the message.
• If they know how to write select letters, let them write those select letters from the message.
• As with our rainbow writing, provide little phrases that describe the movement required to write the letter.
• If your child is unable to write, encourage them to draw pictures on the blocks that convey what they like to do with their Fathers. Add to these blocks a written message of thanks.

 
2. To help Fathers decode the secret message, you can write numbers on the other side of the wooden blocks, ordering the letters of the message. If Fathers like a challenge of decoding a message though, leave this part out.

 
3. Place the all the small wooden blocks into the glass jar.

 
4. To pretty up the Fathers Day secret message, provide children with a cardboard tag and ask children to draw a picture of their Father. Add the tag to the jar with some ribbon.

 
I adore emergent writing and drawing. These early words and representations are records of their young voices. My home will always have space for keepsakes like these.

 
To all the wonderful Fathers who are making a world of difference, for the better, in the little things, and the big things, thank you!

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