Updated June 2021!

A short list of Father’s Day stories, videos songs and activities for children that will help kids fully appreciate Dad and all that he is and does.

Stories:

• NEW! Fathers in the Bible (3 - 7 yrs)  
• God is my Father (3 - 7 yrs)  
• Great Things Fathers Do, Part 1 (3 – 7 yrs)
• Great Things Fathers Do, Part 2 (3 – 7 yrs)   
• Another's Fatherly Love (4-8 yrs) 
• Dad (5 – 8 yrs) 
• Honor Your Parents (5 – 8 yrs)
• Father's Day: History and Points to Ponder (5 – 8 yrs)
• The Father's Day Gift (6 – 9 yrs)

Songs/Videos

• Do it 'cause Daddy said so (music video)
• Daddy Helps (song lyrics for simple sing-along song)
• God Gave Me My Dad/God Gave My Dad to Me (song lyrics for simple sing-along songs)
• Little Critter: Just Me and My Dad Read Aloud (Father's Day Special) 
• Just Me And My Dad Part 1 and Part 2 (Cartoon) 
• Grandpa and Me 

Activities and Coloring Pages

• Bible Fathers Coloring Pages - Five Bible father coloring pages, featuring Adam, Abraham, Jacob, King David and Joseph (the father of Jesus)
• All New Crafts for Mother's Day and Father's Day - Free pdf book available to download, featuring a wide variety of creative crafts for both Mother's Day and Father's Day.
• Dad and Me coloring pages 
• God is My Father coloring pages - Coloring pages with verses about God our caring Heavenly Father 
• Downloadable Father's Day Cards (color and black and white) 
• Father’s Day cards, picture frames and other crafts
• “Active Appreciation” activities – games, arts and crafts that can be easily adapted to show appreciation to fathers on Father’s Day
• Father’s Day cutouts – clipart images that can be used for Father’s Day cards and other activities
• Faithful Fathers of the Bible  - Bible-based Father’s Day activity for children
• Father’s Day Posters and Coloring Pages
• Grandpa posters and coloring pages for Father’s Day
• Father’s Day Recipes – Simple yet tasty recipes that children can make for dad on Father’s Day

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By Keith Phillips, former editor of Activated! magazine


Growing up, the last thing I expected to become was an editor. For starters, I was a miserable student—"miserable" in both senses of the word. From almost the first day of first grade, I struggled to keep up with the class, and language was never one of my better subjects—at least not until tenth grade. The difference-maker then was my dad.

He had been an Army war correspondent during WWII and then a newspaper reporter for several years. He had changed careers in order to better support his growing family, but journalism was in his bones. When he offered to type one of my handwritten tenth grade papers and saw how utterly clueless I was about writing, he clicked into gear. And when he explained what needed fixing and why, things started clicking for me.

Over the next couple of years my English grades improved, which gave my sagging self-confidence a boost, which helped me pull up my grades in other subjects. It would be another 25 years before I tried to do anything more with what Dad had taught me, but when I did, much to my surprise, I discovered that his passion for pushing words around a page had been contagious. So here I am, thanks in large part to my dad, doing what I now love to do, as part of a close and talented team, for a God I love and a publication I believe in. Who could ask for more?

That's my story and that's my dad. The two seem inseparable now, and I think that's the way God means for it to be. Good fathers help make us who we are. They are one of His special gifts, and fatherhood is one of His special callings.

Photo: Pat Belanger via Flickr; used under Creative Commons license.

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