Incorporate Father's Day crafts that preschool children can easily do on their own. Preschool kids range in age from 2 to 4, so choose non-complex crafts that still engage your students. The kids can make thumb-print flower cards to give to their dads by dipping their thumbs in paint and pressing down on a card in different directions to make flower petals. They can also color their cards and then add stickers of their choice for added decoration. Many kids in this age range can also paint a ceramic flower pot for their dad or use puff paint to decorate a men's T-shirt.
Preschool kids love stories, so why not read them a few stories to help them understand the meaning of Father's Day. You can read books such as "A Perfect Father's Day" by Eve Bunting or "The Best Father's Day Present Ever" by Christine Loomis. After story time, encourage the children to talk about their favorite story and share their own special memories with their dads.
If you have access to cooking facilities, you may want to feature a few cooking activities for the kids to do with their dads at school. They can bake cookies, cakes or some other dessert. If you don't have an oven or a cafeteria nearby, you can bake cookies or cupcakes ahead of time and bring them to class so that the kids and their dads can decorate them with frosting and sprinkles. The dads can also help the kids decorate a fruit pizza, or they can make simple snacks to enjoy together. If it's difficult to get dads to come to school, the kids could decorate cookies, cakes and other goodies, wrap them up and take them home to their dads.
Decorate your classroom to match the Father's Day theme. This added effort can get kids more excited about the event, and it might warm a few hearts when dads walk in the room and see all the detail that went into the event. Ask the kids to bring in pictures of themselves with their dads ahead of time. Decorate a bulletin board with the pictures and with special quotes from the kids. Design the border with Father's Day-themed items, such as small paper ties, plaid shirts and paper coffee mugs that say "The World's Best Dad" on them. Hang up additional family pictures that the kids draw of their dads throughout the class. If you want more color, place a few balloons in the room in colors that dads love, such as green, dark blue and baby blue.