I am not going to lie.
This blog is pretty much a one trick pony. But what a trick! My intention in writing this is to spread the love. To make you look good. And to be honest I have only had one good idea in my life and I wouldn't mind immortalising it.
The result will be a personalised photobook/children's story book. Read on.
"Just Like My Daddy" children's storybook instructions
You need a collection of good quality digital photographs of your child/children doing a variety of different things.
You also need to track down a company that will print photo albums using your digital photographs. They are sometimes called photobooks. The best kind are ones that will let you personalise the cover. It is also essential that you be able to add text. If you happen to be in New Zealand good examples are Harvey Norman and KMart and there are online companies such as Snapfish and Frogprints.
The coverpage should have the title "Just Like My Daddy" and a picture of your child (or children) perhaps with their dad.
For every picture you want to include the idea is to write a caption that links what your child is doing in the picture to something their dad might do. Phew. That sounds complicated. Let me give some examples.
The classic baby picture is of a bub who is just learning to eat. Imagine, if you will, sloppy food all over their face and clothes. The caption might be something like: "I like good food just like my daddy". A picture of a child fast asleep in a strange position might be "I work hard just like my daddy". A picture of a child kicking a ball could simply be "I like sports just like my daddy". The possibilities are endless and can be as personal as you like.
The last pages bring it all together and also end with the words "just like my daddy". I used "My mum says if I'm not careful I'll end up just like my daddy" but you can be far nicer and write something like "when I grow up I want to be just like my daddy".
Obviously you don't have to restrict yourself to making this book for a daddy. It makes a great gift for mums, granddads, sisters, cousins. Anyone really. Though it is better suited when it refers to younger children. It may not work so well if you are thirty and you are giving it as a gift to your sixty year old dad. But who am I to judge? You can make that call for yourself.
A note on grammer
Type Grammer Girl into a search engine and you will get some fabulous advice on all kinds of things but this is just a real quick note.
When using Dad as a name you give it a capital letter, eg. When I grow up I want to be just like Dad. But when you use it as a garden variety noun you do not capitalise it, eg. When I grow up I want to be just like my daddy.
Have fun!
