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12 Low-Plastic Father’s Day Crafts Kids Can Make

Father’s Day shopping tends to end the same way. A novelty mug, a plastic-wrapped gadget, something used twice and forgotten by July. Americans spent a record $24 billion on it last year, and plenty of that is already sitting in a drawer.

So this Father’s Day, skip the gadget that he forgets about. Try one of these adorable crafts with the kids, and hand Dad something he’ll keep forever.

Fathers Day Craft painted golf tees

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Melissa Walker, founder of Thriving Sustainably

Hi, I’m Melissa-founder of Thriving Sustainably

Melissa Walker is the founder of Thriving Sustainably. A mom who started reading the labels after learning how much microplastic ends up in our bodies, she co-leads the environmental pillar of a Fortune 500 company’s employee sustainability program and rates brands against public certification databases so families can lower their microplastic exposure without the guesswork.