{"id":9640,"date":"2021-06-14T10:48:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T17:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=9640"},"modified":"2023-08-06T13:05:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T20:05:35","slug":"put-a-creative-spin-on-fathers-day-festivities-with-tynker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/put-a-creative-spin-on-fathers-day-festivities-with-tynker\/","title":{"rendered":"Put a Creative Spin on Father\u2019s Day Festivities With Tynker!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Father\u2019s Day is coming right up! It\u2019s the perfect day for kids to spend quality time with their fathers or other important role models.<\/p>\n<p>Father\u2019s Day became an official holiday almost 60 years after Mother\u2019s Day was recognized. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd dreamed up the idea while listening to a Mother\u2019s Day sermon in her church! An innovative history deserves an innovative celebration &#8211; why not celebrate Father\u2019s Day with two new coding projects from Tynker?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Father\u2019s Day Fishing<\/strong> is a game kids can program and play with their dads. It comes with a step-by-step tutorial that guides them through programming a fun fishing game where players raise and lower their hooks to catch fish! It\u2019s available on both web and mobile, so it\u2019s easy to make and enjoy a little friendly competition with a loved one.<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/ide\/embedded?p=59383364af92313f668b45ab&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/ide\/?p=5924be49af9231f3598b4963\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">Start Tutorial<\/span><\/a>\n<p><strong>Fathercraft<\/strong> puts a creative spin on Father\u2019s Day festivities! Kids can create a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/minecraft\/skins\/\">Minecraft skin<\/a> of their dad and customize it until it looks just like him. Encourage your children to share the finished product with their dads. They can even download the skin and upload it to their Minecraft account in order to play Minecraft using their Fathercraft skin! Fathercraft is available on our web platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/minecraft\/skins\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"text\">Get Started<\/span><\/a>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for more fun Father\u2019s Day coding activities, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/code-with-your-child-for-fathers-day\/\">Father\u2019s Day dress-up game<\/a> from last year!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all the fathers, mentors, and role models who have helped children gravitate toward and stick with coding. Happy Father\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parents, to give a project to your child:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Have your child log in to his\/her account.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \u201cStart Tutorial\u201d button above (<strong>in this blog post<\/strong>) to open the project.<\/li>\n<li>Save the project.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Teachers, to assign a project to your class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your Tynker account.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \u201cStart Tutorial\u201d button above (<strong>in this blog post<\/strong>) to open the project.<\/li>\n<li>Save the project to your account.<\/li>\n<li>Go to your \u201cMy Projects\u201d section.<\/li>\n<li>Hover over the project you want to assign and click the \u201cAssign+\u201d button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>After your class has finished, don\u2019t forget to create a class showcase of all your students\u2019 projects to share with parents.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If your students or children use the Tynker app for iPad, they can find Father\u2019s Day Fishing in the \u201cSeasonal Projects\u201d folder in the Tynker Workshop. 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