Free Father’s Day I Spy printable for kids with two designs to choose from. Play, count, color, and turn it into a homemade gift dad will love.
My oldest came home from school last June with a pipe cleaner he’d bent into the shape of a heart and announced it was for daddy. My husband acted like he’d been handed an Oscar. He still has the pipe cleaner heart on his nightstand, almost a year later.
Father’s Day gifts from kids work like that. If they made it themselves, dad’s not throwing it out. This free Father’s Day I Spy printable plays right into that. Kids stay busy for a while, and the colored-in version becomes a homemade gift they can be proud to hand over.
You’ll get two designs in the download. The first is a full-color sheet with bears, cakes, and trophies for kids to spot and count. The second is a black-and-white sheet that turns the I Spy game into a coloring activity first, then a search-and-count game once they’ve finished decorating it.
What You’ll Find on the Father’s Day I Spy Sheets
Each sheet is a single page with six different Father’s Day items scattered across it, plus a row of boxes at the bottom where kids tally how many of each they spot.
The colored sheet has:
- A Father’s Day cake topped with candles
- A blue “#1 Dad” coffee mug
- A gold “#1 Dad” trophy
- A “Best Dad” ribbon
- A papa bear hugging a baby bear
- A “Best Dad” balloon
The black-and-white version swaps in totally different items: a “Dad” mug, a “Dad” heart, a crown, a striped tie, a kid-style “Dad and Me” drawing, and a mustache. The “Dad and Me” doodle on the b&w sheet looks like something a kindergartener would draw, which I love. It makes the whole page feel kid-made even before your kid touches it.
Setting Up the Game
Print the sheet, hand over a pencil or some markers, and that’s it.
Kids look at the page, find each of the six items shown along the bottom, and write the count for each one in the empty box below it. Most preschoolers can manage this with a quick “remember to look in the corners” reminder. Older kids will tear through it solo in five to ten minutes.
If your kid loses count partway through, have them put a small dot or check mark on each item as they spot it. That way nothing gets counted twice, and there’s no need to start over halfway through.
Letting Kids Make Something Dad Can Keep
If you’re using this as a gift, go with the black-and-white version. My kids do this part a few days before Father’s Day so the coloring doesn’t get rushed. I let them pick whatever colors they want, which is how we ended up with a purple papa bear last year. Dad loved it.
Once they’re done coloring, they play the I Spy game on top of their finished artwork. Add a “Made by [name] for Daddy” along the top, fold it in half, and you’ve got a card.
If you’re sending one to a grandpa or uncle who lives far away, the colored sheet folds flat into a regular envelope and travels well. It’s a nice surprise for the kids when they fly to see grandpa and see their colored I Spy game on his fridge.
Using the I Spy Printable in the Classroom
This Father’s Day I Spy game works well as a station activity. Here are a few ways to use it:
- Run it as a card-making center the week before Father’s Day, where kids color, play, sign, and take home
- Print on cardstock and laminate so kids can use dry-erase markers and play it more than once
- Pair it with a “what I love about my dad” writing prompt for a longer block
- Keep a few copies in your early-finisher folder
For students who don’t have a dad in their lives, frame this around any father figure: a grandpa, an uncle, a stepdad, a foster dad, or a family friend who shows up for them. Every kid gets to make something for someone special to them.
Other Free I Spy Printables on Mombrite
If this one’s a hit, we’ve got more I Spy games for other holidays:
- Mother’s Day I Spy: the matching pair to this one
- Christmas I Spy Game: four different sheets in one download
- Valentine’s Day I Spy: for the candy hearts and cupid crowd
- New Year’s I Spy Game: a good way to keep kids awake until midnight
- Thanksgiving I Spy: turkeys, pumpkins, and pie
For more Father’s Day ideas, check out our printable Father’s Day coupon book or Father’s Day coloring pages.
Get Your Free Father’s Day I Spy Printable
Click below to download. The PDF has both sheets, the colored one and the black-and-white one, so you can print whichever fits your kid’s mood that day.
