Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas

RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post by ~Sasha~ (3) | (06/16/2007) Profile | Contact The best gift I ever gave my Step-Father was his own personal photo album...a brag book if you will. With pics of his parents and daughter and me and my mom and his grandkids...I had the photo album on hand so the only cost was the photo paper that I got at the dollar store and ink. He loved it so much he kept it in his truck to show people for weeks. RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post By Em (Guest Post) (06/16/2007) Just give him love and let him know you care. (It always works for me!) Either that or you can make him a nice meal where you can all sit down and eat together. RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post By Melissa (Guest Post) (06/12/2005) trying making homemade stepping stones with children's handprints or get a rubbermaid container for him to carry and fill it with snacks that won't spoil or melt RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post By Carol Overton (Guest Post) (06/11/2005) i am a stampin'up demonstrator...one item that is a hit around here is taking a half sheet of cardstock and wrap it around a bag of micro popcorn..add two holes on the top, put curly ribbon thru the hole towards the inside, around the popcorn, back up thru the other top hole (you can now pull it up by pulling the ribbon)...finish the ribbon by tying a bow, add a small happy father's day card to the front..also, stamp the cardstock in your favorite design.. RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post By joyce (Guest Post) (06/11/2005) u didn't say whether ur children were boys or girls but here is an idea: dress ur children up in ur husbands favorite clothes (maybe even a suit) & take a picture of them & post the words: u r our example! RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post By Melissa (Guest Post) (06/11/2005) I feel your pain, as I'm also in the same situation. If you have a printer, black and white or color is fine, go to http://www.dltk-kids.com/ for thing like personalized cards you can print, award certificates, coupon booklets, etc. (Just be careful of the sizing, our printer would print at 100%, and it would wind up on two pages instead of one) I did this on Mother's day and made a doorknob hanger the stated "Mom's day off" and hung it on the front door!! Everyone thought it was cute! RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post By Amber (Guest Post) (06/10/2005) If you have a CD/DVD burner installed into your computer you could scan your children's pictures over their different phases and holidays then burn onto a DVD [like a slideshow] for a lasting and lovely keepsake. My mother does this for all of the family. She even includes a appropriate soundtrack to play while viewing the pictures and designs the DVD cover. Maybe Kinkos or a photo place can do this as well. RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post by Anne NZ (2) | (06/10/2005) Profile | Contact Michelle Why not make the day the gift. Start with breakfast in bed or if he doesn't want it in bed at the table with a nice table setting. Even if the children aren't old enough to cook it they could serve it to him. Then you could do something special that he really enjoys that doesn't cost much. Drive to a special place, etc. A dinner of his favourite again served by the children. Finally a soak in the bath and a massage by you when the children have gone to bed. Inexpensive and something that he will remember as he has been pampered and made to feel special Anne NZ RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post by ladyfish4 (4) | (06/10/2005) Profile | Contact What are the ages of the children? Make something with what you have already. My son once took a juice can and covered it with pieces of masking tape that he tore off in 1/2 inch to 1 inch sizes. Put the pieces on at various angles. Cover the can entirely then take a piece of paper towel and wipe it in a shoe shine wax. Wipe it on the masking tape. Just enough to put on some color. It looked like pieces of wood. Turned out to be a pen holder. You can also but plaster of paris at Home Depot . Pour into a thick paper plate and they can make hand prints. Date it . Sign it. then when dry paint it. Good Luck RE: Inexpensive Father's Day Gift Ideas Post By Kari (Guest Post) (06/10/2005) HI! I teach Kinder..so maybe this idea might work for you. Buy a t-shirt..gray or white is best in your husband's size. Get paint that is suitable for shirts and paint your kids hands to put on the shirt. You could use a paint pen and write "Hands Down, Best Daddy in the world!" I did this with my class one year..the dad's loved it..original and something they are proud of! Hope this helps!