*Is it his first Fathers day? How about a small tree or a tree seed. Every year he can look out on fathers day and see how much it has grown and how long he has been a daddy :)
*Never rule out the traditional tie. Better yet...make him a tie! Also, walmart.com has photo ties you can have made. :) (not sure how much time the photo tie takes to have made)
*Write him a book. :) You can print out photos or draw some to illustrate your story. You can make it super personal, such as his daddy journey or something silly (like he's a super daddy who saves the world after the kids go to bed)! Staples will bind them at a reasonable cost.
*Make him a man apron for the grill! You can decorate it with kids hand prints, a favorite daddy quote, or anything you want. :)
*Do a Fathers day photo shoot. Take lots of photos of your kids that say "I love you dad" holding signs, write it on their feet or bellies, or however its best expressed, print the photo out, frame it and wrap it up! :)
*Start out the day with breakfast in bed! Cut up the breakfast so it spells "DAD" on the plate using bacon, pancakes, or anything you have! Get creative. :)
*Make him a movie! Break out the webcam or video camera and have the little ones star in their very own movie that tells dad just how loved he is! This would be so fun to look back on when the kids are all grown. :)
*Does he like to golf? Lowes sells golfing carpet! Make him a custom put put course for the home. Get creative with this one! Dowel rods with paper flags at the top by the holes (cut out circles with an exacto knife...have mommy help with this for sure!!), make hills by placing things under the carpet, and anything else you can think of to be creative...then have a family golf night!
*A gift bag! Fill it with his favorite treats. Have the kids decorate it with their precious art work. Fill up some balloons and have a fathers day party!
*Have a movie night. Buy him a pop corn bucket, add a movie, add popable pop corn bags, some sodas that come in the cute bottles (that look like beer bottles...add paper ties around the necks), and add boxes of candy.
*Invent a board game! You can do trivia about dad, a dadopoly game, or anything else you can think of....get creative!! :)
*Guys like camping (well a lot of guys like camping)...so go camping in your back yard! Make s'mores, grill on a camp fire, and tell scary stories around the fire. The best part....if you have to use the bathroom, you can just go inside ;)
*Make and decorate puppets and have the kiddo's put on a puppet show about how much they love dad!
*If you have the $$$, I don't know too many guys who don't love video games!
*Make a "we love you dad" coupon book. Fill it with coupons of chores the kids can do for dad such as wash his truck, give him a massage, do the dishes on his night to do them, shred those papers he's been wanting to get around to, etc.
*Go to Skin it and make him a custom skin for his laptop, cell phone, ipad, video game system and whatever else they offer. You can do the custom skin with photos of your kids on it. Since this take a couple weeks to come, you will just have to tell him its coming. ;)
*Hide his gift and send him on a scavenger hunt!! Write up clues that have him looking all over the house, yard, shed, basement, garage and anywhere else you can think of!
*Make a picnic! Pack a lunch and eat at the park, the beach, or just in your back yard. Have fun games to play outside handy and make an afternoon of it. :)
*If you plan to give a gift card, decorate a gift card holder! Make it as fun as you can. You can even make it look like dad. :)
*Pamper dad for the day! Have him kick back and relax while mom and the kids spoil him for a day of doing anything (well almost anything) he asks for. All dad has to do is sit back, relax, and watch whatever game is on. :)
*Lets face it, wouldn't it rock if the super bowl aired on fathers day?! Every mans dream! Put on a football game for him...or any sport he likes the best. Or if he can't stand sitting in the side lines watching his family play sports without him...have a few dads over and have a friendly game! Dads versus kids? :)
There you have it!! It doesn't take a large budget to make this fathers day one he will NEVER forget! :) Happy Fathers day everyone! :)
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