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Mom’s are lucky, we get all the cool, crafty, creative projects the kids make at school for Mother’s Day. But, then father’s day rolls around and dad is left out in the cold and it’s so hard to keep it a surprise because everyone is at home. So what do you give dad for father’s day? Forget the silk ties and golf clubs, you can totally handle making dad’s gift with the kids.
Special t-shirt painted by the kids; a card made of construction paper and decorated for dad; a picture frame made out of two pieces of cardboard and painted by the kids; or dad’s favorite cookies made by the kids with a little help from mom. If dad is a golfer, why not have mom buy a box of golf balls and have the kids paint their initials on each one. How about taking a small Xmas tree and turning it into a Father’s Day tree. Decorate it with his favorite candies and cookies. Or if dad is a baseball or football fan, the kids can decorate it by taking white Christmas balls and drawing baseball stripes on them; and making cookies in the shape of footballs using gingerbread dough! A baseball cap with dad’s initial can adorn the top of the tree, or you can find a mini sized football helmet and add his name to it as well.
If you want to be a classic and give a tie, make sure it’s an exciting tie and only if dad is a tie wearer! I can’t imagine how many dads every year get ties when they don’t even wear a tie except on a rare occasion when they feel like they have to. Get a plain tie and use fabric paint to put the kids hand prints on the tie, then even if he doesn’t wear the tie it will be a special gift!
No matter what dad gets don’t forget to top it off with a big bear hug!
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Those are great gift ideas!
Those are some good ideas… Dads are notoriously hard to shop for– I miss being young enough to get away with construction paper and markers! lol
Sounds like Father’s Day must have been fun and a very special day around your house! Nice submission for the Postie Carnival!
Great ideas for the younger kids! We just went with the old standby - a card!
good stuff! are you sure you arent martha? heehee
LOL ~ I’m sure I’m not. I didn’t say we actually DID any of those things this year! Brian got a hug!
Cool ideas! It does seem like the guys get left out.