What’s your best Frugal Father’s Day idea?

Well, it’s not the MOST frugal, but I was pretty impressed with my ingenuity. 🙂

I found two pictures of Josh with each of the kids that I really liked. One was a rear shot of Olivia and her daddy walking hand in hand. The other was Benjamin being lowered carefully from a (low!) bridge by his daddy so he could feel the creek water on his feet.

And I bought some iron-on transfer paper (It was $10, but I can make several shirts out of it – maybe some more next year!) and some cheap plain colored shirts at Wal-Mart ($2.75 each).

And, for $15 ($7.50 each), I made my kids personalized Father’s Day shirts. It’s like a card he can read all day long! And then again whenever they wear them again! Good ’til they grow out of them! And on the back of the shirts, I put another transfer that says “I Heart Daddy”.

Oh, I forgot the captions. Olivia’s caption was “My Daddy holds my hand” and Benjamin’s was “My Daddy won’t let me fall.”

I’ll post a picture of them on Sunday on my site (http://www.thenaturalmommy.com), but not until then! I want them to be a surprise!

I hope he likes them… I really think they turned out well!

We each have special traditions for mothers/fathers day. For my mothers day gift….since I am the one with kids most of the time they get me an “only me” gift such as bath soaps and then head out to dinner. Since dad doesnt get to spend as much time with the kids he gets a “family oriented” gift. This year we bought him a new edition of Monopoly and we always grill out 🙂 Our local butcher has beef ribs for $.95/lb so we are going to have a super yummy meal of grilled ribs, corn on the cob, grilled onions, peppers, and squash followed by a fun afternoon of Monopoly with the whole family 🙂

Angela

Husband asked for steak on the grill, and our (college-aged) daughters to be there…we see them so little that will be a pleasure in itself!
But he loves to eat out, and he loves his hunting and fishing. So this year’s present will be two magazines I earned by watching commercials (thanks to you, MSM!), plus some heavily discounted restaurant gift certificates to some of his favorite places.

Normally for mothers day or fathers day we don’t buy gifts, we let the kids make them. This year my dh bought me some great outdoor furniture for mothers day SO, we are getting him a GPS system. The kids also made him some great gifts that he will love. OH and we always make him breakfast in bed!

Every year I take pictures of my kids holding a “Happy Father’s Day” sign that they made. We put them in an album and present it to their dad on Father’s Day. (I also send copies to the grandfathers in a homemade card). The pictures accumulate in the album and it’s fun to look back every year at the silly and cute pictures. The cost of the album is under $10, then printed through snapfish.com the prints are $0.09 each.

Here is ours.

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This year I actually spent $0 on my husband’s gifts. Last year, I forgot to give him the Father’s Day card I bought and since I saved it he’ll get it this year. Also, our son just turned two and he received an outfit that I concluded would never fit him so I returned it and I used the giftcard to buy some shoes for Daddy. We also made a Father’s Day craft (with no cost to me) at a StrollerFit session. The best part is that my husband will be delighted to know I managed to get him these gifts without going outside of our budget.

My two and a half year old and I are making a special dinner for Daddy with all of his favorite foods. I found steaks on sale, and we’re going to grill them. He loves to grill, and has been wanting to get steaks for some time! 🙂

We are getting a few party platters from the grocery store. With our large family (8 children, 16 and under) its not easy to go to a restaurant for Father’s Day, so we ordered a wrap platter and a fruit platter and a cake. Its not terribly expensive and is a special treat without the stress of a restaurant. ALso, no drinks to pay for and no tip! We did this once on Mother’s Day when I had a 7 day old baby and it was WONDERFUL. I think this, along with some homemade cards, and paper plates (wink) will make for a lovely fathers day!

My husband was given a Pennys coupon for $10 off a $10 or more purchase by his co worker. He picked one of those lanterns you crank for 30 seconds and get 1/2 hour light. He is tickled. It was a $40 lantern that was marked down by $30.03 + $1.99 leaving $7.98 which was covered by the coupon. The remainder went on a graduation gift for our son which was tremendously marked down! Hooray!

For my DH’s dad, we’re grilling a fun meal on Saturday night. For my DH himself, he’s getting a pancake breakfast on Sunday morning (I’ll have to get up a little earlier to make sure we can have a special breakfast AND get three small children and ourselves to Sunday school and church). I always try to think of practical gifts, and he had been commenting about the lack of comfort of our camping chairs, so I bought a new set for him…still less than $20 for the gift.

For my dad, we usually make a special phone call and have all the grandkids gather around on speaker phone. You can hear the joy in his voice when talking to each of them

I am going to do the Sears deal!!! First I am going to stop off at Kmart and buy 2 $50 giftcards so I can get hulk movie tickets.

My mom died in late December after suffering with lung disease for many years. She really began to go downhill last year and rapidly declined from October through December. During these last three months, my dad stopped working. He stayed with my mom 24/7. He got little sleep, being woke several times each night to care for my mom. He fed her, dressed her, cleaned her up, and helped her to go potty. He cooked and cleaned and took on the role of total caregiver. I think my gift to him will be a note thanking him for serving her that way.

We’re not doing too much. The kids and I will make him breakfast in bed, and we’ll make him some cards.

I have five children between the ages of 5 to 11. Since we can’t afford to buy any type of gift this year my children are cutting out a picture of an item they would buy their Daddy if money were no object. It has been interesting to see how one child has a specific desire to give one item while another has a completely different idea. Since my husband is a very content person I have no fear this will stir up any coveteousness but will instead be meaningful and insightful of how senstitive each child is to what his needs and desires are and how each one would choose to bless him if they were financially able. It has been a fun project for them. They will include the pictures in homemade cards presented after his favorite meal and chocolate dessert!

I turned a picture of my hubby and toddler son into a coloring sheet type photo, using photoshop, for my little guy to color. I then took a small wooden frame I had a different picture in (that was just sitting in the closet) and stamped w/ paint on the front “DA!” (toddler language!) along with some painted stars. I’ll place the picture in the frame, and tada! Cost me nothing except the ink to print out the photo.

We recently moved for my husband to begin his doctorate program and we are currently unemployed. So I will do my best to not be emotionally needy. If there is a game on TV (what sport season is it?) he can watch all of it. And I will be sure to help my daughter make a card.

I bought him the same book that he used to read with his mother at bedtime. I thought it would be sweet for him to read it with our LO.

We love to watch a great movie from Netflix (Dad’s choice) while eating some microwave popcorn with the kids. The kids are now teenagers, but still love to gather together with dad on the couch for an action film.
Later, “Mom” treats “Dad” to a free massage after a long, hard day at work. Saves a lot of money from what the spas charge, only cost is a small bottle of massage oil!

I’m sorry to say that our Father’s Day plans are not incredibly frugal. 🙁 We’re going to the circus and celebrating one of our boys’ birthday as well as my DH’s first Father’s Day!

My mom calls it a mans bouquet=). You get some flowers from your garden or 1 from your local grocery store and then fill a box with the flower in the middle with his favorite snack food- thanks to coupons.com- DH is getting lots of chex and cheerio snack mix this year=)

I am making a personalized CD of songs about fathers for my husband, and I’m actually making one for each of my brother-in-laws because my boys look up to them so much they almost serve as assistant fathers.

The messages of the songs are so good. I really hope they will listen to them even if it isn’t all the style of music they would normally choose.

My dad passed away years ago. We usually have a BBQ at my stepdad’s for father’s day. My kids usually make their dad a card and grandpa homemade cards. 🙂

Our little one is only 5 months old, so I’m doing most of the work to make it a special day for her daddy. We’ll start tonight (Friday) by having a special meal and decorations when he gets home, and tomorrow we’re going to go see the house where he grew up and my grandparents old house as well (we were often in the same city growing up and didn’t even know it:)

I’m also going to get him an ipod shuffle.

For our dads, we made them cards and I’m getting those sent off today (opps, a little late).

My 3 year old is going to make a card for dad. We are also buying him a jar of honey…something we normally don’t get as it is not in the budget, but is his favorite treat! He’ll be so happy!

I’m going to give my dad a bunch of travel sized tolietery items that I have gotten free and saved up over the past few months so that he can use them on his camping trips.

For my future father in law I picked out a few of the Dockers items I thought he would like to wear to work.

My daughter (21 months) and I are making cards and having photos taken. We will have a special dinner. But most importantly, He will be able to watch the basketball game uninterrupted with me waiting on him. Go Celtics!!!

We will go to church and will eat lunch/brunch at a place where dad’s eat free and hopefully have coupons for me and the kids. The kdis made cards and will cook a special meal with his favorite dessert. For gifts, I found mini photo albums on clearance for $1 and will use CVS free photos to fill them with pics of the kids. 🙂

Have your children decorate a photo frame, then put a picture of them in it for his desk at work!

Traditionally, for Father’s day we do handprints/footprints on something. Usually my hubby has a plain Tshirt somewhere in his closet (or I get one on sale at the local craft store) and using the acrylic paints on hand (with the fabric mixer) we stamp hands/feet on the shirt. He always wears them proudly and looks forward to comparing the changes in size from year to year!
Thanks for all you do!! It’s greatly appreciated!

I printed out cards for our 4 children to color & bought him a special gift a couple weeks ago when I had a coupon & a gift card to put towards it! Praise the Lord for how He provides for our every need & sometimes our wants too!

We’ll spend a very nice relaxing day together. Our daughter will make a nice card for her daddy and we do plan on going out today to purchase a gift. We’ll head to the camera store because he likes accessories for his camera. Yesterday I purchased steaks to make his favorite meal.

My husband loves to eat ‘eggs and soldiers’ (boiled eggs with toast cut into fingers) with our 21/2 year old and our 1 year old followed by a lazy morning and then big steak sandwiches for lunch!! He is an amazing man who does a lot more than his fair share around the house. He also insists om being the one to get up to the kids at night as I have them all day. One Fathers day is not enough for him.

Last year my kids wanted to get Daddy a Build-a-Bear and we did so with a coupon. This year we had more coupons and got his bear a Super Dad t-shirt and guitar (he plays) we also took advantage of the CVS Whitman’s chocolate sale with $2 coupon, but maybe I’ll go to Sears too.

We’re making DH a coupon book. And his favorite 3 meals that day.
The Sears deal is just the icing on his cake.

This year my budget is a little tight, so I’m going with your old standby, a special dinner at home and a card. I also like Cheryl’s idea of taking a video of the kids wishing him a Happy Father’s day. I’ll just have to hide it in a random computer folder and then wake up early to set up the computer so he sees it first thing. How fun!

I had a code for a free collage at Shutterfly, so I collected some photos of the kids in costumes and titled it, “You’re our Superhero, Dad!” He’s a big comic book fan.

Also, my son made him a keychain with some beads and alphabet beads. Handmade gifts are great! All three kids made cards.

I found my some clearanced cologne ($4.99!) for my husband a month ago, so that will be wrapped up for Father’s Day! I’m also taking pictures of our girls and they are coloring homemade cards for him.

Last year I made him a dvd of all the pictures taken of him with each daughter thus far. The background music playing on the video was the song that he sings to them at bedtime. All it cost was the price of one blank dvd and my time. It was a big hit!

This isn’t frugal, but my Dad deserves it! My brother, sister, mom and I bought my dad a round trip ticket to Connecticut. His twin sisters are having a big 75th birthday party and we thought he should go. Since retiring 2.5 years ago, my dad had done a ton of babysitting for the three of us and running our kids to scouts, soccor, dance, etc…… along with the usual car repair and house repairs. He’s so awesome! He’s grandpa extraordnaire!

Anything that my boys make for him. We start with a card, and then try to get creative with the gift. They’re still young, so we’ll get even more creative as we go!

My dad is out of town, so I made him a camping-themed card with scrapbook supplies I already had on hand and included a $5 Krispy Kreme gift card. I would have liked to have done more, but money is so tight this year. 🙁

Hubby will get a card that the children have made and I’ll make his favorite dinner-filled cabbage. Not my favorite dish to make, so therein lies the “gift” part, lol!
This isn’t so much frugal financially as it is clutter saving, but my FIL will get a newspaper subscription. He always drives to the store to get it and at the price of gas that’s just silly these days. Heh-I guess it IS kind of frugal, huh?

I am treating my husband and Papa to our four daughters to a delicious BBQ meal, with homemade strawberry shortcake for dessert. The girls have also blessed him with a gift certificate to buy more books (his passion) and will be giving him lists of what he does for them that is so special! Can’t wait!

We don’t often get to spend time as a family as my husband travels so much. This week he has been away all week and so I thought it would be nice to take advantage of our beautiful environment and current memberships. All of which means that the weekends activities are free. We love to bike and for Mother’s Day received a baby seat for our 10 month old son – what a great way to get out, get some excersise and enjoy family time amongst nature. Sunday maybe we’ll go to the aquarium since our son LOVES it there and it’ll be free because we’re already members. Sounds like you have a great plan too! Thanks for hosting a nice blog.

We usually make “Daddy” a special “homestyle” breakfast, complete with biscuits, gravy, eggs, bacon…the works (think Cracker Barrel at home). It is one of his all-time favorites and not too pricey when made at home. Plus, what can really beat eating it in your jammies?
Happy Father’s day to the “Daddy” at your house!
Andrea

For my husband, I put together a “Daddy Survival Kit”. It contains beef jerky, a tie, a spray bottle, a candy bar, a puzzle book, and a few other small things that I got for (nearly) free or used as filler. We have a 19 month old daughter, and I will help her make a card. For my dad and my husband’s dad, and for my grandpa, I sent pieces of “art” created by my daughter, rather than bought cards. I also sent some photo prints that were only 9 cents each from Snapfish, and I got free postage on that order. They all live far away from us and they love the art and pictures. Better than money can buy!

Since my father-in-law recently passed away and this is the first father’s day without him, we have paid to have masses said for each of our fathers at a local shrine. (both are Catholic). I think it’s the perfect gift since my father has everything he needs, so who doesn’t need more prayers said for them??!! As for my husband, he’ll be away at a sport camp, so we’ll be packing up a barbeque dinner, loading the kids in the van, and heading out for a surprise visit!!

My girls and I made a poem with their footprints for my husband:
“Walk a little slower, Daddy,” Said a little child so small.
“I’m following in your footsteps And I don’t want to fall.
Sometimes your steps are very fast, Sometimes they’re hard to see;
So, walk a little slower, Daddy, For you are leading me.
Someday when I’m all grown up, You’re what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child, Who’ll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead just right, And know that I was true;
So, walk a little slower, Daddy, For I must follow you.”

I am slso going to make Overnight French Toast…amazing! Put it on your list of recipes to try!

Overnight French Toast

1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter, melted
3 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 tart apples peeled, cored, thinly sliced
1/2 c. dried cranberries
1 loaf Italian or French bread cut into 1 in. slices
6 large eggs
1 1/2 c. milk
1 TBS. vanilla

-Combine brown sugar, butter and 1 tsp. cinnamon in a 13×9 baking dish.
-Add apples and cranberries, toss to coat well.
-Spread apple mixture evenly over bottom of baking dish.
-Arrange slices of bread on top.
-Mix eggs, milk, vanilla, and remaining 2 tsp. cinnamon until well
blended.
-Pour mixture over bread until soaked completely.
-Cover and refrigerate 4-24 hours.
-Bake covered with foil (remember to spray with Pam), at 375 for 40
minutes.
-Uncover and bake 5 more minutes.
-Remove from oven, let stand 5 minutes.

Other than that…he can sleep in as long as he wants, take a nap, whatever…the day is his!

We love photo gifts and my husband has been wanting some pictures for his desk, so I printed up some nice photos of the kids that I took recently and bought frames for him to have at work. He’ll also get a favorite meal and dessert (coconut cream pie) cooked for him.

I plan to make breakfast for my husband. As for my dad I will probably try to get out with him for a round of golf.

We are having a picnic with my girls, and we are also inviting my husband’s father, my mom and dad, and my sister and brother-in-law with mom and dad. I think it will be a special day with all of us and our dads together. I think there is no better gift than time spent together!

Dad here! (Yes, fathers read the site too)

I started a Father’s day tradition a few years ago, after my wife died, and I gather up the kids and we make the drive out of town to visit the old family cemetary and clean up graves. It may seem odd, but it gives me a few hours of car time to talk to the children about their history, and it is a way to honor my father as well as all those that came before. A way to reconnect with the past and teach the kids about respect and to try to give them some understanding that they are part of something bigger than themselves.

On the drive back into town, we’ll stop off at some restaurant (we almost never eat out) and the kids get to splurge. A nice treat that is sure to bring smiles.

A great father’s day for me. Reconnecting with the past, looking toward the future, and thinking about my place as a father in all of it.

My Dad passed away 7 yeras ago, the day after Father’s Day. He was visiting us at the time (he lived a couple of states away) and I’m so glad that I got to say “Happy Father’s Day” and “I love you, Dad” those last few times.

For my husband, I’ve been watching for the last few months for items that the kids could get for him. I picked up some golf tees and golf balls on sale, so those will get wrapped and the kids will make him cards. Then we’ll probably splurge on steak on the grill. It’s a special occasion, after all!

~Karen

Our 2 3/4 son and 1 year old son are going to spend some “priceless” time together. it’s going to be all about dad on father’s day. we are also going to take a special train ride and it will be so neat to watch daddy see will’s face when we board the train.

We bought my husband a beautiful children’s board book that is about baby animals and their daddy – we then took the last page of the book and glued a piece of paper to it – the paper has my daughters handprint and a message to my husband about how much we love him. He loves reading to our daughter, so hopefully he will treasure this special book.

We’ll also be cooking him a special breakfast!

My dad nicknamed my nice Boo Boo after yogie the bear. So for fathersday he made the trip up to Ohio to see me and to spend my hope to be soon step daughters birthday. So we made him a sign for his back yard that says Jollystone Park Way. Since he told me his back yard looks like a playground from all the new toys he and I have picked up for her at the yardsales around town. I am also taking him to my local Giant Eagle sine they double up to 2.00 and his store dosn’t so we are going to spend the day prior coupon shopping for him!!! He is going to Love it!!!

This year we bought an 8X10 unfinished wooden frame at Michaels (40% off coupon) and the girls painted 2 sides each. Then they picked out 4 little wooden shapes ($0.25 each) and glued them on. I took them to Picture People and got the free 8X10 (with coupon) and that’s that! Total cost: $5.29!

We have a 3 month old and an 11 year old so I left my oldest daughter in charge of making a homemade card. She traced the babies hands and feet and her own and wrote the most beautiful card. She will then make his favorite breakfast and actually allow him (in her words) to watch a whole baseball game uninterupted!!!

I had some extra scrapbooks and pages so I made a book of “reasons why I love my daddy”. Each page has a picture of my husband and son doing things together.

I can’t wait to see my husband’s face.

We like to take my Father in law & Husband to a local comedy club for dinner! We usually have local coupons with us;(buy 1 get 2nd meal 1/2 off)- plus the comedy show is free with dinner.

Dinner and a show on a budget. 🙂

I was working at a conference earlier this month and received a brand new digital picture frame as “thank you” gift. It’s something my husband would totally enjoy so I set is aside as his Father’s Day gift.
I am filling up a memory card (purchased during after Thanksgiving clearance sales for $4.99) with pictures of the kids. I have a card (purchased as a filler at CVS) that the kids decorated and signed.
We will attend church and then head back home to a nice home-cooked breakfast and the kids will present their father with his gift.

My girls will be singing at church for Fathers Day. My oldest was practicing tonight…”Father Abraham had many sons…” We bought Daddy a pair of shorts that he hasb been wanting for a long time. 🙂 We’d love to have a Boston Market gc. Thanks so much.

One of the best things I ever did was to buy a plain gray t-shirt.
We have 5 children and I “painted” each childs feet with a different color of acrylic paint and had them “stamp” a foot on the front and the back.
Then I got iron on letters and on the front
(I actually did this first and then protected it from the paint) put “My kids walk all over me”.
He loved it and it makes a great keepsake as well as conversation piece when worn!

i am thinking of a frugal way of showing our love and appreciation of our “daddy” would be to wash those feet. you know they work so hard and serve our family to no end. i know he will smile as we serve him.

I am not sure how frugal you all would consider our Father’s Day, but it was wonderful all the same. First, celebrated Wednesday because the wonderful daddy and hubby in our home is in Florida this weekend, finding us a home to live in when we move in August!! (the not frugal side being the very expensive plane ticket to Florida…but my God shall supply all my needs according to His riches!!) I am so blessed to be married to my best friend. Our four children made him special cards, we cooked a wonderful meal together, and played Clue with the kids afterwards. Then took him to the airport this morning!! We are staying home in Oregon praying and lifting up our head of the home as he seeks God for our home and place of rest when we move. Thanks for letting us share about our special men!! I can’t say enough about mine!!!

I, too, am headed to Sears for the promo deal and all of the other fun, practical gifties are from “free” rite-aid dollars (when I transfered 2 Rx) including the container with tomato plants and marigolds that the kids and I potted up today and gave to Daddy while eating dinner outside on the deck (a family favorite activity)!

I will be making him breakfast in bed and then later in the day going to TCBY for FREE frozen yogart!

This Fathers Day, we’ll be on our first-ever family vacation! I can’t wait! We’ll start the day with a delicious breakfast and spend it all together, enjoying the beach, taking walks, playing games and being together! I can’t think of a better way to celebrate!

This year we went and had pics done using a free coupon from Picture People. They turned out great, and it will be framed for my hubby!

I’ve had this idea for awhile. My Dad loves a clean car so I’m going to buy a cheap jar, maybe at Dollar general and then use rub-on letters to put a special little message on the outside and then fill it with 20 dollars worth of quarters to be used to wash his car! Hope he likes it!

I made my hubby a “FAMILY” Mural w/scrapbook paper & embellishments & sepia photos of the three in our family & modge podged it on an 18×24 canvas! 🙂

Well, it’s obviously not an original idea, but we made homemade cards. I asked the kids what their favorite thing to do with daddy (or grampa) is, and then they drew a picture of that. The kids seemed to really enjoy it, and I know that their daddy and grampa will too!

Mmm… I love Rotisserie Chicken too!

Here are our Frugal Father’s Day Plans!

1. The special breakfast: His favorite breakfast– French Toast (made with bread from the bread machine to keep it cheap!) and a smoothie made from frozen fruit bought on sale!

2. The gifts: Professional portraits of our little one to be displayed on the desk at work from target portrait studio purchased with a 3.99 coupon (It got us 2 5x7s and an 8×10) and some special artwork by our little guy.

3. The family fun: We are going swimming at a family member’s house and grilling out for dinner!

For Father’s day, I buy a plain t-shirt and use fabric paint to decorate the shirt. Last year the kids and I made one that says “Daddy Rocks!” on the front and the kids’ footprints on the back. You can see the shirt here: http://dinghome.net/2007/06/16/this-years-fathers-day-surprise/

This year we’re making another shirt that says “Super Dad” with the kids’ names around the phrase.

For my Dad I have been stockpiling various marinades, BBQ sauces etc and made a gift basket. I also transferred an RX to our grocery store and got a $25 gift card, I bought the Stubbs BBQ cookbook with the gift card when it was on sale for $11. For my husband I bought Fusion razor gift sets for 3.98 on clearance at Target using $2/1 MQ- he was just complaining about not having razors so it worked out perfectly!

I bought a fish shaped coffee mug at a yard sale. My dad loves coffee and fishing. I will be adding a coupon for an afternoon of fishing in the pond with my boys.

Photo Books from CVS!!! They’re BOGO free and and there were $3 coupons from Kodak in recent papers and I have a $10 CVS store credit on one book. Free plus overage! My dads will love the pictures of the grandkids!

I try to wake up before my father… I take my dad’s “Honey-do-list” that my stepmother makes for him and try to do as many things possible (such as cutting the grass, putting a new coat of paint on random things, etc). He really appreciates this, and I end up getting to spend more time with him later in the day. Also, if there’s something I’m not so good at doing, than we do it together, which makes it just as fun.

Hope everyone has a great Father’s Day!

I know not everyone can use this idea, as you have to think ahead for the most fun Father’s Day gifts. I found several GREAT items at yard sale in the past couple of months. His favorite comedian on DVD, a good movie on VHS, and a couple other fun itmes. (Total out-of-pocket cost: less than $4!) Add breakfast in bed, and a hand-painted T-shirt and homemade cards from the kids, and Dad will feel very loved and appreciated, as well he should!

my hubby is a foodie, so it’s all about the food on FD and his birthday- anything homemade and slow cooked like stewed chicken from his homeland of Belize with sweet fried plantains! Talk about yum! And there’s nothing like a Sunday afternoon nap and some Star Trek on DVD- frugal and easy 🙂

For Father’s we dont do anything really fancy…Our three girls will make him homemade cards and of course his favorite big breakfast blueberry waffles, eggs and chocolate milk! The girls tried making donuts this morning and want to make some of those for him too, though im not sure im p for that! We live in a a small town and one of the few things there are to do here is go ot th epool! So we bought a family pool membership after school ended for 65$ and we go almost every day. Daddy hasnt been able to go with us yet though since he works during the day and we are home before he gets home, so on Sat. we will take him to the pool for a couple hours then top it off with a picnic at the park with some grilling out. We got him a few things he really needed while they were on sale, a 2 new pair of wrangler khaki shorts at shopko (bogo) for $25 (hes gained a little weight during this pregnancy and is up a size!) a new pair of sandals (its been 3 years since hes had new sandals and cabelas had them on sale (in his size which is hard to find since hes a size 14) for $32 with free shipping and then we got him an ice cream maker for $25 after my coupon and free shipping. I know it seems like a lot but he needed the clothes and shoes but never says anything! so really the only thing he wouldnt have gotten this year anyway is the ice cream maker so we splurged on that but it was fun and its what the kis wanted to get him. WE decided that since we wernt taking him out to dinner or spending money out soemwhere it was just fine! I think this will be a really fun day! 🙂 Oh the kids are also making him a crown to wear all day since he is King of the castle! 🙂

It is our first Father’s Day. We’ll have a special breakfast and then he is off duty (no diapers even!) for the rest of the day!

For Father’s Day I’ll have something my husband can grill and we’ll make homemade ice cream and make up sundaes. I’m also assisting the kids (5, 4, 2) with painting a banner and writing on it all the things that are thankful for and love about their dad.

This year the kids and I are going to detail his car. Also we found a card at wal-mart that has a picture of a 69 camaro on the front and a “DAD” new car scent air freshener on the inside. He has quite a commute to work every day so I think he will appreciate this.
Other years we have given a pack of DAD’s rootbeer and vanilla ice cream and had a rootbeer float night.
The kids usually make a crafty gift. (family fun magazine always has some great ideas.) My husband likes to display them in his office.

my kids are making cards for my husband and i am going to fix his favorite meal and give hime some time for himself in the afternoon:) he is so special to us!

We are going out to test drive the new Mustang Saleen this weekend. My husband loves to test drive cars (just for fun) and this month they are giving you a $25 american express gift card just for test driving. So, a father’s day that’s free (with overage!). 🙂

Printable coupon books for Dad. They are super easy, fun to do, the kids can get creative, and best of all…they are free! I have tons of links on my Frugal Father’s Day Idea blog post.
http://heatherbeckley.blogspot.com/2008/06/frugal-fathers-day-idea.html
I would have never even thought to post this if it wasn’t for viewing this blog today in my reader! Great idea!

I am constantly asking (aka nagging) my husband to clean off his chest of drawers of the items that seem to accumulate. I was “shopping” in my craft closet and found a wooden tray that my girls are going to paint for him to put his stuff in so it’s not so cluttered. I love to shop in my own home for things that were purchased previously but never used.

Thanks to the money I’m saving courtesy of your blog, I’m also going to get him a pair of golf shoes. He rarely plays and when he does he remembers why. His 15 year old shoes are worn out. So I used My Points to shop Overstock.com and got a great deal and lots of points as well.

My husband is a super dad and loves everything he gets, whether it’s a homemade gift (the norm) or something we buy. This year he’ll get both.

Last year I made a T-shirt for my husband with our 3 kids’ foot prints on it that said, “My kids walk all over me!” He loved it and wears it all the time so this year I am planning on making another one with hand prints this time that says, “Hands Down, You’re the Best Dad!” A great and useful gift for just the price of a solid colored T-shirt and some fabric paint!

I struggle with knowing what to do that DOESN’T cost much money. Cooking a favorite meal is out because he is always saying that I always cook such good food at home that the only way to do “special” is to eat out!

And most of the things he wants are big-ticket items: camping gear, software, music equipment. At least he has lots of interests.

This year my hubby and two fathers-in-law (one’s a stepdad) are getting shirts I bought at Target, Kohls, and Penneys with gift cards or coupons for $3 between them all (original value $100!).

I tried to enter my husband in the Super Dad contest through Focus on the Family. The contest site was having difficulty so I copied my entry to give to him as a present. 🙂

While it is not much, I took $12 that we had in our budget and bought two bags of my husbands favorite gourmet popcorn.
While $6 a (tiny!) bag isn’t frugal, spending just $12 on a gift is somewhat frugal. But in spending that $12 on the little bags I got my husband a very special treat that he almost never gets to enjoy.

We celebrated Father’s Day last Sunday as he was off work and loved the gift!
I am going to get our son to color his first picture for his daddy this Sunday while he’s at work, so he will get that too.

we have a family cookout for all the dads. my dad, husband, brother, and brother-in-law. the girls do all the work (even chasing the kiddos!) and the dads get to eat first.

We are making cards and a batch of cookies just for daddy. He is the only one that loves walnuts in his cookies, so he gets the whole batch to him self. Also each of the children are making coupons for things for him as well. I just did a blog on this. Check it out!

We are planning a family fishing trip (DH requested) should only cost for his fishing license (Kids fish free and I’ll be baby wrangling and worm hooking, so not fishing) Hopefully we’ll have a nice fish fry for supper. DH almost died last summer and was not expected to live, he crashed and was lifeflighted on June 15, 1 year ago this fathers day and last fathers day was in a coma critical in the ICU, so no matter what we do this year, it will be a blessed and thankful fathers day as we have been witness to a miracle!

My husband is the youth director at our church and he’s pretty busy on Sundays. We have 2 boys, 4 months old and 21 months old.

So, my plan is to serve my husband breakfast in bed, but the cool thing about it is that we got a breakfast tray from a garage sale for $0.50!! Then I will modgepodge pictures of our kids on it! It turned out so perfect! Then we’ll go out to eat at TGIFriday’s and get free appetizers with our coupon!

I’m going to get a photobook made at CVS with pictures of him and our son together. I have CVS coupon and a MQ to stack to make the book nearly free.

This is my husband’s 1st fathers day since we have a 9 month old. I did the dockers deal at sears for him. He really needed some new slacks for work, & who could pass up a deal like that? He is a salesman & drives a lot, so he will have no problem using the $75 gift card! It was really just a win win situation. I will probably pack a picnic to celebrate!

For my dad we made a special picture album with pictures and special messages from myself and the grandkids. I received some negatives from my aunt of my dad, uncle and grandparents that date all the way back to the 1940’s. My dad doesn’t know that I have them, and no one knows exactly what is on them. I already came across one of my dad and his brother when they were young boys. My uncle recently passed away and the picture will thrill my dad. As for my husband, I gave him “permission” to spend money that we had saved up for something special to go fishing on Lake Erie. He only gets to go once a year at the most.

My wonderful Hubby loves pizza. We are giving him a pizza of the month club. I found the idea in Family Fun magazine. I am making 12 different cards, each with a different pizza restaurant on it, some that he loves and others with new restaurants to try. It will be special, since we don’t go out but once a month or so, and this will be to places he loves.

He also is getting a Craftsman circular saw ($10 from a yard sale) and the obligatory box of chocolates from our son($2 from CVS around Mother’s Day), who cannot wait to eat them himself. (He knows about these two.)

This year I ordered a $100 gift card from our credit card rewards points for my hubs so he can get GPS. We pay our balance every month and use the card because…they give us points to pay with their card. Points which we use to get free gift cards. So, his gift cost nothing. 🙂

For the Grandpas I ordered photo mugs from Shutterfly. They were on sale, had free shipping, I had a coupon code, and I ordered through ebates. I needed a couple extra dollars to bump me up to a certain price to receive the discount so I ordered all of them photo cards of the kids. I’m also sending $.15 bags of M&M’s (from a previous CVS deal), and small packets of coffee to go along with the mugs. I spend under $35 for all gifts including the postage to send them.

I hope they like what they are getting!

Money is super tight right now and we buy nothing extra for ourself but my husband mentioned a few week ago that he had run out of his favorite cologne a few weeks ago and would really like some more. I went to buy it and some of the sets leftover from another holiday were on clearance. I was able to buy him more for less than the current sets were selling for and I know he will be surprised since he thinks he is getting nothing.

I designed a card online with pictures of him and my daughter together and a nice message about what he does for her. It cost $1.51 through Walmart.com and I just know he will love it!

For father’s day this year, I helped our two year old daughter, Julia, make hand print cards with her favorite “Juliaisms” just for daddy. We printed all the pictures we could find of the two of them together and made him a chronological book of his transformation into a father.

We printed out a coupon for our favorite local restaurant and are taking him on Saturday for lunch (cheaper!). After lunch out, we’ll be coming home for homemade ice cream sundaes.

I think the biggest treat he’ll get is an afternoon alone with his guitar. No chores during her nap! 😉

We like to find “free and fun” nature programs for Dads and kids on Father’s Day- this year’s is a fishing adventure and my husband loves not having to bring the poles and bait and having an extra few adults around helps keep it fun and relaxing!

I’m boring and am giving DH and my dad and brother in law razors and assorted stuff I’ve gotten free or almost free by couponing and shopping the drugstores. We will also make DH a homemade card and make a yummy healthy pancake breakfast!

WE had portraits done with the discount coupons at Sears. I will frame up pictures for my father and husbands father.

I will also probably bake some bread or treats for my father since he lives in town.

–rachel

I am seriously considering the Sears deal, but as of now, we will go to church in the morning, have a nice roast for lunch (his favorite meal), then he can spend the afternoon fishing if he wishes and if weather permits. That would be a great day for him.

I got him the Tony Dungee book he asked for a while back, but it will be a complete surprise. The girls are going to make a bookmark for him!!!! I love surprises.

We are giving daddy breakfast in bed before church, then heading to a beautiful local park afterwards for a nice picnic together with our family as well as his widowed mother and perhaps his widowed grandmother- they will then spend the afternoon with us as well:)

Last week our daughter and I went to Picture People and got a great 8×10 of us together (my husband loves the one on his desk at work from when she was an infant) and that’s part of his gift. . . The other part is a special Sunday lunch – with more meat than usual =). We’re having pork chops (a favorite, but infrequently enjoyed, treat), sweet potatoes, corn, salad and homemade rolls. And he’ll want seconds instead of dessert. =) It’s so much fun to
“pamper” him!
Homemade cards and Picture People wallets of our daughter for the dad’s and granddads in the family.

I’m not sure how frugal it is ~ I bought my dad some of his favorite gourmet coffee … but I did do it while they had free shipping, so I guess that counts!

My children, especially my daughter, LOVE to make cards, so they’ll probably be doing that for daddy and granddaddy.

We are having a great family dinner with my parents and grandparents! Also, we like to pick up some low prices t shirts that have fun “Greatest Dad in the world” sayings on them. Everyone gets a good laugh!

This year I am making my father a gift basket full of my CVS deals. He is really difficult to buy for because he doesn’t really need anything, so I figured a basket full of necessities would help him out since he wouldn’t have to buy them himself. Who can’t use toothpaste and shampoo?

Things are rather tight this year, so I got my husband a picture of our 3 year old daughter using my coupon for a free picture at The Picture People. I will also give him some of the more expensive aftershave that I got on sale at CVS this week, using my EBC’S!

DH is getting a photo tie with the kids on it. Not that cheap, but he’s been wanting one. My dad is getting a free subscription to Bass Master magazine from http://www.lowpricesubs.com. We are also having my parents over for dinner.

Last year I had put together a slide show of pictures of our almost 1 year daughter. He loved it. It went to music and everything. This year, we added another kid to the mix and so I just today finished another slide show for my hubby. A suprise of course. It really blessed him last year and it is the perfect way to express to him what a wonderful dad he and to look back on the year(s) with the babies and remember God’s faithfulness in our lives.
I will also make a card from the kids to him, make won tons( his fav) and blesss him with encouraging words and kisses from me.

I have always gone to the Picture People and gotten a picture taken of the kids, purchased a cheap, but nice-looking frame from a store, and given that to my husband for father’s day. He loves to have pictures of the kids around the house, and the Picture People often sends out free 8X10 coupons!

I ordered a collage mug from snapfish, with 13 pictures of the kids arranged on it. It is very cute! Total cost was under $15

This is my husband’s first Father’s Day! I’m planning to do breakfast in bed for him. He does that for me sometimes, and I know he’d really love it for himself. I will give him a hand and foot massage, too. He loves those and unfortunately they are few and far between since our son was born. I’ll also be giving him a card from me and a card from our son. Tonight our son said “Da” for the first time, so I’m sure that was probably the best Father’s Day gift!

My dad likes to watch western shows and has many that he has taped off of the television. For Father’s Day, I’m going to convert all his VHS western show tapes onto DVDs..using the free set of DVDs I received from the Office Depot sign up a few weeks ago! I will also make him his favorite dessert- peach cobbler- and work alongside him on Father’s day on our new house construction. He doesn’t care for gifts as he buys what he wants already, so I think spending time with him working on our new house will mean a lot to him and I’m sure he’ll appreciate the extra help! 🙂

When my kids were little, they would make things for their dad. They would also have a coupon book for him to use. His favorite was help Dad in the workshop. My husband builds furniture, and he loved his little helpers learning his trade.

Father’s Day came upon me rather unexpectedly this year. I was thinking I have another week to come up with something and here it’s upon me already! We’ll probably settle for a special time with Daddy. He’s so busy right now that relaxing is a favorite activity!

We like to do all of the chores for Daddy on Father’s Day. Mow the lawn, take the trash out, and just make him feel extra special and loved by us!

This year, my baby’s daddy will get breakfast in bed, a tripod (free from the buy.com/google checkout savings), a bubble bath, and a big hug and kiss from our little one.

I have bought a multipack of white undershirts shirts and had the kids personalized them with handprints and drawings. Practical but also special (and cheap too!).

I got hubbie a camera bag that was on clearance from Kodak for $10 and I got my dad some coffee that was on sale and a photo of grand-daughter.

i did the sears deal today-2x. he is getting a LOT of clothes for a little $$! thanks for the tip!

and, i am making fajitas for my parents and us and then we will all go swim!

pictures of the new baby of course! I love Boston Market; havn’t been in awhile though.

This year my hubby made a ‘suggestion’ of an inexpensive gift he would like. He has really enjoyed listening to books on CD while driving, so he wanted an inexpensive MP3 player. He is very computer savvy…but we are not into gadgets. So I am thankful for the hint. Comparison shopped…bought it through Mypoints so I could accumulate points. We have a budget for such gifts but due to an inexpected monetary blessing given to me, I was able to put $15 extra dollars toward this to give him an ‘upgrade’. I also am inviting my father in law to join us for steak and potatos. Now we don’t usually have steak….maybe once a year. But, I scored a major sale at our grand re-opening at Randall’s this week.

We will also be cutting out the letters DAD with poster board and then posing dd with each letter at the park. Then we will frame it in one of those 3 folding frames. I think I will be doing it in black and white with color accents here and there.Then I think I will make him a really nice meal and let him relax for the day and evening.

This is his first Father’s Day, and I’m getting my husband a copy of his favorite book from childhood, called “A Fish Out of Water”. He doesn’t remember reading “Goodnight Moon” or any other classics, but he LOVED this book! 🙂

My husband is preparing for our trip to the Grand Tetons in July during which he’ll go backpacking for a few days with my dad who’s a park ranger out there for the summer (one of the perks of being a school teacher – summers off to do random cool things). So when REI was having a sale a few weeks ago, he got some gear he needed that was on clearance (plus 20% off for having a membership). That was his main Father’s Day gift, but as a surprise I also got him a movie he’s been wanting to see (National Treasure 2 – he was a BIG fan of the first one, but we never managed to get to the theater to see the second).

My FIL will get a phone call, and if we can figure out how to get through to my dad (whose cell phone wasn’t working last I heard), we’ll call him too.

His mother and brother (who’s ex has the kids this weekend and would not trade weekends!) are coming in for the weekend so there will be tons and tons of foods that he loves (and I can’t cook).

He and the kiddos are making stepping stones together.

And I am giving him all the aitkins bars I got free at CVS and a tripod I picked up cheap at a yardsale months ago.

I was going to get him a propane tank gauge (20$!) but money ran tight – maybe for his bday in a few months.

For my dad, who is recovering from open heart surgery, we’re spending the day with him, just me and 5 of the kids, we’ll bring him some nuts (cause he’s a nut). Hubby will be out of town with our oldest boy (Boy Scout camp…he’s the scoutmaster) so they will spend the day and week together and it give’s the girls an extra week to make something special for him) FIL is up the road and we’ll spend the evening with him when we get back from my dad’s.

I think we might go to the Lodge (http://www.skamania.com/) w/ a gift card we have (for lunch) and then we will probably do a bit of Geocaching (www.geocaching.com) cause my man ADORES doing that.

I made my dad a collage poster on shutterfly of my nieces and nephews(his grandkids) at his dad’s memorial site. He is very proud that his father served in the Army and will be touched to see him being honored my his grandkids!

This year, I sent cards to all of the grandads and great grandads. I love making homemade cards, so that is what I did. For my hubby, he actually just went out and bought himself an expensive toy for his computer, so he will not get much else! I let the girls pick out cards for him. I am going to make him a card too, and I did two framed picture collages of him and our girls. The frames were 2 dollars apiece at Walmart, and I already had all of the pictures and scrapbooking supplies.

We usually make a homemade cake and just treat him like the king.

My Dad had an old flannel shirt he used to wear almost every day (years ago) in the winter and part of the legs to jeans he cut off for shorts in the summer. I took those old things and covered a photo album with them. The shirt pocket is on the cover, so it looks really cool. I think I have a picture of him in the shirt, so I’m going to put that in the frame I covered in the jeans on the front cover! I’m also going to write notes and memories next to some of the pictures so it’s something really personal.

For my dad, a batch of homemade brownies is both easy on the budget and a real treat for him. Also, a goody bag of Lifesavers candy, pencils and crossword puzzles, and a special card from his grandbaby will be special.
My husband prefers no gifts, so a special lunch with family after church is fine for him.

Unfortunately, I do not have a close relationship with my father and I struggle quite a bit at Father’s Day. He lives out of town, has anything & everything his heart desires and is of the mindset that homemade stuff is, well, ‘cheap’. So I am mailing him a gift card.

For my own husband, the kids and I are going to Steve & Barry’s to get him some new jeans. The store near us continually runs an “everything for $8.98” sale & my husband loves their jeans. He needs some & will be very pleased. I also had a picture of me & the kids blown up to a 5×7 and am framing it for his office at work. It is a picture we took last weekend & he has commented several times on how much he loves that picture of us. He will be surprised that I spent $1.50 and had it blown up. The frame is one I got for .50 from Goodwill. (It looks new & he won’t mind). 😉

I used the Sears deal too, but with a twist. My husband HATES shopping, especially for clothes. My teenaged son and I conspired to give him a particularly appropriate surprise:

I set it up yesterday morning by telling my husband that I was dragging him to Sears that night, despite the heat, after a long day of work, to buy clothing for him and our son. He resigned himself to it but wasn’t happy.

While he was at the office, the kid and I went to Sears, bought the clothes, and then hid them in a closet at home. After dinner, my husband said with a sigh, “Ok, I’ll clean up the table and then I guess we have to go shopping.”

On cue, I said, “Yes, I suppose so. Hmm, unless we get into a time machine.”

The kid and I burst into simultaneous “deedly-doo, deedly-do, deedly-do” Wayne’s World style flashback gestures.

“Right,” I continued. “Unless we get into a time machine. Then we would already be done with the shopping and we’d have the evening free. Hmm. Kid, if we did that, where do you think the clothes would be?”

“In the closet! I’ll check!”

My husband was looking at us as if we were crazy, but when Kid came back to the table with a big Sears bag, he caught on. And he was thrilled! Not only did he get shirts (the short-sleeved, wrinkle-resistant, stain-resistant ones he loves), but we spared him a chore and gave him an evening off.

Our best frugal idea for celebrating Father’s Day took place a couple of years ago. We happened to be in A.C. Moore on a Saturday when they had free craft stations for kids set up all over their whole store. My daughter went and decorated a painter’s cap for my husband as a gift, decorated a gift bag with foam bits, and used other craft materials for a card. I saw again this year, where they held a similar craft day, I think it was in May, but we were unable to attend. My daughter was so proud of her hand-made gifts and my husband still wears the hat when he works at home. He calls it his thinking cap.

This Father’s Day we will start with the sunrise service at our church (it is dedicated to my brother that just passed away this year) and then the kids and I will treat my husband to donuts and coffee. We will eat them at the gazebo by the lake and then the kids will do some fishing with Daddy. He has to go to work in the afternoon so I will make a special dinner on his next day off-probably somthing on the grill.

We don’t usually do much in the way of gifts but he and the kids went all out for me for Mother’s Day-tomorrow we will be going out to buy him a “Greatest Dad” hat and tee shirt combo at Target-we bought him a tee like this last year and he loves it-I guess we have a new tradition! Last year the kids painted cardstock and once it dried I attached a nice photo of them and framed it in a $$ Store frame. It was so cute! I may do another this year as the kids have gotten so much older looking.

I love the idea of coupons-I always want to do them and never get around to it. Maybe for Christmas in stockings. I have plenty of time to work on them! LOL

My dad really enjoys doing crossword puzzles but he is not very good at them so I got him a crossword puzzle dictionary at Branes and Noble. We also sent him a card. Had I been a little more frugal I would have remembered to bring my 30% off coupon but I forgot it!

For Fathers Day I am going to let my husband know just how special he is , you see he was married before and had two children who are adults now , we have been married 20 years now an not once has he ever received a Father’s Day Card . He is a wonderful man and still deserves a special day , I will see he has it.

My girls are coloring a free card that I printed from the Children’s Place (http://www.childrensplace.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/EmailJumpFull?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&jumpId=FathersDay08Pdf).

I found a shirt on clearance at the end of the season last year and we’re giving him that. I’m always buying things at the end of the season and saving them as gifts.

We’ll be eating italian beef here at home and our extended family will be bringing sides. A father’s day potluck is always economical.

I’m CVSing for them, of course. I’m trying to put together baskets of shaving goods for my Grandpa, father in law and Dad. I say trying because the kids have been difficult today and the only time I was able to stop into CVS we ended up voiding the whole transaction and leaving because the register rejected my coupon combination for no reason the management could (clearly) explain.

Heh.

But anyway, I will write about what I WANT to buy on my site even if I don’t get it all bought before we leave for a weekend camping trip tomorrow.

I help our two children make cards and drawings for their Dad on Father’s Day. They are less expensive than store bought cards and much more precious.

I am taking some poster board and cutting out a big “D, A, Y”. Then I’m going to take a picture of my oldest and 2 of my boys with the “D”, then my 2nd oldest with the “A” and the baby with the “Y”. I’m going to print it and frame it to say “DADDY”. He’ll love it.

My hubby loves his homemade cards from the kids. I didn’t realize how touched he would be w/ them last year! He still has last years cards! This year we’ll be taking him out for Chinese, one of his favorites. He’ll also be getting a little money to Home Depot to put back into finishing his garage, his man area 🙂 I’ve also arranged for his Dad to surprise him and show up at church Sunday morning and spend the rest of the day with us. He’s not expecting this at all as his parents don’t live near us. My hubby’s a worship leader so going to his Dad’s is never an option because we have to be at church. I’m looking forward to the look on his face when his Dad walks into church!!

We decided to combine Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and summer entertainment. We bought tickets to a baseball game, which was both of our presents.

Our dads usually get gift cards.

I do like your Dockers idea though – I think we might use that just to get my husband some new work clothes and because there’s a Shell station right near my work. Hooray!

My idea for a Father’ Day gift is to purchase prints of me and my siblings and my mother, and arrange them in an attractive frame for my dad to hang up in his office. During his days at work, he can hopefully be encouraged by our smiling faces on his wall!

We’re making Dad a special dinner (his choice, spaghetti), a special dessert, spending the day on the river in our boat, and I found him an inexpensive book set about guns, one of his passions.

This may just be cheap more than frugal, but here it is anyway. My husband works in a corporate office so all of his break times end up at the on-sight cafe buying a treat, when he has enough change on hand. So, I am giving him the change I’ve been saving for the past several months. May be silly, but he’ll feel rich for a few weeks on that change.

I bought my husband a wallet today at a discount store in our area, the wallet was a nice leather one that retails in department stores for $40. I got it for $6.99! The kids made their dad cards. I got two cards for $0.50 each at the discount store too for my father and father-in-law. Total spent was under $10.

My husband is getting a gift card I rebated and 2 freebie sample bags of specialty coffee.

At our home we usually maked papa some cute cards and then make him a special dinner. Since his birthday always follws father’s day we just wait to give him his other gifts.

I am using a CVS coupon for $3 off $15 to purchase their on sale $12.99 Eternity for men cologne (plus some fillers). My husband loves this (as do I when he wears it)and it is usually around $30-$40!

We went to sears and got pictures of all the kids. For $3, you can get 2- 5×10 pictures that say “happy father’s day” on them. Awesome, and it is something that can last. One for work, one for home.

My husband is a contractor on the military base. We have access to the bowling alley on base. My husband has been bowling each week at lunch. They offered a prepaid card where games are $.50 each. On Father’s day I am planning on getting steaks and pototoes to grill. Then, we will go that night to bowl. I bought a mustache/beard trimmer at Walgreens that was on clearance. I used the RR that I earned with the Proctor and Gamble deal to pay.

We are cooking my husband and dad a wonderful bbq and they are getting lots of homebaked goodies as well!

It’s not very original, but my dad loves to read, and I usually get him an interesting book. He doesn’t get a lot of time to read, so the library isn’t a good option for him because he tends to read in small chunks as he has time, so a new book is something he really appreciates.

My Dad died in 1997. My SO is really committed to our saving money (since we got out of debt in April!!!), so we’re just planning on special time together.

We will begin Father’s Day with worship at our awesome church! There is no better way to start the day! Our church is helping us out this year with “Dad Fest”. After service, they are having a huge car show, I think boats too, and all kinds of things for dads. We go to the 8am service and then this will occupy our time for a few hours I am sure. Of course best of all, it’s free! After that, we will have a picnic at the park with all of his favorites, and he will take the boys to feed the ducks old bread. Then we will probably top off the evening with free fishing in the rock quarry in our back yard. Perfect day for my husband, and practically all FREE!

For my husband – I’m having the kids (2 & 1) color him an “I love Dad” photo frame that I’ll put a magnet on the back of for the refridgerator. I actually had no clue what to actually buy for him until you posted the sears deal.

For my dad – I’ll be splitting up the Sears Deal (probably) and also having the kids color him something.

My 3 1/2 year old and I are going to plan a special dinner for Daddy with all of his favorite foods, with the main dish being hamburgers on the BBQ – he loves to grill!

We have a baby who just turned 1. We like to copy our home video footage onto a dvd and send it to them (1000 miles away) all wrapped up like a real movie dvd. Case, cover, all that stuff. They love it and I know it will be watched more often than any other movie we may buy them!