I honestly cannot remember all the Father's Day gifts I have done with my boys and their friends. I do although remember some and want to share them with you.
*One year for Ben I remember I bought him a red cooler that he could easily carry anywhere and filled with random fun things I thought he'd like or need. Toy guns for him to play with the boys, some of his favorite snacks, new underwear and small sized camping gear!
*For one of Maverick's earlier Father's Day gifts we went with the saying "Following in my daddies foot steps" where I painted the bottom of one of Ben's shoes with blue paint and stamped it on paper, then putting Maverick's shoe print beside Ben's then added a board around it.
*Another year Maverick and the rest of the boys found some pretty heavy rocks that they could carry and I had them paint the rocks. Once the paint dried, I took some glitter glue and wrote "My Dad Rocks!" on a nice service of the rock that could be seen well while sitting on a shelf.
*Last year Jonah asked if he could make a Ninja Turtle fathers day card so we traced his hands on green construction paper, added a strip of orange construction paper to create Michelangelo's orange ninja mask then I had Jonah write "You're Turtl-ly awesome" then an added message of his wish.
*A fishing picture with white construction paper, glued to green construction paper for a boarder. "Hooked on Daddy!" was the message read on it. Maverick's foot was the fishing pole and his hand the fish. He picked out the colors he wanted to use and at the time was learning to write his name so it was an added bonus to have him sign his own name on his gift for dad. I then took a paper puncher to make a hole in each top corner and used some rustic rope looking string to loop through the holes. It not only added a nicer touch to the fathers day picture but now it can hang anywhere!!!
There as been many more, such as canvas art with the boy's foot print and I drew a golf course around it. I'm Brooke Gagnon on pinterest. I have an example of this golf themed fathers day present under my Pinterest Board "kids crafts" check it out and many more ideas if interested! The idea of this one was not mine though. Thank goodness for Pinterest some weeks!
Now this year our oldest, Jonah, has decided to use some of his chore money to order his dad something special. Our youngest, Maverick is in school now and he made a present for dad at school. Fun surprise for both me and dad!! Then of course this mama had to get something a little extra special for our special guy. I ordered a canvas picture through Walmart that reads at the bottom "BEST DAD EVER!" with a group picture of Ben with both boys (it was taken in December with Rudolph at the tree farm) then under the group picture, it shows a nice picture of dad with Maverick and then a separate nice picture of dad with Jonah. I was a little nervous how it would turn out but after receiving it in the mail today, I'm happy with how the colors burst on it and how well everyone looks. It was tricky trying to be casual and asking dad to take random nice pictures with the boys. Their looking so different and grown up these past few months that I knew I'd need updated pictures.
Now for my daycare kids....hmm I have ideas but I am still stumped on just exactly what I will have them make. So far, I'm thinking two kids will make a stepping stone for their dad's but I still need to come up with something special for the rest. I can't wait to share with you what it may be. It gets tricky for me some years because when a child comes to my care, I typically care for them for 5 years so that's a different fathers (and mothers) day gift for not only my children but for their friends as well every year.
I wish everyone luck on finding something special to make the man you love feel special this year. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!
