This Sunday we will be celebrating Father’s day and since we had a post on Frugal Mothers Day Gift Ideas it’s only fair to have post on Frugal Father’s Day gifts. I find it harder to find gifts for father’s day than for mother’s day, often father’s like electronic gadgets which do not really qualify as frugal father’s day gifts. Well here are some frugal father’s day gift ideas, finding affordable gifts for father’s day.
- A Day Off- Your Dad works hard, and deserves a day off from time to time, so make Father’s Day that day. Let him know that from the moment he gets up till he goes back to bed he can do what he wants- watch TV, hang out with the guys, tinker with the car – it’s all fair game on Dad’s Day Off.
- Clean the Car-A freshly detailed car is guaranteed to make a great father’s day gift. Grab a few supplies from around the house and get busy washing, polishing and vacuuming your Dad’s ride into tip-top shape.
- Record A Video- Dads like to know how you feel, and sometimes they don’t hear often enough how much they are cherished. A creative, gift for Dad can be inexpensive (and mean more than a more costly material item. And believe it or not, he’ll probably treasure your sentiments much more than that new gadget you were considering. Make a list of your best family memories, all the lessons Dad has taught you. Then, take a camera if pour out these thoughts and feelings on video for Dad to watch again and again.
- Write a Letter-Write a letter instead of a card, write about all the good memories you have with him, all the things he has done for you and things you have learned from him.
Tips from Readers and Twitter Followers
@Budgetpluse: My brothers and I split Bose headphones for my dad.
@MattJabs: Homemade Ice Cream. My wife & I make this for our dad’s for Father’s Day. Cheap, delicious, & personalized.
@MMarquit: DVD of sports team championship season. My husband loves that stuff…
Reader John:
Garage clean up This is something that my brothers and I did for our father once and it was a smash hit. We basically scrubbed down the garage, turning it from a dank pit into a very nice, clean place. The key part was that we noted where every item of importance was before we started cleaning and we put many of them back in the exact place we found them, save some tools and things that had designated places, so he had no trouble finding anything.
Reader Michael
Garden weeding My brothers and I did this for Father’s Day one year. We pulled a ton of weeds out of the garden, saved them in a bag, and gave him the bag of weeds as a gift. With the three of us working on it like madmen for several hours while my parents were off doing something else, we saved him many hours of work in the garden, freeing him up to do other things that he would enjoy instead of the relative tedium of weeding.
What are your father’s day gift ideas?
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I like the video idea. For a couple years, my girls recorded us a video for Christmas, which usually went over some of the more notable events of the year about to end. They’re priceless! A former co-worker always liked golfing with his boys on Fathers Day — it costs money, but it’s not too bad. And knowing his sons WANTEd to golf with him was wonderful, he said. Books and DVDs aren’t too expensive, either. (That’s what the dad in our house is getting!) Check out a fun book on famous sports moments
that were mistakes that changed the course of the game — very fun book called “What Were They Thinking? The Brainless Blunders that Changed Sports History.” Think Bill Buckner, the Babe Ruth trade, the Miracle on Ice hockey team and all kinds of other fun stories about things that went awry. You don’t even have to be a sports fan to enjoy it — there’s enough entertainment to be found without already knowing stats forwards and backwards.
Another idea! — Cleaning the basement…
thx liz some great ideas with the books!
The best Father’s Day present I have received to date has been a duct tape wallet that my boys and wife made for me last year. It just doesn’t get any manlier than that and I so appreciated the effort. I felt like they really get that I would love something made entirely from duct tape.
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Father’s day is an interesting event for daddies! I washed his car as a gift.
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