5 Inexpensive Ways to Make Father’s Day Special

Usually celebrated on every third Sunday in June, Father’s Day serves as a prompt to pause and recognize the wonderful dads in our lives. It should be a day overflowing with kisses and hugs, thank you’s and I love you’s and other such gestures of love and adoration.

Father’s Day exists to help make dads feel as special as they are and also to remind us how lucky we are to know and love such great men. Celebrating this day doesn’t have to be expensive to be special. In fact, there are many inexpensive ways that you can pull at his heartstrings and create lasting memories, below are five ways to do so.

5 Inexpensive Ways to Make Father’s Day Special:

Give him more time: One of the best gifts you can give a dad is more quality time with the people that he loves, especially in this busy world that we live in. You can host a family grill out and use the day to honor all the dads in your family. You can make the get-together cheaper by asking everyone to bring a dish along with them.

The gift of eCards: Sending the gift of Fathers Day eCards is an example of small things making a big impact. Not only can eCards be funny, heartwarming and cute, they’re also environmentally friendly, inexpensive and instant. As long as your dad has access to a web-enabled device such as a computer or a tablet, he will be able to receive his wonderful eCard from you. This gift is perfect if you live far away from your dad or grandpa; he will love receiving it.

A relaxing day of pampering: Men like the idea of being pampered just as much as we girls do, they just don’t like to admit it. Your kids can have fun with this one too – you can make him breakfast in bed, give him relaxing massages as well as a facial and a mani/pedi. Then you and the kids can make him dinner and fresh baked cookies and then finish the day watching a movie together snuggled in between blankets and pillows.

Handmade gifts: Handmade gifts will forever go down as the most special gesture of love and appreciation. Kids especially have fun with this one – You and the kids can make him cute, inexpensive things like a picture frame made out of popsicle sticks, a hand-painted bookmark or you guys can write him a sweet poem or letter that he can cherish forever.

Do his chores: Father’s Day is a wonderful day to cross a few chores off of his honey-do list. Take some load off of his plate today by enlisting the kids to help you mow the lawn, clean the basement or wash the car.

All dads will tell you that every day is Father’s Day and it’s true, however, carving out this one day that is just for honoring dads and then deliberately showing your guys how much you love them is priceless.