1St Fathers Day

*Take a picture of your baby and husband together and put it into a nice frame with a cute poem you make up or from a really cute Fathers Day Card. Use two frames hooked together.

*Your baby's handprint on a shirt saying "Best Daddy Hands down." Feetprints are easier you can say: ________(baby's name) walks all over me and I love it.

*Use the little treasure candies (you know the chocolate bars) and write: I "treasure" (place a candy here for the word) my daddy because____________________. Do as many as you can think of. example: because he loves me, because he plays with me, because we snuggle together, because he is nice to my mommy. Whatever you can think of.

* Does your husband wear a tie? I did iron pictures of my kids onto a light tan tie. I wrote with fabric paints: Our love "ties" us together it's a bond forever true. So on this day I'd like to say, "I'm glad I'm "tied" to you!"

*A basket of fortune cookies:
I don't have diamonds or riches.
Don't worry I don't feel bad
I know I have a fortune
'cause I have you for a dad.

*A t-shirt with a picture of you and baby on front saying - I get my good looks from mommy..... Then a picture of baby and daddy on back saying - ...And my attitude from daddy.

My daughter was 9 months old at my husband's first Father's Day. I took her to one of those pottery places, put her foot print on a little plaque and wrote something along the lines of "Daddy, I hope my feet are never to big to dance on yours" This year my girls are 6 and 4. I just took them to JC Penny's and had portraits done (with ME actually in them too!) and they're going to be from "All of his girls"

My husband is a sports fanatic. He plays softball every year. I got a softball and some ink and put our son's handprint on the softball. He loved the idea of holding his son's "hand" when he picked up the ball. You can get one of those little stands and a case to put it in. It didn't take long, didn't cost the earth, and was very sentimental and special. Just an idea --

A. T.

Hi K.,

Exciting isnt it? I made a craft project. I put a print of my husbands shoe and a print of my son's foot on a board, I also put a picture of them together and then I bought some scrapbook supplies and wrote the following "someday I will walk in your shoes"

A bit corny, I admit, but he loved it!

Have fun.

J.

I know you said you don't have time for fancy craft projects but what about making him a t shirt? You could put the babies handprints on the front and write something like Hands on Daddy, World's Best Daddy, or something more clever. It would probably take you under 30 minutes to make and it would be a great memento for when your son is older. Then maybe get him a card and cook his favorite meal and dessert.

Make a handprint or footprint mug for him at Clay Cafe in Chantilly! Costs about $14 and you can pick it up in a week!

I think I got this for my husband's 2nd father's day, but it's still a nice gift-- I got him a copy of "The Dangerous Book for Boys". It just came out recently and it's a fabulous book with lots of stories and activities he can eventually share with his son. Of course your son is way too young for him to actually do the activities, but my husband was really touched and loved looking at all the things he would eventually be able to do with him. It includes things like how to spot animal tracks, build a teepee, some science experiments, etc. The kinds of things every kid wishes he had done growing up. Of course it's not super expensive, so you might include a gift certif to some place your hubby would like...or a round of golf or something. Good luck! (I have no idea what I"m doing for my dh this year).

Hi K. -
For my husband's first....I bought the board book "My Daddy and I" and write a little inscription inside from our daughter. She is now just about 5 and they still love reading it together!
I also painted her feet and pressed cardstock on them to get a good footprint, and then printed a little chessy poem on the paper, framed it and voila, great desktop accessory!
Good Luck!

I had a good friend of mine for her hubby's 1st Father's Day give him a polo shirt and in the left corner it said GAVIN'S DADDY. it was really cute and the father wears it all the time....even wore it on his son's 1st birthday party.

For my husband's first Fathers Day I gave him a duty-free day if he so chose and took him on several outings that he had previously mentioned he'd like to do. For a gift I made him a photobook of pictures of him and our daughter. It was huge hit! There are several site you can use such as winkflash, walmart, snapfish, mypublisher or creative memories. Good luck! Another idea is to get some inexpensive portraits of you and your son taken and frame them for your husband.

I got him a subscription to his favorite magazine from our daughter. To him, that was the best thing he could have gotten. And then just to add something to it since I know he spent a lot on me, I bought him a pair of shorts. Not the most sentimental thing but he's not that sentimental. Besides, he needed them.

I got my husband a gift certificate to Sunglass Hut for his first Fathers Day last year. He loved it! If he likes to golf, you could always buy a driver or a putter, and maybe have it engraved with a message from your little boy.

What are his favorite hobbies? First, talk to his friends to see if they too have some ideas.

Fishing - (charter a fishing trip with his friends, they could even help make arrangements or a day at the lake fishing).

Golf - Buy him a round of golf.

Racing - let him watch a Sunday race with his friends (either

Take over his weekend chores (mowing lawn, taking trash to dump, DIY projects)

There's lots of things you can choose for him, or just sit down with him one afternoon and ask, "If you had one day you could do something fun, what would it be?" (make it sound like a poll from a magazine or something. Then take his answer and run with it!! He will be pleasantly surprised!!!

Hi K.
I got this clay kit @ ACMoore and put my son's hand & footprint on the clay and then baked it per the intructions on the box. It was easy and took no ____@____.com then goes into a frame which I took a picture of my son and laid it next to the prints. It didn't take ____@____.com luck. Hope you find something special. L.

I don't know if your husband enjoys golfing but if he does you could always get him a tee time at a nice golf course in the area for him and one of his friends or for him and his father, brother etc. If he doesn't enjoy golfing then you could always organize a guy's night out for him. Such as making dinner reservations at a great steak house or getting him tickets to a show that he would really like to see. My husband really enjoys football so for his first father's day I got him a set of NFL pool balls for the pool table-so when it plays it's the Redskins vs. the Cowboys. Hope some of these ideas are helpful.

If you have a computer and are able to upload digital photos, you can make your hubby a scrapbook online. I went through Shutterfly and made a scrapbook titled Daddy's first Fathers day and put in a bunch of pictures of him with our daughter and typed in sentiments on different pages. He loved it, my mother in law cried when she saw it, and our daughter loves to sit with him and look at the book so I would say it was a hit!

HI, I did a silver (you can obviously choose the color) frame that I ordered online thru pottery barn with the first picture of him holding our son. The inscription says "danny and daddy". I was needed to order online because of where I was living but any mall in the states has a store you can buy frames or get them engraved.

Good luck

Mandy

walmart makes coffe mugs with pictures on them along with mouse pads and a whole lot of other things it takes about 2weeks and a picture very nice and easy. Also there are a number of paper weight kits that are easy you just use your childs hand print i recomend one of these with a baby that age time is very precious

For my husband's 1st father's day I got him a really nice watch that had a large back to it with space to have it engraved Happy 1st Father's Day. He loves it and wears it everyday and will keep it even after it stops ticking.

K., here is something simple, a little crafy but will mean so much later on as your son grows.
Purchase an inexpensive, solid necktie. Then get some fabric paint, a couple of different colors. Apply the paint to your child's hands and put handprints on the tie in a random pattern. The paint washes easily off of the hands, and he'll have a memory of the size of his son on his first Fathers Day, by having actual handprints on his tie. (I've also done one using photos on transfers, ironed onto the tie. Did one for my own father after I was an adult...He still wears it! & I'm 50!)
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Congratulations!!! You'll be blessed over & over by your son!!
Enjoy!
S.