Top 10 Homemade Gift Ideas for Father's Day

Father's Day is about 2 weeks away, 16th June 2015.

It will be a happy event for some people while others who are fatherless, it will be a sad and melancholy time.

Whether or not the man who had raised you is your biological father, step-father, god-father or grandfather, celebrate this coming Father's Day with your dad by making him feel special and let him know that dad is just as important as mom too.

Plan the perfect gift for your dad with these low budget cheap gifts and Handmade Gift Ideas for your wonderful dad on this Father's Day.

Everybody carries several keys or a bunch of keys most of the time.

Dad always carries his car keys, house keys, safe deposit keys and mailbox keys with him all day.

Make a handmade keychain for him so that he could remember this special gift is from you.

You can also buy unique keychain at most book stores and department stores as they are cheap and eyecatching too.

Led lights keychain, useful tools convertible keychains and Zodiac sign keychains are great gifts for dad.

Some of them are made from plastic figurine, metal pieces, fabric pouch or wholly cute animals.

However, I don't think my dad would like the cute ones. Get the useful keychain for him to use.

I made this Fabric keychain for my dad

If your dad has a hobby in reading magazines, newspapers and books, try to find out his favorite topic or subject that he is keen in reading.

For example, if his hobby is cooking, find a simple to follow recipe book for quick and easy dishes that includes colorful pictures so that he could understand the instructions easily.

If you are into scrap booking, make scrapbook for dad's hobby by cutting out recipes from old magazines or newspapers and print out some new recipes.

Paste them into your scrapbook which you can buy from bookstores and low budget stores that sell scrapbooks at a very low price with beautiful covers and pages.

Cut out the printed recipes and pictures into unique shapes. Paste them into the scrapbook. Repeat the same procedures for cut out recipes from old magazines and newspapers. Ensure that the papers are still readable , not fragile or crumpled.

1. You can also create your own scrapbook too with a little imagination and creativity. Start with an empty book.It doesn't matter whether it is a single line book or blank pages book.
2. Use your handphone or digital camera to take some lovely photos of the dishes , cookies, cakes that you have made.
3. Print them out on photo papers for lasting impression and print out the recipes that you had followed from the recipe website.
4. Cut them out and paste them into your handmade scrapbook with cute creations.
5. Add in some decorations such as buttons, ribbons, laces or color papers to brighten up the dull pages.
6. This is the most inexpensive and easy to make scrapbook that will be a beautiful keepsake for your dad.

You can also create your own scrapbook too with a little imagination and creativity.

• Start with an empty book. It doesn't matter whether it is a single line book or blank pages book.
• Use your handphone or digital camera to take some lovely photos of the dishes , cookies, cakes that you have made.
• Print them out on photo papers for lasting impression and print out the recipes that you had followed from the recipe website.
• Cut them out and paste them into your handmade scrapbook with cute creations.
• Add in some decorations such as buttons, ribbons, laces or color papers to brighten up the dull pages.
• This is the most inexpensive and easy to make scrapbook that will be a beautiful keepsake for your dad.

Discount coupons and gift cards are equivalent to money, great for your dad to choose whatever things or food that he wanted to purchase.

You could obtain discount coupons from shopping centres after you have accumulated sufficient points with your member card, health nutrition stores or pharmacy after you have purchase a certain specified amount per receipt and purchase computer accessories from selected brands, just to name a few.

Another opportunity to obtain free gift cards is from online shopping websites such as Ebay and Amazon.

Some online survey websites and revenue writing websites offer to give these gift cards in exchange for your original interesting articles and participation of various surveys.

It will be a surprise gift for your dad by inserting these discount coupons or gift cards in between your handmade Father's Day card.

If you are too tight for cash to buy branded box of cookies which happens to be dad's favorite, bake them on your own by searching through the Internet.

With Google, you could find tons of cookie recipes with step-by-step photos and easy to follow instructions.

Alternatively, you could buy Cookie Recipes for easy to refer pictures and steps completed in a book.

After you had bake them, cool off the cookies before you transfer them into a cookie jar or plastic container.

Use transparent gift wrapper to wrap up the cookie jar and tie with a cute bow and don't forget to include a small card with a Father's Day quote .

You dad appreciate your tasty and beautiful gift because you had taken time and effort to make his favorite cookie.

Low Cholesterol Lemon and Raisins Cookies are perfect for old dad

Look around departmental stores and gift shops for cheap handmade crafts made from seashells, wooden photo frames painted in rainbow colors and decorate objects from recycled items.

Buy what your dad needs, NOT WHAT YOU WANT.

Many people fancy cute decorations and stuff but may not suit your dad, maybe due to his age , he doesn't know how to use it or he doesn't need it either.

Eventually, dad might put the unsuitable handmade craft on the shelf to collect cobwebs and dust.

Hence, look around dad’s desk and survey what item is essential for him.

• If he uses an empty jar to keep his writing tools, buy a nicely decorated pencil holder for dad.
• If he uses a box to keep spare coins or handphone, buy a recycled moneybox or money bowl for the spare coins and attractive handphone holder for him.

Everybody has a little talent in making crafts by reuse and recycle old, trash objects into unique handmade crafts.

Give yourself a chance to prove to your dad how important he is to you by making a handmade gift that will create a heartwarming feelings on Father’s Day.

1. You can use an empty mayo glass jar or toilet paper roll to create a unique one and only pencil holder for your dad.
2. Decorate it with left over fabrics, yarn, buttons, laces or anything that you can find in your house.
3. On the other hand, you can also reuse an empty plastic bottles to create a money box to keep his spare coins or his miscellaneous items.

This is how to make a Pencil Holder with Recycle Fabrics

Most handphone comes with built in tiny camera with high mega pixel which produces high quality and stunning photos.

It is convenient for you and your dad to take photos anywhere, anytime and any funny movements for remembrance.

You can also use digital camera which are slim and compact and you can print them at any photo shops with ready-to-print machine that prints selected images on the spot.

Purchase a cheap wooden or acrylic photo frame from any cheap gift shops, wrap it up and give it to your dad immediately. Not much hassle when you are in a shopping centre.

At home, you can print the selected photos with your printer software which has many functions for you to choose from, re size the images, contrast, sharpness and many more.

Create your own handmade photo frame with card box, insert the photo and decorate it with fancy buttons.

Dad will be proud of you and he can always look at your handmade photo frame all year long whenever he missed you. This way, you could save money on printing and the photo frame too.

Dad is always busy with work, earning hard earned money everyday. He always put his family interest first, very often neglected himself without realizing it.

I am sure you would agree with me that dad pays almost all the expenses at home, education for kids and health insurances to cover the whole family.

This Father's Day will be a great day for you to offer your dad a day out for a cheap treat at any cheap menus restaurant or hawker stalls which is among your budget.

Dad doesn't mind even if it is an ice-cream treat or a tea for two. It's the thought that counts.

You can take dad to lunch or dinner at roti-prata shop or have a tea-time together by the roadside stall and have a good long chat with him.

Buy him a slice of his favorite cake to surprise him. I am sure he will blushed with rosy cheeks.

Dads are always shy with surprises. Keep in mind that dad wants you to spend more time with him rather than how much the treat cost.

Anyway, do INSIST that you treat him.

Flowers are a timeless old favorite gift for Mother's Day, Valentine's Day and even Father's Day. You may be surprised that some dads love to receive flowers too, even though dad has a manly figure at home.

Giving flowers doesn't mean it is a girlish act or embarrassing gift for him.

Flowers can be bought in a bouquet, s stalk or a small potted plant for gardening. Flowers help to brighten up his desk, his feelings and put a smile on his tired face.

Buy flowers that matches his favorite color or that give fragrant scents.

You can buy them at nursery farm or flower orchard for cheap price as shopping centre sells flowers at a high price with special packaging and gifts, especially on special occasion.

After you have bought the flowers, wrap them up beautifully with transparent gift wrapper and tie with a ribbon. Remember to include a Father's Day card with a Father's Day quote. A great gift for dad.

This is how I handmade a bouquet of Paper Rose Flower

Plan to cook a special dish one day before hand.

There are tons of recipe websites to choose from depending on what dish you are looking for.

Download the recipe into your handphone or print it out so that it will be easier for you to follow the instructions when you are in the kitchen.

Choose the recipe with the least ingredients and has the shortest cooking time.

Get your mom to help you out while tell your siblings to bring your dad out for a walk so that you could whip up the tasty dish for him.

Your dad will be glad to see his child taking the initiative to cook his favorite dish.

This will be a happy reunion for the family and precious memories that money cannot buy.

This is how I cooked the Sweet and Sour Fish

When dad is not reading newspaper, he will be either sleeping, watching television programme or in the garden. Grab this opportunity to watch a movie together with your dad. You can watch a movie in the local cinema or rent his favorite movie from DVD rental shops.

However, do ask your mom what is dad's favorite movie so that he could enjoy the movie with you. If you choose the latest movie in the market, it might be his cup of tea. Dad may be falling asleep in the cinema instead!

Otherwise, download the movie from the Internet, connect your notebook or computer to your home 40" , 50" or 60" LCD television and enjoy the movie with pop corns and sodas! It is advisable for you to ensure that your LCD television and notebook settings matches or else your dad will be tired of waiting for you to fix up the mess.

You could convert the movie into suitable video format and burnt the movie into DVD discs which your DVD player accepts. This way, dad could watch his favorite movie anytime he wants, best gift that he had ever wanted.