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This Father’s Day offers a myriad ways to say “I love you,” and they don’t have to cost a bunch. Take a walk in the park with dad. Plan a picnic. Help the kids put on a special play for him. Read a story together. Gather wildflowers for a natural bouquet. For unique Father’s Day traditions dreamed up by moms and kids, click here.
For sure-to-please gifts ideas that cost less, click here.
If you and your child like to make your own cards, click here for printable and other Father’s Day cards you craft. Make a neck tie card!
For a funny Father's Day gift, how about pasting dad's head onto a dancing body and watching his funky moves? Click here for more about S&K Menswear's Dancing Daddy e-card and gift card idea.
Discovery Channel is offering the gift of adventures that you and dad can share. If your Dad navigates the jungles of corporate America, you can now give him taste of what lurks in the real wilderness with an exciting animal kingdom experience. Expert divers, zoologists, naturalists and other animal lovers share their passion and expertise and take clients where few civilians get to go -- and see animals in their real habitat. For details, click Discovery Channel Experiences.
If your dad has always wanted to learn to fly, you can now buy him some lessons at Pilot Journey, a national learn-to-fly company.
How about this gift for de-stressing Dad? HiWired, Inc., a remote technical support and computer repair company, is helping families nationwide give dads the gift of time for Father's Day. By opening a HiWired account in Dad's name, family members can save their fathers countless hours tinkering with home computer repairs or their wireless network, or setting up technology-based Father's Day gifts including PCs, music players, digital cameras, smart phones and software. For details, click here.
Is your dad a handyman? How about a new tool box? CableOrganizer.com, a source for cable, wire and equipment management solutions, is offering an array of toolboxes and tool bags. Or how about the SeeSnake micro Inspection Camera from RIDGID, an adjustable mini-camera allows users to see into virtually any space, no matter how small -- like inside walls, air ducts, or a car's engine -- to diagnose and solve almost any home repair.
For the woodworker, do a little "work-shopping" this Father's Day. If Dad likes to spend time in his workshop or tinker in the garage and you don't know what to buy him because there are just too many tools, gadgets and do-dads available, click here for some of Woodcraft’s ideas.
If your dad likes to work out, a new pair of sneakers might be just what he's hoping for. Footlocker athletic store offers a variety of options. For example, if your dad is a runner, you can get him The Zoom Structure Triax+. The latest technical footwear from Nike, this shoe has The Nike Plus technology that works with Dad's iPod Nano to create a soundtrack for his run.
Or if you’re going green, why not give Dad some hip eco-picks from Organic Grooming? The company’s line includes: shave cream, shave balm, deodorant, milled Soap and cologne. Products are made with with complex essential oil blends and nutritious food-based ingredients like carrot, ginger, cucumber and black walnut extracts that cleanse and condition the skin. They're free of dyes, parabens and harsh synthetics.
If your Dad loves to cook or just wants to learn, click here for more on three cookbooks just for him.
Here are some children’s books that kids will love to read to Dad from www.amazon.com.
Just Me and My Dad (Look-Look) by Mercer Mayer (Paperback - Mar 2, 2001)
A Perfect Father's Day by Eve Bunting and Susan Meddaugh (Paperback - Mar 22, 1993)
Why a Daughter Needs a Dad: A Hundred Reasons by Gregory E. Lang and Janet Lankford-Moran (Hardcover - Mar 18, 2002)
Little Critter: Happy Father's Day! (Little Critter) by Mercer Mayer (Paperback - April 24, 2007)
For more on kids' books for dads of all kinds, click here. Also read Carolina Parent Associate Editor Aleta Payne's recommendations for Summer Reading for Father's Day.
And for some books that Dad might enjoy reading himself, check out amazon.com's Father's Day store. Go to www.amazon.com and search "Father’s Day" for books for Backyard BBQ Dads, Literary Dads, Business Dads, Sporty Dads or even Serious Dads!
Did your Dad give you sound advice? Honor him by entering our Father's Day Contest through June 30, 2008. Tell us what his advice was and how it was helpful. Winners will have their Dad's advice published at www.carolinaparent.com.
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