Father’s Day 2021

The daddy of our home doesn’t care too much for “things”. He typically receives clothing or experiences for gifts. This summer, he decided to take some golf lessons & called them his Father’s Day gift. So while gift giving isn’t that important to him, words of affirmation and acts of service are his love language, so we still love to make him feel special on Father’s Day in creative ways!

Every year, I buy a new children’s book all about dads to give him. It’s a way for us to add to our library and serves as a keepsake for that year. I write “Happy Father’s Day” and the year on the inside cover of the book. Here are a few books about dads that I recommend!

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I love to get my boys involved, considering it IS a day to celebrate their dad! I love to make a home-made card with them and have them pick out a gift for their daddy. This year, they helped pick out candy for their daddy’s “tackle box” — more about this in a minute! In year’s past, I’ve given them a few dollars to pick out gifts at The Dollar Tree. We keep it simple, but it’s a fun way for them to honor their daddy and show him they were thinking of him! While we were at the store picking out candy, the boys helped me choose a Father’s Day card as well. My goal in all of this is to teach and model respect and thoughtfulness to our children. So while one day, they’ll write their dad a special note, this year, I”ll use the card they picked out to write some words of encouragement and thankfulness to Matt!

I always end up grabbing Matt a few new pairs of socks from Jcrew Factory. They’re inexpensive, practical, and he loves them! We always opt for the fun/patterned options. You can find the ones I ordered here.

Now, back to that home-made card and craft! This year, I chose to do a fishing theme for the boys’ gift to their daddy. Look how precious the card turned out:

You can click here to download the template for this card! I printed the template on white card stock paper. I used blue computer paper as the ocean (simply glued it to the page after cutting it to look like an ocean). Next, I let the boys choose a paint color to make handprints! We did the handprints on white card stock paper. Once those dried, I cut out the handprints and added the fishy faces. I painted a thin popsicle stick brown to use as the fishing rod. You could also cut a strip of brown construction paper. When I glued the popsicle stick to the page, I stuck the piece of string under the top edge to hang down like a fishing line. Here are some of the supplies I used:

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As far as the “tackle box” goes, the boys and I had fun venturing off to Michael’s, Target, and Walmart to buy the supplies together. They loved picking out candy for their daddy! We chose to buy sour gummy worms, sour gummy octopus, gummy worms, gummy sharks, and lifesaver gummies. My husband loves fruity/chewy candy the most, so this theme works great for him! Below I’ve linked everything you need to make your own candy tackle box: