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Family 5: Our Favorite Father's Day Gifts

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Thinking about getting dad another necktie this Father's Day? Here are five Father's Day gift ideas that can help make his day a little more memorable.

Baby Dad's Ride
Many full-service car wash stations will give a professional detailing for $150, including a wash, wax, window cleaning, dusting, and leather treatment. Some even detail the engine. This gets Dad's favorite toy looking top-notch without him doing any work.

Get Him a Massage
Make sure you use a certified massage therapist (CMT). A 30-minute massage is usually under $50, with a full hour for under $100. If his barber does gift certificates or appointments, you can couple this with a haircut, shave, and shampoo. A relaxed dad is a happy dad.

Send Him to Handyman School
Many home improvement stores offer how-to lessons for tiling, plumbing, woodworking, sprinkler installation, and so on. And the best part -- at the major stores, the lessons are usually free! You can even set up a father-and-son (or daughter) session.

Give Him a Furry Friend
Take a trip to the local animal shelter and find dad a dog or cat. You can usually take home an animal from the pound with its first shots for $100. You can get puppies or kittens from some local sellers for a bit more, though shots might not be included.

That's the Ticket
Is Dad a sports fan? Local minor league baseball leagues usually sell tickets for between $7 and $9 per game, and local arena football team's seating runs from $26 to $166. If Dad's not into sports, look for tickets to other local events, like a concert or play. Even tickets to the movies might be a nice treat.

Choosing a gift that will put a smile on dad's face isn't that tough. If you know his interests and use your imagination, you'll make his day special indeed.



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Family 5: Our Favorite Father's Day Gifts

sensitiveplant
June 12, 2009

Dad will be Tickled!
With fathers day and graduation parties approaching I found a coupon for a cool gift. Its called a TickleMe Plant and it is a real plant that you grow that will close its leaves and lower its branches when tickled. My students love it and 99% of the people that I give TickleMe Plants to have never had their own house plant that moves when tickled. You can get a TickleMe Plant Greenhouse to grow your own at http://www.ticklemeplant.com and use the coupon code Holiday to get two dollars off.

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Gallipoli15
Gallipoli15 says:
June 08, 2009

That's pretty cool stuff. Especially the Father/Son handyman school and the sports tickets. I think most Dad's would be into both. You can also get a bazillion personalized Dad stuff at: www.zazzle.com/fathers+day+tshirts?rf=238254862467254415

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txhill1
txhill1 says:
June 12, 2007

My daughters are both grown, but we found that the most appreciated gifts were ones of time. The girls would make "coupons" for things like helping work on the yard/car, etc. Just little ways to volunteer to spend more time with dear old dad, even if it wasn't doing "girly" things. They learned alot from him in that way and he enjoyed sharing his interests with them in a relaxed setting.

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