Top 5 printable Christmas gift ideas for Dad, 2015 guide
There are many possibilities on the Web for free Christmas gifts, ideas for low priced Christmas gifts for Dad or printable Christmas presents kids can give to their father or grandfather. Fathers know that their kids can’t spend much money on a Christmas gift for Dad. The most important thing about the gift isn’t the price, it’s making something personalized, specific to what your father likes, or a simple craft that reminds your father of you. Here are some ideas for free crafts you can put together for Dad and printable Christmas gifts to give to your father this Christmas.
# 5. print an award for Dad
Make a great looking award for your father with a picture of Dad and the kids together. You can personalize the certificate with a title that makes sense for your dad. “best fishing buddy”, “the number 1 playtime partner”, “the best hugger”, whatever best represents the kids and dad’s relationship.
– Use certificate templates that let you upload your own photos from Print With My Pic.com
– Use ready-to-print certificates (if you don’t have a picture you’d like to use) from 123 Certificates.com
#4 – make a printable Christmas card to give to Dad
Don’t underestimate the power of a simple Christmas card you can print and give to your father. When you personalize the Christmas card for Dad, make a note about something that happened this year, let him know you remember something nice about your relationship, or just tell him how much you appreciate something he has done.
– use these photo Christmas card templates from Print With My Pic.com
– or try these printable Christmas cards (if you don’t want to use your own pictures) from MES Cards .com
#3 – print a personalized set of bookmarks
If you’ve got a reader in the family, printable bookmark templates are a good choice for free Christmas presents kids can give to their parents. There are templates for printable bookmarks that let you customize the text on the bookmarks. You can make Christmas bookmarks or sports themed bookmarks, like football bookmarks, basketball bookmarks, or soccer bookmarks. These make great presents to give to big sports fans. Print just one or print a set of different bookmarks.
# 2 – print a puzzle, board game or activity you can do together
A simple gift idea that’s often overlooked. You can make a printable crossword about your Dad and about the kids. You can can make a free printable crossword or free printable word search about his favorite sports team or hobby. There are also printable board game makers out there that let you add text to all of the game board squares. Do the same thing here and make a game with questions about things that happened this year, who did what, who went where, etc. Play the game together, make several versions for everyone to try to do it together.
Presents that Dad and the kids can do together are the best gifts you can give your father on Christmas.
#1 – print a 2015 calendar for your Dad
There are printable calendar templates that let you add your own photos. You can add pictures of the family or pictures of the kids. A great present for your grandfather this Christmas would be a simple 2015 calendar he could put up on the wall. There’s no need to bind the calendars but you certainly could. You could punch holes in the calendars and thread a simple ribbon through to keep the calendar together.
Presents that remind Dad all year long of how much you love him can’t be beat.
Christmas is a wonderful time for kids but also parents. These are 5 of the best ideas for gifts children can give to their fathers or grandfathers. Presents don’t need to come from stores. Dad’s love presents from their kids that the children made, the children put a little thought or effort into. Any of these suggestions ought to really make your father or grandfather happy this Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
December 16th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Thanks for the ideas!