My Dad is the same, so I made him a DVD of his life in pictures and added appropriate music for each era of his life. It took a bit of time scanning the pics and finding the right song and then timing it - but it was worth it in the end. It only cost the price of the blank DVD and my time = lots of love.
i made DH a recipe book - just bought a binder and some nice paper. then typed up all his scrappy handwritten inventions and printed it all and arranged it in the folder with dividers.
did a cover and included metric/imperial conversions; oven temps etc. Worked out very cheap and all from home.. just took a bit of time.
for my brother i hit the sanity/bigdub movie sales - van damme box set and a box set about the golf war for $30 all up.
also... good for dads - stubby coolers. my dad collects them so they are great.
someone else mentioned hampers - these can be so good and cheap to do but the trick is getting a right sized basket (too small and you look cheap, too big and you look cheap lol).
Nadine, Would you be able to sew me some passport covers please?? I would need at least 4, but possibly 8! Please email me if you are interested d85@aapt.net.au xx
Yeah Smiles my dad is in his mid-late 50's. I think he likes the old Westerns, cant remember the name of the guy but there is one actor he does like from them. He usually ends up falling asleep watching tv..guess that just makes it a double present..a movie and some sleep! Lol.
I think I'm going to get him a couple of dvd's..don't know which ones so if you have any suggestions that would be great! And pop them in a hamper with some shortbread and rum balls and a couple of other goodies.
An good idea for a 14 year old nephew someone mentioned is ITunes gift cards. You can get them in different ammounts & he can download music, movies, TV shows etc with them. Lots of fun.
We like the bargain bin DVDs & CDs at BigW for Christmas presents. You can sometimes get 3 DVDs for $30 and that's pretty cool.
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