Cheapskate's Handbook » DIY http://www.cheapskateshandbook.com A Travel and Food Blog For the Have-Nots Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:41:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 15 Cheap Father’s Day Gifts http://www.cheapskateshandbook.com/2008/06/11/15-cheap-fathers-day-gifts/ http://www.cheapskateshandbook.com/2008/06/11/15-cheap-fathers-day-gifts/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:20:57 +0000 Jill http://www.cheapskateshandbook.com/?p=45 I love this list from BankRate, it has 15 great ideas for cheap Father’s Day presents. I have done a few of these in the past and it worked great.

One year, I made my dad a card, wrote & printed a story of his life (check out Rue The Day on Sunday to read it) and made him a memorabilia book with all of my old family photos. He literally cried -which is not something my dad does, ever. It was a very cool and special Father’s Day and it ended up costing me $3 for the photo album.

A few other successful gifts I gave him were a hand-made ice cream cake, home-made pie and a home cooked meal with my sister.

What have you done to give your dad a great Father’s Day at little to no cost?

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]]> http://www.cheapskateshandbook.com/2008/06/11/15-cheap-fathers-day-gifts/feed/ 0 Make Your Own Air Conditioner! http://www.cheapskateshandbook.com/2008/06/11/make-your-own-air-conditioner/ http://www.cheapskateshandbook.com/2008/06/11/make-your-own-air-conditioner/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:15:01 +0000 Jill http://www.cheapskateshandbook.com/?p=44 You heard that right, Life Hacker has a collection of DIY projects to create your own air conditioning unit using cool water/ice and a fan. My personal favorite is here, I’ll try to build one soon and let you know how it works out.

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