What do you get for a dad (or grandpa) who has everything, or a dad (or grandpa) who says he doesn’t want anything for Father’s Day? How about a wonderful one of a kind, sentimental, personalized gift in the form of a photobook!

They’re really simple to make at Shutterfly with your favorite digital photos, and will make a truly unique, heartfelt gift that any dad (or grandpa) will undoubtedly love.

12×12 Celebrate Him Memory Book

Appreciate your one of a kind dad with a heartfelt story, including sentiment starters and your favorite memories.

12×12 Father’s Day Memory Book

Personalize Dad’s book with a photo cover, padded photo cover or leather cover. It’s easy to create professionally bound books filled with photos. Choose from different cover options and personalize with his favorite photos.

Recognize Dad Greeting Cards

They even do greeting cards, too. Dad might say he doesn’t need anything, but you know better. Give him a personalized Father’s Day card with an award for “Best Dad Ever” or “One Coupon Good For…” Add a picture on the front and include your own greeting. Shutterfly will even mail the cards for you, if you’re short on time.

Shutterfly - 20% off Photo books, Canvas prints. Expires 6-5-08.

Happy Mother’s Day Eve! Yes, the day is tomorrow and hopefully you’ve found a special way to show Mom how much you care… and aren’t running around in a crazed panic right now because you’ve forgotten (poor Mom)! However, if that is the case- or if you’re just crafty and would like to make a really cool DIY gift that is great for any Mom- you’ve come to the right place.

This really great and simple DIY vintage picture frame bracelet would make an excellent gift for mom, grandma, or just about anyone else (including yourself). The idea comes courtesy of Maize Hutton, a Washington state-based artist whose website is full of cute DIY projects with instructions.

To make, just take an old wristwatch (that you own, picked up at a yard sale or on Ebay) and polish it up with a paste of baking soda and water. Then print up a picture of whomever you think Mom would like to look at all the time (a grandkid, perhaps?)- printing the little picture in black & white is a great touch that adds to the vintage feel. Then just pop off the back of the watch, cut the picture to fit, and replace the back. That’s it! Then just wrap it up pretty and you’re all set with a great personal gift.

It seems like a lot of people are making blankets out of old baby outfits lately, or at least attempting to. And why not, when it’s such a great way to preserve the memories of your little one at their littlest? It’s so much more creative than just saving treasured outfits in boxes where no one can see them. That’s why I was excited to find this kit, which includes a template and detailed instructions- giving me hope that maybe I could tackle a project like this without screwing up and destroying my son’s little clothes I love so much. Um, yay!

The kit comes with everything you need (sans your special fabrics) to make a great quilt yourself, including white minky squares, hanging loops, batting, backing, and even pins. A great weekend DIY project, right?

$28 from uncommongoods

Harness your inner craftiness and create a supercute shirt for your kid!
Nick Jr’s website offers, quite literally, a gazillion free do-it-yourself projects for parents & kids, including downloadable T-shirt transfers featuring characters from their shows. All you need is iron-on transfer paper for your home inkjet printer, a shirt or other piece of clothing/hat/tote bag/etc., your iron, and you’re all set.

Try The Wonder Pets! Beatles T-Shirt Transfer, or the Yo Gabba Gabba! Character Collection to make shirts just like the ones the kids wear on the show. Pretty cool!

Arbor Day falls on the last Friday of April and what a great opportunity for kidlets to learn about growing plants and trees! Planting and caring for trees is a wonderful way to introduce the importance of our environment and is a great activity day for the kids.

You can head down to your local nursery (the garden variety, that is, not the baby nursery) and pick out a small tree for your kidlet to plant and watch grow over the years. Or you can order one of DuneCraft’s very cool growing kits for a very reasonable price. Choose from a variety of unusual plants, like the Dinosaur Plant, which can live up to 50 years without light or water!

Whichever way you choose to acknowledge Arbor Day this year, be sure to take advantage of the learning opportunities for your kidlet and BE KIND to our Earth!

$7.99 each