Father’s Day DIY Gift Ideas

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Father’s Day is about a week away so I have planned out a special day for my hubby!

I found free printables to make easy DIY gifts with the kids. You can give great Father’s Day gifts that Daddy will love, without spending much or even better, nothing!

Here’s the game plan: Making pancake stacks with little signs, cupcakes with toppers, a hand print tree art project, and an about Dad questionnaire.

Here are the FREE DIY downloads I plan on using this year.

I will use these signs from Paper Glitter attached to a toothpick and stick them in our breakfast pancake stacks. The boys will help me make the pancakes, they love to bake!

Use these cute signs from Paper Cutz Midland as cupcake topper signs attached to toothpicks.

The art gift from my boys will be handprint trees from The Crafting Chicks. I will do one for each boy and one with all three. I will paint each boys hand a different color to make a colorful tree with 3 different size hand prints! My boys love getting to play with paint, especially when they get to paint their actual hands!

I thought this questionnaire would be a funny and cute gift for daddy also from The Crafting Chicks . I’m sure my boys will have some hilarious answers! This will be a great gift to save and look at when your kids are older!

Here are our finished projects after Father’s Day. My husband loved them, and my boys loved making them!

What DIY gifts do you have planned?

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Gluten-Free Free Country Fried Steak

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My husband and I are both born and raised in Texas so we love Country Fried Steak! When my husband had to start eating Gluten Free this was one of the first recipes I searched for and worked on to perfect. We can still have our Southern Comfort food while eating Gluten Free and that makes my husband very happy!

Gluten-free Country Fried Steak

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Ingredients

4 cubed steaks
1-1/2 cups of gluten free all purpose flour
1 tablespoon of black pepper
1 large egg
1/2 cup of milk I use almond milk

Instructions

Heat oil in frying pan on Medium-High
Combine Flour and black pepper in shallow bowl. Combine milk and eggs in a separate shallow bowl, stirring with a whisk.
First dip steaks in flour mix coat completely. Dip in egg mixture; then dredge again in flour mix coating completely.
Fry steaks about 4 minutes per side or until golden brown.

Notes

For Gravy: 4 tablespoons of oil drippings with brown bits from frying pan, 4 tablespoons of gluten free all purpose flour, 1-1/2 cups of milk

Directions:
1.Over medium heat, add flour to oil drippings and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, whisking constantly
2.Add milk slowly while whisking constantly
3.Once desired consistency is achieved reduce heat to low

Wishlist Shopping-Cloth Diapers

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I participate in the http://change-diapers.com blog hop and this month’s topic is your “unicorn diaper.”

They asked, “Is there a particular diaper, color or print you are dying to have? Maybe it’s hard to find, or not in your budget; is there one diaper you would just love to add to your stash?”

So I decided to go do some “wishlist” cloth diaper shopping. Based solely on cuteness of the diaper and how much I would love to take a picture of my son in it.

Here are my favs in no particular order because they are all so freakin cute!!!

These first two are from Etsy shop Zookaboo.

Cloth diaper cover and matching embellished tee – bright stache

Cloth diaper cover and matching embellished tee – patriotic pops

These next two are from Etsy shop TheEliMonster.

Punk Rock All In Two (AI2) Cloth Diaper

Cloth Diaper Cover Superhero

Both of these shops had so many cute diapers to choose from and both had good feedback ratings so I will trust to order from them….hopefully very soon!!

Think about your “unicorn diaper” and go do some “wishlist” shopping…it’s therapeutic!!

I was not asked to write, nor was I compensated for this post, and all opinions are my own.

DIY Play Kitchen Oven

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This post comes courtesy of my good friend Sharon. She is a super crafty lady on the cheap! She made this play oven for my niece!

This play kitchen was made out of extra furniture laying around. Super cheap and way easy for anyone to make! Spent total $15 to make this.

You can also get some “junk” stuff people leave on the curb or from thrift store. She is working on a big oven now with a dresser she picked up form the curb!

Basically just sand it down and then paint whatever paint color you want.

You can buy cheap test paints people return at home dept or lowes for cheap. She got this one at home dept for 50 cents!

Then add fabric on the bottom to cover the area. You can get the fabric at hobby lobby or walmart for cheap. They always put the returned fabric on sale, great deal!

Optional, add a wood piece on back for that extra look.

Next, add hard ware. She got hers from home dept for $1.

Last paint circles on the top for the stove top

She added a picture frame from the dollar tree and painted it to match the fabric for a little color.

Super Cute!

Hope this inspires you to do some DIY crafts on the cheap!

Peanut Butter Gluten Free & Vegan Cookies

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With my husband having Celiac and a chocolate allergy these Peanut Butter Cookies are a good option for his sweet tooth needs.

I sometimes bring these cookies to work for everyone to try. They are always surprised that a gluten free and vegan cookie could taste like a “regular” cookie, and they always eat them all!

Peanut Butter cookies are one of favorites and this is a great recipe! Enjoy!

Peanut Butter Cookies Gluten Free and Vegan
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups gluten free all purpose-flour (I prefer Bob’s Red Mill)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1-1/2 cups Earth Balance Creamy Peanut Butter
1 cup Earth Balance Buttery Spread
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
2 tbs of flax seed (Or another egg replacement)
6 tbs of water

Optional:
1/2 cup of raisins
1/2 cup of chopped pecans

Directions:
Preheat oven 350°
Combine oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in bowl; set aside
Mix peanut butter and spread in a bowl until smooth. Then blend in sugars, then flax seed and water.
Beat in flour mixture until blended well. Stir in raisins and pecans.
Chill 30 min.
Tbs size round balls on pan 2 inch. apart
Press down with fork to make criss-cross
Bake for 12 minutes or until golden
Allow to cool completely and then eat ’em up! Yummy!

Amber