shopping4my3son Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 A couple years ago I put together a calendar full of gift cards for my oldest. He liked it a lot so I'm trying to come up with something similar this year. I'm looking at getting a plain recipe box with plain dividers. I'd like to label the dividers and place gift cards in between. I can only come up with Food and Entertainment. Maybe I could divide the food into different categories like delivery or type of food? Any other ideas? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanyon71 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 If he has hobbies you could get Gift Cards for places that sell things for those, like if he is into Hunting or Camping you can do Bass Pro Shops or Dicks or places like that, if into Games you can do Game Stop, into Models or R/C you can do local Hobby Shops. Also you can break up the food ones like you were saying based on the type they are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) Oh, thank you for bringing this up. I loved your idea so much, I had wanted to do that for my son, who just moved to school last month. Thanks for the reminder!Your recipe box idea is good too. Maybe one for shopping? Like target, books.. Gas? Maybe a grocery category in food ? Edited September 23, 2015 by bluebear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopping4my3son Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) I found some plain wooden boxes on Amazon that look nice. Not to girly or flowery. Of course if I EVER had a girl to buy for I'd get the most girly one I could find. lol I started picking up gift cards already. Last time I did this I waited until December and it was so cold out. Way to much in and out of stores in yucky weather. Plus if I start now it's not a huge hit all at once. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wooden+recipe+box Edited September 23, 2015 by shopping4my3son 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smorebore Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Awesome idea!!!!!!! My son just moved to college too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanyon71 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 If you have a Sam's club membership or know someone who does they usually have good deals on gift cards. Like $50 for $39.95 on a lot of them. We buy them for restaurants we like, picking up one for Buca this weekend $100 for $79.95. $20 instant savings and then we have a coupon on top of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmck Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Don;t forget to look at Raise.com too. I have gotten many gift cards through them. Maybe a Movie Night category Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbillyswife Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Craft/HobbiesMovieSportsGroceryFast FoodDine INDeliveryGasFun ~ Mini Golf, Video etcMallBooks ~ B&N, Etc 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magickallight Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 All of these ideas are SO creative! Love the way we all share on here! Be sure to keep an eye on GottaDeal.com main page - Brad will post some awesome discounts on Gift Cards through eBay and other places - but they go FAST! You can realty save by buying them early and then create categories around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berry1014 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Coffee & Donuts - Dunkin Donuts Gift CardBreakfastSummer cool down (ice-cream or water ice)Bowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momlori Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 You can also add a Misc with a generic Amex card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerfan Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 This is an awesome idea!!! I do have a question since I am drawing a blank What would you use as dividers. My Son is in the Navy, and gift cards for a variety of places sounds like a great idea. I could do places for where he is at school and for some generic places that can be found anywhere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 What about car wash or oil change (if they don't do their own maintenance). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerfan Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Since my Son is in the Navy, and just bought a car I plan on getting him gift card for oil change, the car wash as above said, gas card, local supermarket, local pizza place Next time I go visit I have to go see what else is around there, He only moved up there on 9/9 and will be there 6-11 months, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopping4my3son Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 This is an awesome idea!!! I do have a question since I am drawing a blank What would you use as dividers. My Son is in the Navy, and gift cards for a variety of places sounds like a great idea. I could do places for where he is at school and for some generic places that can be found anywhereI was looking for plain recipe card dividers or maybe getting card stock and cutting my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerfan Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I was looking for plain recipe card dividers or maybe getting card stock and cutting my own.I have been looking for blank recipe cards...not that I have found any. The ones I see don't have the tabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymacfla Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Best Buy, Steam Wallet card, and some kind of prepaid gas card if they have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpr Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 My son bought me a Steam gift card for my birthday so I could buy some 'vintage' Star Wars games, lol. Anyways, back to the topic at hand, you can break entertainment down into smaller categories as listed in other post. Some more categories you could use: movies, games and music. Lots of great ideas posted to chose from. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 How about Cvs or Walgreens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopping4my3son Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 I found plain recipe cards. I'm buying the colored ones, I did see plain white on Amazon also. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CXI2A1E/ref=pd_luc_rh_mrairec_04_04_t_img_lh?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewleyp Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 This is an AWESOME idea... I will be using in a couple years when DD (12) is extremely hard to buy for! She never asks for anything so this will be great for after when we have bought everthing that she has ever looked at ....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnaree7176 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I bought dividers for a recipe box in the dollar tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colemandawn4905 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 look for places u can get deals or points for the gift cards. I use mypoints alot (online) and get points that i cash in for gift cards and where i live our Krogers always gives us 2x the points so if i buy a 25 dollar gift card i get 50 points and sometimes they do 4x the points and for every 100 points i get 10 cents off a gallon of gas. It adds up quick when im buying groceries and gift cards then i get gas cheaper and it works out well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conj Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 haven't seen music listed as a category yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nafcmf Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 This is a great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Spa, concert/ticketmaster, membership cards (gaming/service/or store), magazine subscription or buy an experience gift not sure if cards available (experiencedays.com). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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