Celebrating Father's Day in lockdown with Moonpig {AD} – Mummascribbles

{AD – Gifted} I have worked with Moonpig on this blog post

And here we are again. Another celebration to be had in lockdown. Admittedly slightly easier than the previous celebration of Mother’s Day because we had all just been put into lockdown, there was zero freedom, and if I remember rightly, we were self-isolating. With Father’s Day we have a bit more freedom, and although we are still at the point where personally we aren’t venturing further than our very nearby Country Park, we do now have the opportunity to do a bit more. Well we do at the time of writing, so hopefully in two weeks we still will.

Things are still weird though aren’t they? The shops are open but many people don’t want to go to the shops. Many of us were worried the zoo’s were going to go under, but they are in part now open…except who is brave enough to go straight away? I know we aren’t!

So Father’s Day will come along and for the most part, for many of us, nothing will be very different than it has been for the last three months. So I have worked with Moonpig to come up with a few things you can do and buy, that you can celebrate in these pretty unusual times.

Have a picnic

If you still aren’t prepared to brace the parks and green spaces, a picnic at home will work too. Even if you don’t have a garden, or if it is raining. One of our favourite things to do is to have a picnic style lunch or dinner. We cook up some pasta and buy some mini cocktail sausages, sausage rolls, and pork pies, and we have a feast! It is something so simple and the kids always love it.

Give them a happy gift

Times are tough right now and if there is one thing everyone needs, it’s a little extra happiness. So I ordered these fab happy socks from Moonpig which will bring a bit of brightness into those harder days.

Order an afternoon tea

One of the massive things that has taken off in this whole lockdown period is delivery afternoon tea! There are bakers all over the land who have halted the main part of their business and been overwhelmed with orders for afternoon tea. I have seen so many people on Facebook asking where they can get a local delivery, and so many people making them. It is such a lovely thing to do from home, making their day super special.

Get them something to grow

This lockdown has been the perfect time to spend watching things grow. We have watched tadpoles turn into frogs, seeds turn into flowers, and our children get taller and taller! So I thought he could put his hand to more tending and ordered him a grow your own bonsai tree. I wonder what stage of this pandemic we will be in when it has finished growing!

Jump on Zoom

Yes, this wonderful website has been the saviour to man, woman and child up and down the land. We have spent countless nights catching up with friends over that website. If you are still unable to see your Dad because of lockdown, then organise a Zoom call and hey, why not organise for an afternoon tea to be delivered there too so you can enjoy it together over the World Wide Web!

Get them some toilet humour

My other half can spend ages on the toilet – I bet yours can too. When I saw this book, I knew I had to get it just for the title of it alone. I knew it would be a hit with the kids as a present too!

So there you go. There are still two weeks until the big day which is long enough to sort a few bits out. Why don’t you make this Father’s Day one to remember for other reasons?!