Inexpensive and Free Gifts for Your Husband
This year my husband and I made a pact that we are not going to spend hardly any money on each other buying lavish Christmas gifts. Instead, we are going to find ways to uplift and inspire each other in our relationship with the Lord and with each other.
So many marriages seem to be falling apart at the seams and we are bound and determined to not let that happen, so here are a few things that I plan on doing for him to show my love and appreciation.
I found a free online Bible study on marriage that we are going to do together each evening. My husband has been wanting to do Bible study together–just the two of us and I think this would be a great opportunity to bless him with one of his wants.
I have a free pocket planner that I got in the mail that I am going to use to write down something I love and admire about my husband every day. Then I am going to leave it where he can find it.
At least once a week, we are going to find a way to have a date night. Even if it means sending the kids to a friend’s house or to their grandmother’s, so that we can have a dinner date at home.
I am making him a coupon book with coupons for free foot massages, back rubs, help cleaning the garage, heart to heart talk, and many other little gestures I can come up with.
The big thing I plan on doing, is writing him a letter letting him know just how much I appreciate him and his ability to lead and guide his family by God’s word and how very proud I am of him.
So what are some things that you do for your husband for Christmas? Can you think of other ways to express gratitude and love toward the main man in your life?
My husband and I had a rough previous year. This year I decided to read some of “Love and Respect” and implement some of the ideas. Our home has been so much happier! I highly recommend it even for marriages that are perfectly fine! And, although we are (have already, rather) exchanged Christmas gifts this year (I finally got the KitchenAid mixer I’ve been drooling over and I purchased a snow shovel blower for him), we did something even better for each other that was completely free. We sat down and put together a family plan for this next year–what we wanted, how we were going to get it (and not necessarily material things…what we wanted family wise and how we wanted our family to be). We’ve already implemented many of the plans this month and we are both really happy…a GREAT Christmas gift for the both of us!
Great tips! I’ve been trying to find ways to grow closer and regain some of what I feel we have lost. Like Leah, my husband and I had a very rough past year and we feel the need to reconnect. I’d like to thank you both for such wonderful ideas!