This June, celebrate La Fête des Pères French-style. Create a memorable card Dad will love.

Honor dads the French way this Father’s Day. Spend the third Sunday of June enjoying a family meal and give Papa a heartfelt, thoughtful card using the "language of love" to express how you feel. Make your father, grandfather, uncle, or other special father-figure a homemade French greeting card.

Materials

Gather some scrapbooking or art supplies and get creative making a summer-themed card:

• Colored paper
• Markers
• Paints
• Stickers
• Glue
• Glitter
• Family photos

Consider scrapbooking photos of Dad with the kids or grandkids, painting handprints and thumbprints, or making a collage of meaningful mementos. Personal touches will make this card a keeper.

Useful Father's Day Expressions

Choose from these thoughtful French messages for your card:

• Bonne Fête des Pères -- Happy Father's Day
• Joyeuse Fête des Pères - Happy Father's Day
• À - to
• Pour - for
• De - from
• Mon cher - my dear . . .
• Père - Father
• Papa - Dad
• Grand-père - Grandfather
• Grand-papa or Papi - Grandpa
• Oncle - uncle
• Je t'aime - I love you.
• Je pense à toi - I'm thinking of you.
• Tu me manques - I miss you.
• Tu es spéciale - You are special.
• Passe une très bonne journée – Have a very good day.
• Tu es le meilleur papa du monde -- You're the best dad in the world.

Quotes and Sayings About Fathers

Touch the heart of a special Papa with one of these quotes:

Un coeur de père est le chef-d’oeuvre de la nature. – A father’s heart is nature’s work of art. Abbé Antoine Prévost, Manon Lescaut

Un pere a deux vies: la sienne et celle de son fils. – A father has two lives: his own, and that of his son. Jules Renard

Le coeur d’un pere s’agrandit avec chaque enfant. – The heart of a father grows with each child. Jean Basile Bezroudnoff

Un père vaut plus qu’une centaine de maîtres d’école. – A father is worth more than a hundred school masters. Georges Herbert

Le fête des pères est comme la fête des mères, sauf pour le cadeau coûte moins cher. – Father’s Day is like Mother’s Day, except the gift costs less. Georges Herbert.

Devenir père n’est pas difficile. L’être l’est, cependant. – Becoming a father isn’t difficult. Being one is, however. Wilhelm Busch

La mère aime tendrement, le père solidement. -- The mother loves tenderly, the father solidly. Italian proverb.

Tel père, tel fils. Like father, like son.

A French Song For Father’s Day

Make an audio card with this holiday song called Petit Papa.

Printable Father's Day Cards

You can also print out a French Father’s Day card and then add your own personal touches. Visit the Univers de Lulue website for a selection of cards and matching envelopes.

Bonne Fête des Pères.

Sources for Quotes

• Evene website
• Poesie-poemes website
• Site Pour Enfants website