Ideas for August?

[Rosie0530]

Hey all,
My son is a submariner in the Navy and they are leaving for a long patrol soon. One of the things we are doing is making fun placemats for special nights on board during deployment. They are just quick throw aways but I am lost for ideas to represent August. Any ideas? Thanks.

[pastda3]

Wow, how proud you must be of your son. I can't imagine being in a sub for one second.

Well August can certainly be the dog days of summer. Do you mean activity type place mats or just amusing ones depicting August summery days?

[Carolien]

Put personal massages on it or motivated one liners. I have heard that they did this on toilet paper so why not on placemats.

In a restaurant I have seen placemats with newspaper articles. Maybe it is nice to combine those two ideas.
In the Netherlands you can buy plastic placemats where you can put a personal pictures in it. They are replaceable.
Carolien

[angel]

dont know where you live but, i live in united states, and I would put the flag and a phrase like America thanks you. just a thought.

[Rosie0530]

Thanks you guys. These are all great ideas. We are pleased that he has followed in his dad's footsteps, both Nuclear engineers serving their country for a few years. He'll be on shore duty after this 6 month deployment so that will be a bit better for mom. It was hard to have my husband go to sea and it is still hard to see my son do it. Bittersweet, really. I apppreciate your help and am going to incorporate several of the ideas into 5 different placemats for the patrol.