Dads can be difficult to buy for; often they don’t ask for much, and since the holiday is focused around the children, often it can be a challenge to come up with good gift ideas. Here’s a helpful gift list to start your creative juices flowing!
Homemade Gifts
Using his children’s handprints or photos is an excellent idea for creating a handmade gift for Dad. Kids can create frames using kits from Oriental Trading or other companies or by inventing their own. Handprints can be memorialized at make-your-own pottery studios. Or, trace children’s handprints on green construction paper, cut out the handprints, arrange them upside down in a tree shape on a large piece of white felt and make keepsake Christmas trees.
Gift Certificates
Sometimes dads appreciate the ability to choose their own gifts, especially if they have a hobby they enjoy. A gift certificate for golf, a home improvement store, fishing store or other store Dad frequents will be appreciated at the holidays, as Dad will be able to choose something he really likes or needs. Be creative in wrapping the gift certificate according to its theme. Another gift idea is the gift of the month club at ClubsGalore.com, which offers over 20 choices of gifts of the month, including gardening, marinades and sauces, coffee and wine. You can choose the subscription for the number of months and price range you desire…and what a unique gift!
Personalized Photo Frame
A gift any dad would treasure forever is this personalized photo frame by etctrade.com. Engraved “Daddy and Me,” it includes up to three lines of text, and if you add the child or children’s photos this makes the perfect holiday gift – and the cost is under $25.
Sports Gifts
Does Dad have a favorite sports team? If so, then this theme is low-lying fruit in terms of choosing a gift; it’s only a matter of what he doesn’t already have! Tickets to a game, attire such as t-shirts, sweatshirts or hats, Christmas ornaments, stadium chairs or blankets, books or movies about the team, or any number of gifts are available for sports enthusiasts. Check the team’s own website for gift ideas; some teams have a ‘store’ where you can purchase team items directly. Or, be creative and search eBay for his favorite player’s autographed jersey or other unique item!
Whatever gift you choose, Dad will know you put some thought and effort into making his holiday special.
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