Both of our dads are really hardworking fellows. One dad comes to visit us for three months at a time and helps Mr D renovate the house. Almost every room in our house that we’ve spent significant time renovating, he has had his finger in the pie somehow. My dad (semi-retired as he likes to call himself) listens to my incessant chatter at least once every two days and gives me great advice. It is a joy to watch him interact with my children and I swear after each of his visits, my parenting star just rises a wee bit more. 

Gifts for Dad is almost as challenging as gifts for mom. I was talking to my sister on the phone this week and she informed me that at Dad’s last birthday, he took all his presents back. Silence. “Just like Mom?”, I asked.  Apparently so!

I have separated these into golf gifts, geek gifts, food gifts, tool gifts and monthly gifts for dad, each category also includes a budget friendly gift (under $25). I hope these ideas inspire you to get dad an amazing gift.

Gifts for Dad: Golf Lover Gifts

1. Budget Friendly: Subscription to Golf Digest – $6 for 6 months
2. Swim Time Aqua Golf Game – $71.99
3. Executive Golf Mug – $20.18
4. Rosewood Collector’s Cabinet – $24.95
5. Star Wars Darth Vader Golf Club Cover – $55.09

Gifts for Dad: Geeky Gifts

 

1. Sony SmartWatch – $102.05
2. Budget Friendly: Batman: Killing Joke – $14.39
3. NES Controller Case for iPhone 5 – $34.99
4. Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special – $26.99
5. The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season – $53.96

Gifts for Dad: Food Treats

1. Star Trek Enterprise Pizza Cutter – $36.99
2. Budget Friendly: Bacon Candy Sampler Gift Pack – $20
3. The Man Cave Cookbook: MoreThan 150 Fast and Easy Recipes for Dining In The Man Cave (The Man Cave Cookbook Series) – $4.71
4. Mill Street’s Seasonal Sampler – Check your local liquor store
5. Spider-Man Character Apron – $23.95

Gifts for Dad: Tools

1. Budget Friendly:  All Steel Carpenter’s Chisel (20mm) – $15.90
2. DeWALT Radio Charger – $139.00
3. Stud Finder – $51.99
4. RONA Gift Card – You choose the denomination
5. Rubbermaid Starter Kit for Garage – $42.99

 

Gifts for Dad: Monthly Gifts

Manpacks: Gifts that every man needs (underwear, socks, razors, condoms, etc).
Socking Behaviour: A great pick to expand your sock drawer every month
Beer of the Month Club: 12 full-sized bottles of hard-to-find, specialty microbrews from award-winning Canadian and international breweries
Nerdblock: epic geek gear delivered to you monthly.
Bread & Butter Skincare: Manly, all-natural skincare in eco-friendly packaging.

Got any plans on what you are going to get Dad this holiday season?