International Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in the month of June every year, with the purpose of showing our love and gratitude for our fathers and father-like figures. It is a way of appreciating the important role they play in shaping our personalities and moulding us into what we are today. The day is also an effort to recognise the hardships and sacrifices that they voluntarily underwent, so they can give us the best of everything that they possibly can, if not more. The first Father’s Day was celebrated in 1972. The origin of Father’s Day dates back to a lady named Sonora Smart Doss, who was brought up by her father, along with her siblings.
However, the date on which the day is celebrated differs between countries across the globe. While the United Nations commemorates it on the third Sunday of June, Europeans do so on 19th March and Australians do so in September.
Any special occasion remains incomplete without gifts and, hence, this day too calls for giving Father’s Day gifts. So, let’s take a look at 5 Father’s Day gift ideas that you can purchase & 5 more ideas for handmade gifts for Dad.
5 Ideas For Father’s Day Gifts You Can Take A Pick From For Daddy Cool
1. Customised Table Clock
Your dad can purchase a table or call clock at its convenience. But what he would really cherish is a customised wall or table clock – one that you have got done and packed with love. Select a photograph of the two of you together from a day where you’ve made memories – one that would look perfect as the dial of the clock. If you don’t like any of the photos where the both of you feature together, get one clicked, without giving him a hint about its purpose.
P.S.: A wall clock will be a far better idea for this than an alarm clock because the bigger dial will give enough space for the dad-child photo to be prominently visible.
2. Plants
For those dads with a green thumb or are rearing to take up gardening as a new to-do, almost nothing like plants to get that happy glint in the eye. Get him a few potted plants if he lives in an apartment, or a variety of seeds or saplings, if there is enough space to plant them. Consider the season to make it easy for your dad to grow them, unless their evergreen plants. This is especially true if you’re getting him flowering plants. However, if he is new to gardening, it is advisable to steer clear of flowering plants because they are comparatively more challenging to grow and maintain. Research on plants that are easy to grow and take care of, and you’re likely to notice how involved he gets with his new gifts. One of the best Father’s Day gifts.
3. A Certificate Course For A New Hobby
There’s no end to learning and picking up new activities. Try remembering if your dad has ever mentioned about getting bored at home or wanting to invest his time in a new hobby, it may or may not be something specific. Look for certificate courses that he can attend to learn something new or hone the skills of a hobby that he is out of practice with. There are a host of such courses that he can attend online or offline, according to his convenience and interests. Music, poetry reading, coffee/tea/wine tasting, painting, pottery, gardening – anything that you know will intrigue him enough to want to learn it. One of the most useful gift ideas for father indeed!
4. Grooming Set
Not a new idea for Father’s Day gifts but a very useful gift for sure! A grooming kit for men consisting solely of a shaving cream is so passe these days. Face scrub, shaving gel, shaving gel, balm, soap, towel, et al. are an integral part of the package. Go for a grooming set from one of these new-age brands or ones that you’ve been seeing around you since childhood. Watch your dad step out in style with a well-groomed or shaped beard with products that you have gifted him this Father’s Day.
5. Name-Embedded Pen
Not a very new idea but definitely one he would love anyway! Especially for those dads who are prone to forgetfulness, enough to leave their things behind or find it difficult to identify what belongs to them. Look for a website or brick-and-mortar shop that offers a range of pens that can be embossed with his name. Or one that offers you the opportunity to buy your gift and get the embossing done from them. Because just the name imprinted on the pen wouldn’t be a great gift unless he is able to use the gift. Wrap it up in some fancy gift paper and finish it off with a cute ribbon. And, voila, you’re all set to see that dazzling smile on his face.
5 DIY Gift Ideas For Father’s Day You Can Bookmark Right Away
1. Customised Planter
One of the best Father’s Day gifts, a planter is a fine blend of beauty and utility, as it can be maintained fairly easily and a source of pure air, while sprucing up your home decor.
What You’ll Need
- Fabric (of your choice, of course!)
- Mod Podge
- Paint Brush
- Scissors
- Plant pot
How To Do It
- Cut out the fabric into pieces, enough to cover the entire surface of the plant pot, the space of the pot between the rim and the mud, as well as the bottom. You can cut them into uniform shapes or experiment with varied shapes, depending on how your dad will like it.
- Swear some mod podge onto the surface of the pot, with special focus around the curved edges at the top and bottom, enough for your fabric to stick well on it. The thicker the material of the fabric, the more should be the mod podge you slather onto the pot.
- Carefully stick on the pieces of fabric on the pot.
- Mod podge the surface or the edges of the fabric that you want to stick on the pot.
- Stick the fabric and you’re done making one of the best Father’s Day gift ideas!
2. 365 Memories To Tell Him You Love Him
Cut down small chits of paper of a uniform shape. And write down memories involving him and you, 1 memory in each paper. Why 365, you ask? Your dad can open one chit a day for a year and relive the precious memories that he’d spent with you. Fold the chits neatly and put them in a glass container or a box and, ta-da, you’re ready with the gift.
3. A Customised/Patchwork Duvet Cover
Patchwork has been quite the thing these days. But when you give your own touch to it, the feeling is totally unparalleled. Because it has a piece of you in it. Visit your nearest tailor and get a few discarded cloth materials in different colours and prints. Cut them into small square, cylindrical, or triangular pieces, or a mix up of different colours, designs, and shapes. Sew the patches together to give it the shape of a cover for your duvet. If you’re not a pro at stitching, take the help of your mom, requesting her to show you how to master the art.
4. Pre-Shaving Oil
There are a wide range of grooming products available these days for a perfect and easy shave, enabling men to tend to their beard in style. But pre-shave oil isn’t that popular yet. Introduce your dad to the magic of this by mixing together a few simple ingredients. The recipe is as below:
Ingredients
Blend the following ingredients together. Experiment with essential or barrier oils, depending on whether your dad will have a nose for it).
- ⅓rd cup grapeseed oil
- ⅓rd cup olive oil
- ⅓rd cup of your choice of essential oil (sandalwood, cedarwood, or anything similar with a woody smell)
How To Do It
- Blend the ingredients together.
- Pour it into a glass bottle.
- Store it for no more than a couple of weeks.
5. Handmade Soaps
Handmade soaps are grabbing all the attention these days and how! And here’s a sneak peek into how you can go about making a few as gift ideas for Dad.
Ingredients
- ½ litre milk
- 2 tbsp honey
- Oil from 2 capsules of Vitamin E
- 1 tbsp our choice of essential & carrier oils
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- Moulds of the shape of your choice
How To Do It
- Freeze the milk till it is partially frozen.
- Blend in the honey, Vitamin E oil, and your choice of essential/carrier oil.
- Add vanilla, if you want your fragrance to have a strong aroma.
- Pour into the mould.
- Let it stay until the liquid mixture solidifies and takes the shape of the mould.
- Take out the soap from the mould and wrap it in a plastic wrap.
- Store it in an air-tight glass container and one of the best gift ideas for father is ready!
Father’s Day is a special occasion – a day when you can gift him and let him know that he holds an indispensable place in your life. Honour him for his immense contributions towards your wellbeing and love him for being there by you, come what may, rake your brains and mull over the gift ideas for Dad that will be appropriate for him well in time, so you’re not running helter-skelter – online or offline – to get it for him. Last but not the least, try eking out some time to make Fathers Day gift ideas on your own to witness that million-dollar smile on his face!
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