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Father’s Day gift ideas 

Father’s Day gift ideas is brought to you in collaboration with House of Fraser, all opinions, typos and weirdness is my own.

Father's Day Gift Ideas

If you were to ask my siblings or my mum who my best friend is they would all tell you “her father is her best friend“. I don’t know how it happened because though I was a daddy’s girl as a child, when I went to high school and PMS started I was all about mum. When I went college then university, I found myself back begging (silently) for his approval and validation of my actions. I got accepted into university in 2007 for intake of 2008 (didn’t go until intake of 2009) and dad was the first person I told (after the boyfriend of-course), I passed my assignments and first year – dad was who I told first. I finished university with honours, dad is who I told first, I got my first grad job (dad took me to interview and waited) I told him first. You can see the trend here, I just seem to love telling him first before anyone else sometimes before the dude and my mother. We have a bond, I still respect him like any African raised child would but I still love that I can talk to him any time so this coming Father’s Day gift ideas post is for him.

Father’s Day gift ideas

Every year, for any occasion (or lack thereof), I gift my dad the same things: Perfume or aftershave kits, wallets, a tie etc but this year I wanted to give him something much more.

⛳️🏌Experience gifts – it’s now becoming more popular to gift people an experience day and for my dad this would be a golfing day experience. When I was young and he used to work for Barclays back home in Zambia, they always had golf days and he would take us with him. I have great memories from these trips and I know he does too. This makes a perfect gift not only will he love it but he can reminisce on some good memories he created did he’s kids.

Perfume gift set – this is more common type of gifts for dad’s but I know my dad loves them. I buy them every Christmas for him giving him a wide range of perfumes unfortunately he is turning into a holder like my mother. The one I got 2 Christmases ago is still there being used sloooowly. I know he loves old spice perfume so this time I could grab him one that he uses the most.

Watch – they say a watch defineth a man and how true that is. Ladies trust me that fake Rolex or MK on he’s wrist equals fake Peruvian for my coloured sisters (you know what I am saying). Hahaha, I am kidding but back to this option for a Father’s Day gift. I would like to buy my daddy a watch that will last him and is of good quality.

Everyone knows no Father’s Day or men’s gift ideas post is complete without some sort of gadget and for my dad I am debating between:!

📖Kindle – he loves to read and he’s slowly moving to loving electronic books so it makes sense to get him one and load it with he’s old-time classic books he loved reading when I was young.

OR

💻New laptop – He’s laptop is 10 years old and it’s the slowest thing ever. I think he needs an upgrade on this more than the kindle but on the laptop he only plays card and chase games so maybe I should be thinking more a games console than anything else. But knowing dad, he’s too much like my brother so he would camp out in the living room until he fell asleep and he might forget mum so probably not. 😂😂😂

There you have it, these are the gift ideas I am thinking to give my daddy this Father’s Day. What do you think of the Father’s Day ideas I have shared? What’s on your list?

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Comments

  6. Hannah Budding Smiles says

    I think experience days are fab, they’re a popular gift in my family! I’m getting personalised gifts for my husband from our young children but I always struggle with what to get my dad xx

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  8. Jenna says

    I love getting experiences so I try to give them too. I took my dad to an art museum and on a walking tour in a nearby city for father’s day and he loved it.

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  10. Rebecca Swenor says

    These are all great ideas for father’s day gifts. I love the idea of the after shave kit but my dad would be more of a hand held dice game player. Dice games he loves to play and he can’t leave the house to much anymore. Thanks for sharing the father’s day gifts.

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  12. Francisca Ramos says

    Sometimes I can’t figure what to give my husband for Father’s Day. We’ve been together for 11 years. He has so many things. You’ve shared good ideas on products for Father’s Day thanks for the tip.

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  15. diana says

    Great gift ideas! I’m still trying to figure out what to give my dad this Father’s Day because he has everything; however, I do like the Experience gift idea. My dad is into tennis so maybe I’ll do a dad and daughter date at a nearby tennis court.

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  16. Heather says

    I don’t have a dad. I’ve often wondered what that felt like to have a father. My husband however is a great dad to our boys and it will soon be time to start thinking about what to get him. Thanks for the ideas.

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  18. Dana says

    I personally love the idea of the experience gift for both my dad and my husband for this Father’s Day. I could totally see a day of fishing with my dad and a day of golfing for my husband and kids!

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  19. Kari says

    I used to do the belt for Christmas gift every year. haha. Last year I switched to the laptop. We do small thoughtful things instead for Father’s day.

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  20. Terri Beavers says

    This is a great list of gift ideas for Father’s Day. It’s so hard to buy for my dad because he has everything. I do think that shaving kit would work perfectly though.

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  24. Amanda Love says

    It’s so difficult choosing something for my own husband because he has everything. So what do you get a guy who has it all? Since I can never figure out what he wants I just ask. 🙂

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  25. rebecca says

    I’m a daddy’s girl as well. You really do have to tailor the gift to the person which sounds like what you’re doing. I’m big on the idea of experience gifts especially with parents since they already have most of the things they want.

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  27. Pam says

    These are great gift ideas for Father’s Day. I can’t believe that Father’s Day is right around the corner. This year has been going by so quickly.

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  30. Melanie Frost says

    I like the idea of experience gifts! We are on a strict budget in my house, so we don’t spend much money on material items. But an experience is something that we can all share. Excellent guide!

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  34. Linda @ With A Blast says

    Unfortunately my Dad, who was also my best friend, is now longer around 🙁 But you gave some excellent ideas which I will be happy to pass on to my daughter as she also mentioned that she has no idea what to get her dad ! Btw, your laptop idea is awesome !

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  35. Ana Elizabeth says

    I admit I still don’t have idea on what to give this Father’s Day. Not until I read this article! Thanks for this, this year’s Father’s Day will be extra special. 🙂

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