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Father’s Day Ideas

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I thought I’d share with you a few Father’s Day gift ideas I’ve found recently.  I don’t know about you, but I always find it much harder to buy presents for men so I started looking early in the hope that if I looked for longer I’d find better gifts!

I tried some products from Melvita a couple of months ago and loved them.  The products are great and I really like that they are natural and organic.  Melvita also have a men’s range which should be brilliant if the women’s stuff is anything to go by.  They have a few different products such as shaving cream, shower gel and eau de toilette.  Definitely worth a look.

If your dad’s into writing then you can find some good quality pens at www.stonemarketing.com.  They have a big variety – different brands, ball point pens, fountain pens – at a range of prices.  I’ve found one which costs £340 but there are other much more reasonably priced pens!  This one is the Sheaffer VFM and it costs £10.50.

If your dad’s a music lover then these Ministry of Sound headphones might be a good idea.  They sound good and can be used with iPods or mp3s.  This may not be the best reason to buy a pair of headphones but I also really like the packaging!

I’ve tried some nice wines recently in the name of research(!) which could also make a nice gift either on their own or with a special home cooked meal?

I don’t really know that much about choosing wines so I usually go for the bottle I like the best.  It seems to work though!

L’Occitan Eau de Toilette

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Every L’Occitane product I’ve ever tried has been brilliant.  Everything smells fantastic and works really well.  It’s got to be one of my favourite shops to have a browse in, what with all the little testers dotted around!

I’ve not looked much as the mens range before but I’ve come across the L’Occitan Eau de Toilette for men while on the hunt for a Father’s Day gift and it smells really good.  It has a distinctive smell which is, according to the box, lavender and burnt wood – I can never really work out what perfumes smell like, can you?!  The bottle it comes in is quite unique as well.  Have a look next time you’re in the shop.

Beer Bottle Candles

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The St Eval Candle Company has loads of lovely candles.  I love the beer bottle candles which smell of lemon and thyme.  There are a few different designs to choose from……

I think everyone would love these candles so they might even make a good Father’s Day present.

Posh Pick & Mix

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Posh Pick & Mix, surprisingly, sell pick & mix!  There are three different sized jars you can choose from which are filled with your choice of sweets.  With the smallest jar you can pick 4 different varieties of sweets and with the biggest you can choose 8.  There is a good range of sweets – boiled old fashioned sweets, chocolaty things, chewy sweets……

You can also customise your label so that if you are sending the sweets as a gift, the person will know who they are from.  I had a jar sent to me to give to my dad for Father’s Day but it is so well packed that I could have just had it sent straight to his house.  The jar also comes with a little metal scoop like you get in sweet shops which is a nice touch!

Ideas for Father’s Day

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I always find it really difficult to come up with new ideas for Father’s Day gifts.  This year everything seems to be to do with the World Cup which makes my search extra hard seeing as my dad in not that into any sports, especially not football.  However, I have found some really good websites to share with you.

The British Heart Foundation sells gifts with a range of prices and by buying them you are helping to raise money for a good cause.  One of my favourites from this range is the Chilli plant kit which is a set that lets you grow 5 different chilli plants.  There are gifts to suit lots of different dads from sporty dads to nature loving dads.

Wadworth sell mini-casks of real ale which make a unique gift for Father’s Day.  There are a number of different Wadworth varieties to choose from including 6X, Horizon and Bishops Tipple and the cask comes with instructions on how to use it which seem simple enough.  The cask delivers a pint which should taste the same as a pint from the pub.  Now, I don’t like ale so didn’t realise there was a difference but apparently ale from a bottle/ can tastes different as they aren’t filled directly from the cellared casks in the brewery unlike the mini-casks.  Anyway, the casks cost from £15 and are delivered within 3 days.  They seem like a brilliant gift to me so I hope it goes down well!

Paxton and Whitfield are a cheese company with shops in London, Stratford-upon-Avon and Bath.  You can also order their products online.  They sell gift packs including the Father’s Day Gift Pack which contains a variety of cheese, ale and pâtes and costs £35.  As well as gift packs you can also buy all of the items separately.  Cheaper options include the cheese bites which come in different flavours with fancy looking packets (but not an excessive amount of packaging!) and cost £2.99 for 75g.  Another cheaper option is one of the Tomato and Chilli Jam which is slightly more adventourous and costs £4.45.

GettingPersonal.co.uk is a website selling a variety of gifts and cards and has a large Father’s Day section. You are able to personalise lots of their gifts.  I have got a personalised chocolate bar for my dad which you can see in the photos.  The website has free delivery on orders over £30 but the normal delivery charge of £2.95 is quite a bit cheaper than lots of other websites.

The Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Company has a chocolate pizza especially for Father’s Day.  It costs £7.95, is 7 inches and made of Belgian milk chocolate with colourful decorations and a Father’s Day plaque.

My final idea; I know it’s predictable but Toblerone always goes down well with both my dad and step-dad!