How to Show Your Dad Some Love This Father’s Day
Pamper your pa this weekend! Our roundup of pleasing ideas and playful suggestions will let him know you care
Sunday 19 June is Father’s Day – a time to celebrate the dad in our lives! Perhaps your pa (or, indeed, the father of your children), is hard to buy for, doesn’t expect a present, or maybe that bottle of wine or pair of socks you give each year is starting to looking a bit uninspired. No problem. Even if your dad is super tricky to shop for, there are ways to show him you care. No two dads are the same, but this spectrum of fun ideas and thoughtful gestures should include something that will make yours feel appreciated.
Feed him
From making a meal to baking a cake, cooking for your dad is a simple way to show him your love and it avoids the expense and upheaval of dining out. Cooking takes effort, thought and love, and all this will be shown in the food you place in front of him. Forget diets and treat him to a plate of his favourite treats.
From making a meal to baking a cake, cooking for your dad is a simple way to show him your love and it avoids the expense and upheaval of dining out. Cooking takes effort, thought and love, and all this will be shown in the food you place in front of him. Forget diets and treat him to a plate of his favourite treats.
Play a game
From Monopoly to a round of golf, playing with your dad will take you right back to your childhood. Play is a great leveller and stress-reliever, and often sparks conversation, jokes and even some light-hearted rivalry. It can help cement bonds more easily than chatting around a table.
From Monopoly to a round of golf, playing with your dad will take you right back to your childhood. Play is a great leveller and stress-reliever, and often sparks conversation, jokes and even some light-hearted rivalry. It can help cement bonds more easily than chatting around a table.
Create an artwork
Make a piece of art that will speak to your dad and feel truly personal. Blow up his favourite photo and have it framed or create a scrapbook montage of family snaps, postcards, beer mats, ticket stubs and any other personal mementos you can find.
Make a piece of art that will speak to your dad and feel truly personal. Blow up his favourite photo and have it framed or create a scrapbook montage of family snaps, postcards, beer mats, ticket stubs and any other personal mementos you can find.
Spruce up his shed
If your dad’s shed is his cherished bolthole, showing it some love could be the perfect pressie. Tread carefully, though, since this space may be borderline sacred! But perhaps you dad would appreciate a new chair for it, a tidy-up inside or even a fresh coat of paint outside?
Want to jazz up your shed? Be inspired by these chic designs
If your dad’s shed is his cherished bolthole, showing it some love could be the perfect pressie. Tread carefully, though, since this space may be borderline sacred! But perhaps you dad would appreciate a new chair for it, a tidy-up inside or even a fresh coat of paint outside?
Want to jazz up your shed? Be inspired by these chic designs
Make music together
From serenading your dad to buying an obscure LP for him, or creating a playlist of his favourite tracks for his MP3 player, treat your father to some music that matters to him.
From serenading your dad to buying an obscure LP for him, or creating a playlist of his favourite tracks for his MP3 player, treat your father to some music that matters to him.
Link up with technology
Can’t be with your dad this Father’s Day? No problem. Hook up on a video call, or create a short film of you and your family that you can post to YouTube, so your dad can feel close to you.
Can’t be with your dad this Father’s Day? No problem. Hook up on a video call, or create a short film of you and your family that you can post to YouTube, so your dad can feel close to you.
Revisit family photos
Sitting together with a pile of family albums on your laps is a great way to reminisce and chat. Take time to listen to your father’s memories as well as sharing well-rehearsed family stories.
Sitting together with a pile of family albums on your laps is a great way to reminisce and chat. Take time to listen to your father’s memories as well as sharing well-rehearsed family stories.
Do it yourself
Remember as a child when you’d make a card for your dad or knock up a gift that you’d seen on Blue Peter? Why not pick up that idea again? From a homemade card to a pot of jam you cooked up on your stove, a gift you created yourself means a great deal. If you have a creative hobby, why not fashion something using your skills? A jug, an embroidered cushion, a sketch, a box of homemade truffles…
Feeling creative? Take a look at some simple craft ideas
Remember as a child when you’d make a card for your dad or knock up a gift that you’d seen on Blue Peter? Why not pick up that idea again? From a homemade card to a pot of jam you cooked up on your stove, a gift you created yourself means a great deal. If you have a creative hobby, why not fashion something using your skills? A jug, an embroidered cushion, a sketch, a box of homemade truffles…
Feeling creative? Take a look at some simple craft ideas
Gift him your time
Your dad may not dream of asking you to help him clear his garage, but you can get round this politeness by donating a few hours of your time to do whatever he wants. Perhaps you can help him clean his car, fix something in the house, work through some domestic admin or weed the flowerbeds. Explain that this is your gift to him and any job is fine, then let him choose.
TELL US…
Share your tips for treating your dad this Father’s Day in the Comments below.
Your dad may not dream of asking you to help him clear his garage, but you can get round this politeness by donating a few hours of your time to do whatever he wants. Perhaps you can help him clean his car, fix something in the house, work through some domestic admin or weed the flowerbeds. Explain that this is your gift to him and any job is fine, then let him choose.
TELL US…
Share your tips for treating your dad this Father’s Day in the Comments below.
Some dads don’t need to be reminded to slow down and take it easy, but for those busy-bee DIY ones who rarely relax, a few hours in a comfy chair with the paper might be the best gift you can offer.