| As long as your memory stretches back, your | | | | bottles, passport holders, expensive hiking socks, |
| dad has been the creative, spontaneous type. | | | | the ideas are endless for this creative gift. |
| Whether it's been putting together models, | | | | If you'd like to give him a memory that will last a |
| dragging you to the art museum, or creating his | | | | lifetime, why not take him on a mystery trip for |
| own paper, he's just got to try his hand at it. | | | | the day? Don't tell him anything that you'll be |
| Getting him a meaningful gift for Father's Day can | | | | doing, and you make all the arrangements. |
| be easy, as long as you think outside the box | | | | Whether it's a picnic in the park and then an |
| yourself. | | | | afternoon of bowling, or hitting the bookstore to |
| Why not think about buying him a year's | | | | hear a local writer speak, chock it full with things |
| membership to the local art museum (or botanical | | | | that he would love to do. He'll never forget it. |
| gardens)? Members usually get in free whenever | | | | If your dad has a favorite photograph, why not |
| they want, and also get special invites to come | | | | bring it to a camera shop that can print |
| hear speakers or take classes. It would be a gift | | | | photographs on canvas? They can be mounted |
| he could enjoy all year long. | | | | on wood just like a work of art and blown up to |
| Or, if he loves to write, how about a variety of | | | | almost any size. Whether it's a picture of the |
| writing-inspired gifts? For example, you could get | | | | family on vacation or a gorgeous sunset over the |
| him some stationery embossed with his initials, an | | | | lake, he'll be touched that his favorite picture is |
| exquisite pen, and perhaps some books on writing | | | | now a treasured work of art for everyone to |
| fiction, or the art of composing letters, or | | | | enjoy. |
| whatever type of writing he enjoys doing. All of | | | | If you're tech savvy, why not spend some time |
| this could be wrapped and placed inside a leather | | | | combing through the family home videos? You |
| messenger bag he could tote to the local coffee | | | | can take funny clips and weave them all together |
| shop when the creative muse strikes! | | | | to create a new home video just for him. He'll be |
| If your dad has always had an adventurous spirit, | | | | left with the primo clips, and if you put it all to |
| give him the world. Literally. There are companies | | | | music it can be a hilarious, treasured keepsake he'll |
| that make wall-sized maps of the world, and this | | | | watch again and again. |
| would be an awe-inspiring gift to put up in his | | | | As you can see there are plenty of great, unique |
| library or study. You could supplement this gift | | | | gifts you can come up with to show your dad |
| with a few amusing travel memoirs to get him | | | | how much he means to you, and they certainly all |
| geared up to hit the road. | | | | don't have to cost a fortune. What counts far |
| Sticking with the traveling theme, if he already | | | | more is the obvious time and consideration you |
| has a trip planned, why not put together a | | | | poured into the gift idea, and he'll definitely |
| trip-inspired gift? If he's traveling to a foreign | | | | appreciate your thoughtfulness for not getting him |
| country, pick him up the Rosetta Stone software | | | | yet another tie! |
| so he can start learning the language. Water | | | | |