My Father’s Day Gift Guide 2018 + Giveaway
My Father’s Day Gift Guide 2018 + A Father’s Day Giveaway
Father’s Day is just a couple of weeks away so it’s time to start planning how you’ll celebrate your dad or the father of your children with a few treats for just him on this special day.
In this post I’ll share my current favourite gift ideas that the dads I know would love.
Don’t miss the giveaway at the bottom of this post too!
My Father’s Day Gift Guide
- Grooming for Men
Grooming gear is a classic Father’s Day gift and, in my opinion, you can’t go wrong with products from The Personal Barber who specialises in men’s shaving subscription boxes that your receive monthly. They also sell some products individually and have an amazing Complete Shaving Gift Set (£44.95) that would make a brilliant Father’s Day gift
You get a beautiful faux leather wash-bag from Scottish Fine Soaps filled with all the shaving essentials for a proper shave, including The Personal Barber’s signature classic safety razor, luxurious synthetic hair shaving brush, plenty of razor blades and other shaving products like oils or shaving creams etc. The extra contents vary each month. Head down to the bottom of this post for a chance to win a Complete Shaving Gift Set from The Personal Barber.
- A bit of Pampering
Many men like nice shower and skincare products too and Father’s Day is the perfect day for something a little more fancy than usual. I love the look and sound of LUSH’s Dirty Springwash Naked Shower Gel (£9.95) which is a packaging free shower gel with menthol crystals, spearmint oil and thyme oil for a refreshing shower. Great for men and great for summer time! Naked shower gels are double the concentrate of liquid shower gels so should last for twice as long as a regular bottle of shower gel.
- Something Sweet
The fathers I know all have a sweet tooth so something yummy to eat would make a lovely gift for them. I love Biscuiteers for special event biscuits that make great (and very delicious) gifts. They have lots of biscuits that would be suitable for Father’s Day but I especially love this simple I Love U Dad biscuit card (£10.95).
- Happy Hour
If the man you’re gifting loves a drink, why not treat him to a bottle of something that her really loves? His favourite spirit or something exciting and new — or something really fancy like a premium whiskey. 31Dover will have all you need!
For a gift that keeps on giving, go for a Le Petit Ballon wine subscription. They are featuring custom gift cards for wine subscriptions for dads this Father’s Day. Le Petit Ballon is great for anyone who loves trying new wines as you get a selection of interesting wines tailored to your tastes delivered to your home each month.
Along with something to drink comes something nice to serve the beverage in. Ever since Mad Men, fancy but masculine glasses have been on my radar for Father’s Day and this year, I’ve spotted these VonShef Brushed Gold Stemless Glasses (£15.99) from Domu.co.uk that look great and are practical too. They can be used for wine, cocktails or coffee — whatever you wish —and the stemless design and robust, shatterproof stainless steel makes them ideal for parents with younger children as they will not break. Great for a Happy Hour drink in the garden this summer! Their double walled feature also keeps drinks hot or cold for longer. The glasses come in a pack of two in a gift box.
- Coffee Lovers
If coffee is something the father you’re buying for is into, why not indulge his coffee connoisseur hobby and get him a nice coffee subscription? I love Blue Coffee Box for this and you can choose to buy a one-off gift or a longer subscription. You choose how you want the coffee to be prepared (ground in different ways or whole-bean) and which type of roast you like the best too. Prices start at £7.99.
Something all coffee lovers need in their home is a good coffee grinder so that they can have the freshest ground coffee in the comfort of their own home. This VonShef Stainless Steel Coffee Grinder (£15.99) from Domu.co.uk is a powerful yet compact coffee grinder that is easy to use. It’s compact and portable and the stylish stainless steel design looks beautiful and will suit any kitchen. The premuim but affordable coffee grinder can grind and chop coffee beans, nuts, seeds and spices at the push of a button.
- Something customized
Dads would of course, appreciate something customized, especially if it’s a very cool something. Personalized bobble head dolls are miniatures that you can customize to look like your dad. It might sound fancy, but it won’t break the bank. Moreover, it’s very easy to get one these days. Just send an image of your dad, pick a costume (superhero, baseball uniform — think of what your father likes and does) and add more instructions as to what you want to see in the bobblehead figure.
- Car Lovers
There is a powerful bond between men and their cars! So, if the recipient of your gift is passionate about vehicles and enjoys pampering theirs, offer them a personalised number plate. These are unique in value because, even though the costs are quite low (have a look here to see for yourself: https://absolutereg.co.uk/cheap-number-plates) but the emotional value is huge.
The secret is finding the right combination of letters and numbers that will suit the car owner. Maybe they also love music, or they are a fantastic father. Finding a combination that highlights one of his qualities is the perfect way to express your gratitude for having them in your life.
Personalised plates don’t lose value over time and they can be transferred from one vehicle to another. Actually, you don’t even have to own a vehicle to have such a plate, and there’s a good chance that its value will increase over time. So, besides making a great gift, you’re also offering a long-term investment!
Giveaway: Win a Complete Shaving Gift Set from Personal Barber
For a chance to win a Complete Shaving Gift Set from Personal Barber, enter via the Rafflecopter below. Terms & Conditions apply. UK entrants over the age of 18 years only. The giveaway will end on the 22nd of June 2018. Contents may vary. Hope you’ve enjoyed my Father’s Day Gift Guide!
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We will pop over to see my Father-in-law in the morning then go and visit my dad later on, gifting them their cards and gifts and spending time with them.
Nice. Enjoy!
Unfortunately, I will not celebrate Father’s Day with my dad but I plan to shower him with gifts and love from afar.
We are going to go out for a nice lunch I think :)
A nice meal out
Take him out for a lovely meal then a countryside walk
hoping for good weather and spend the day outdoors relaxing and walking the dog
We are heading to the beach for a family BBQ
Away day with other dads at the seaside
A long walk and lunch at the pub after
working :(
This year having a family day together
Nice dinner, dog walk and family time ?
Going out for a nice Italian meal! Dad’s favourite
My hubby is away with work on Fathers Day so we will celebrate it on the Friday before. The kids will ‘help’ with a nice dinner and setting the table nicely. They will tidy up with me and we will decorate a fathers day card.
going out for lunch
We are going for a nice family lunch to Middletons steak house
We will take some flowers & then have a family lunch
We haven’t made any plans as yet,my husband is working that day.
we actually have no idea yet what we are doing for Father’s Day!
I need to treat him extra well this year, as he has been working so hard for months now – renovating my garden. He’s been amazing, in all weathers, bless him.
So I’m going to have him round and cook him some lunch – then give him his pressies. He never takes time for himself, so hopefully he’ll be able to sit still long enough to enjoy his food.
a lovely meal then a countryside dog walk
W are taking him out for a nice meal
We are helping my brother move house.. happy fathers day dad…!
a lovely meal with my ma and pa and siblings
We’re going to go out for Sunday lunch – can’t beat a bit of quality family time :)
We will be taking grandad and dad gor a lovely lunch.
A family dinner and fun in the garden with all his grand children and great grand children :)
No plans for this year
Well be staying in – me cooking a roast as its dads favourite – hugh family visiting too
we have no plans yet
I am going to spoil my dad rotten
I will be cooking him a nice meal and buying him some beers
Most likely pop in to an event :- Garden Party, which is held on Fathers Day. As well as visit family, have afternoon tea together, etc.
I will pop over and spend some time with my Dad in the morning
If the weather is nice we will have a BBQ.
to do as little as possible…unlikely!
My sons birthday party, but taking my dad to Cirque berserk the day before
I will cook for him
Out for a roast dinner this year
Having a meal together with my family and watching a few movies together.
Having a family meal together and just enjoying time and spoiling my dad
My sister and her lot and me are taking Mum and Dad out for a meal this year.
we will be going camping for the weekend, hope the weathers nice lol
Unfortunately my father has passed and I am not a father, so not much happens that day.
Going out for dinner.
i’m going to send him a card, my father married again, and has a different family now
Not much oh refuses to plan anything!
i think we are just having a family dinner
Plans are just dinner with the family , if it is nice head down the local pub they have a bbq and a bouncy castle
Not a clue, I lost my Dad 3 years ago. May cook a nice dinner for my partner – we have 2 children together
A few drinks and a nice pub lunch
I don’t really know yet….I think it will involve me cooking a roast dinner x
I think I will let him decide on the day , He might just like to go to the pub with his friends for a get together . or maybe a BBQ
We’re having a family day out at DogFest in Cheshire which happens to fall that weekend – should be great fun!
Taking him out for a meal! :)
In the night garden live & havester!
We are going to a fun dog show in the morning then having a meal out
I’ll probably give him a day off from cooking the Sunday dinner!
My son and I are taking his Dad to a car show ! |He will go nuts ! lol…..
We have planned a BBQ for all the family to celebrate. Hope the weather holds!
We are having a family meal :)
Watching the World Cup after a Roast Beef dinner.
We will be having a day out, hopefully the cinema and a meal.
A visit from family and friends and then a nice steak with a good bottle of red wine.
just gonna spend some time together x
Taking our dad out for lunch, there will be 3 generations all helping him to have a wonderful day
Jurassic Park :)
family sunday dinner
Make breakfast in bed and do presents to the hubby from the kids. Then visit the grandads with pressies
we take my dad out for a meal
Day out of his choosing.
We’ve not made any yet but will probably go out somewhere for tea
A day with the family.
I will cook a special meal at home for my husband as both our fathers died some years ago.
A day out at Shrek’s Adventure in London with our daughter.
We’re all going to my brother’s for a family get together and BBQ
I’m taking him out for a meal
A bbq hopefully!
Dinner at my parents and loads of pressies including wine x
We don’t do anything on fathers day and send him off to a motorsport weekend later in the year.
My Dadis dead so I’ll be treating my partner to a special day as he’s a great cat Dad lol
we usually go over and all cook a sunday dinner and spend the day as a family
Kiss and a cup of coffee! Maybe a steak for dinner.
I am taking my Dad out for a meal on Fathers Day! He deserves it!
Hopefully have a bbq weather permitting!
A nice pub lunch together!
Great kit
We plan to go out for a family meal or perhaps a BBQ at home depending on the weather!
A little surorise visit to hand over a gift.
My dad is no longer here, so this father’s day I’m treating my husband to a week away.
We are going out for lunch.
It depends on what the weather will be on the day.
A get together with a few close relatives.
To phone him and let him know I’m thinking about him
My husband and I are taking his father out for brunch and then we will be going home so my kids can spoil their dad :)
If the weather is nice i am planning a family BBQ
More than likely taking him for a meal. Xx
My daughter’s take my husband out for the day and treat him to a meal somewhere
family, home cooked, meal
We are taking my other half out for a curry as a surprise :-)
i will go and see my dad then after an hour he will throw me out for being noisy lol x
I treat my Dad by buying him a load of beer that he loves each year
My Dad is no longer with us but we remember all the good times. I will be spending Father’s Day with my husband and grown up children and grandchildren. We will be enjoying a family roast followed by board games in the afternoon
Sunday roast dinner in the pub :)
Pub lunch
Setting up the new garden bench my husband got for his present, and then relaxing with a drink in the garden, before my parents come round for tea!
It’s possible the first weekend in ages we’re not doing much. I dropped my Dad’s present and card off and spent the day chillin’
I baked him a cake and we just had a nice relaxing day at home!
We celebrated on saturday with my dad but yesterday i took my children and their dad out for the day.
a family meal
A family visit to the garden centre for lunch and a plant. Very nice.
We had a BBQ at home for Father’s Day. Great fun and so relaxed.
Had all the family around for a BBQ and a walk in the country.
We went for a family meal with the kids x
My Dad has been away so I will be taking his presents round tomorrow
I relaxed with the family.
Just a card and a phone call – we live 350 miles apart :o(
An ice -cream party and trip to the countryside. All the things Dad loves,
i nice slap up steam meal for my dad
Went for a Turkish meal with th efamily
long lunch family time
A nice family get together and meal
As husband will be glued to the sofa watching the World Cup I will do some baking.
I took my partner and his daughter out to lunch
Watching DVD’s with the kids and loosing games on the xbox
Going out for a meal
as there are a few dad’s in our circle, we met at our local pub for a get together, then noone gets left out or feels squeezed in timewise, for what would otherwise be a hectic, CLOSE SHAVE, wacky races kind of day (pun intended) xx
A family bbq
I wasn’t able to travel to my dad this father’s day, so it was just a facetime conversation this year while he opened the presents I sent.
He was on the night shift so we ordered a take away
We went for a dinner.xxx
Visiting my dad in the morning then a day out with my children in the afternoon.
Bought him, cigars, rum, and watched a DVD
I spent the day with my Dad, Mum, brother and nephew; just chilling.
We went out for a meal and watched films
We had a BBQ even though the weather wasn’t great
we went for a lovely meal then chilled for a hr then baby sat our grandson
Working and sleeping
we spent the day together as a family
Taking the boys cycling and a lovely home cooked meal
The order of the day: a great roast lunch followed by a Dad nap!
Going out for a meal
We had a first birthday party to attend so it was a bit different.
we are just having a small family do at home, maybe even a BBQ
Being ignored probably.
He is sunning himself in spain
Going to a vintage rally
The weather was great this year so we had a lovely BBQ with the family.
A lovely lunch and quality family time. Much more important than lavish gifts
We went out for dinner and for a walk in the woods!
My dad lives far away so just a card and a phonecall but kids and me took my hubby to dinner and made homemade cards for him .
a family meal
We went on Go Ape and had a picnic in the woods :)
we relaxed at home and had a lovely pork roast with all the trimmings
a family day and a big barbecue!
We had a family day fishing…all three generations of Underwood
take the grandkids around then lunch
A lovely lunch at a local village pub
We had a lovely meal together x
Going out to dinner.
My dad is no longer with us, and my son’s dad forgets he had son before he got remarried and had a new family!! It was my son’s birthday on Saturday 16th, so we had a weekend of celebrating that instead!!
having the grandkids over for the day
I took dad and my step mum to the theatre to see Beautiful , The Carol King musical . He loves musicals …and some people argue that gayness isn’t genetic lol . Actually I think his enjoyment of musical theater (albeit mostly revolving around artists he likes) helped him accept my sexuality as it gave us a connection we had otherwise lost .
We ate lots of cake and slobbed around, watching TV and playing with the dogs. :-)
out for a nice family dinner
we had a little family meal together x
We spend the day fishing x