There are great gifts for dads, and then there are the great gifts they’ll always remember. This next batch of our 2013 Father’s Day Gift Guide series offers up incredibly thoughtful Father’s Day gift ideas with heart and homemade charm. We always love handmade gifts, because there’s no price you can put on thoughtfulness. And these shouldn’t take you all day either.
DIY Father’s Day art
We totally love this Daddy art which is backed up by your kids’ own watercolors, for something extra special. There are two templates you can download that read DADDY and GRANPA but you could probably make your own if you spell it differently. (At Lovely Design)
Sew-Your-Own-Tie
A tie might be cliche, but not if you’ve taken the time to make one yourself. And these are gorgeous! While they’re definitely not for crafting beginners, if you’re handy with a pair of shears and a sewing machine, this tutorial is pretty awesome. (At Purl Bee)
Handmade Best Dad Book
We love this DIY version of a classic keepsake journal for a parent. Instead of buying one, use these free printables and put together your own book, complete with thoughts, quips, and drawings about Dad from the kids. (At Eighteen25)
Homemade Dad Frame
We love this simple tutorial that combines his favorite things–the kids and gifts from the kids. (At Martha Stewart)
Homemade Nutella
If Dad is a foodie, or just has a thing for Nutella like the rest of us, a handmade jar of this should go over big, if quickly. Also click over for some great Nutella recipes you can make for dad from our favorite food bloggers, like Nutella Fudge Brownies and Nutella-Stuffed French Toast. (Recipe at Healthy Green Kitchen)
Super Pop Set
Of course this gift does work better if you call him Pop, but still adorable if you don’t. Just use the free printables and go to town. If you don’t want to load up with candies, try nuts, sunflower seeds, or granola. (At Lil’ Luna)
Father’s Day Handprint Tree
Just download this free printable and let the kids go to town with handprints to create sweet “family tree.” Great project for the littest kids and toddlers. (At The Crafting Chicks)
DIY photo canvas
We’ve often recommended ways to turn your photos into canvas art, and we like this tutorial that takes you through creating a design like this one, then using the affordable Canvas People to bring it all to life. (At Somewhat Simple)
King For a Day Crown
Easy, adorable, and of course, he will be forced to wear it all day. Get out the camera. (At Parent Dish)
Photobooth Bookmark
If you don’t have a photobooth pic lying around, use one of the many Photobooth apps for iOS or Android. (At Make and Takes)
Superhero Coasters
Okay, super crafters: These DIY coasters look amazing if you’ve got all the supplies, but if need be, looks like you could adapt this DIY using just the basics–wood blanks, old comic books and Mod Podge–and ease up on some of the fancier details. We bet they’d still look cool. (At Mod Podge Rocks Blog)
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Congrats to the winners of our Father’s Day Gift Pack valued at more than $550!
1. Jack Spade Canvas Messenger Bag 2. MOUTH World’s Greatest Dad Gourmet Basket 3. Complete Game of Thrones Season 1 Blu-Ray Collection 4. Daddy Keychain by Lisa Leonard 5. Dove Men+Care Gift Pack for skin, face, body and hair 6.Dad’s Book of Awesome Projects 7. Native Union Switch Bluetooth Speaker
More gift ideas for dad:
The coolest personalized Father’s Day gifts
Father’s Day gifts for new dads
I like the Do It Yourself canvas! great idea and a good way to keep the gifts out of the “gift stack” in his closet. (oy.)
I love the Homemade Dad Frame. It’ll be easy for my son to make.
I am going to definitely do the Super Pop Set, which is so adorable considering our 2 year old son calls his daddy his “ultimate hero!”
Thank you, I am going to have fun making this for my sweet husband & our son’s awesome father!
My daughter has a crown decorating set and we will definitely be making Daddy one for Father’s Day! He would love the giveaways too! Thank you!
My favorite is the do-it-yourself canvas frame. And I also love the fact that most of these projects involved THREE kids, the perfect number for our family.
I love the handprint tree and in the givaway i love key chain. Both are just so sweet and show love.
Super Pop is my favorite here. My husband LOVES his sweets.
We are readers, so I love the photobooth bookmark. Stealing this idea!
I am pretty sure my husband who often feels his toil around the house is unappreciated would love the King For a Day. But then he might just make us all pressure wash the patio together., since he has a hard time not “getting anything done” 😉
I like the Homemade Nutella.
i love the keychain from lisa leonard!
The super pop set is adorable! Love the colors and what dad doesn’t love super heroes?
Father’s Day Handprint Tree.
I love those superhero coasters….my kids might even use them!
I love the soda pop idea! Bonus: he can use the bottles for his homebrew afterwards!
my husband would LOVE the speakers:)
#5 because Dove’s has a great line of products!
I love the super hero coasters. Both my boys love watching super hero movies with their Dad. With all the new movies coming out they get to bond a lot. The comic book scene is cooler than when we were kids and we are THRILLEd that our kids love them too! I definitely vote for the DIY coasters.
I love the DIY All About Dad book!
love the king for a day crown! Kids will love to do that for daddy!
The Dad’s Book of Awesome Projects looks very cool!
I love the key chain!!
My favorite is the dad book! How clever!!!
Love the Jack Spade messenger bag!
I LOVE the Photobooth Bookmark! Such a cute idea!
I love the all about dad book. We’re going to have to do that!
The DIY ties are awesome!
My favorite is the All About Dad book. So sweet!
I love the Superhero Coasters!
I love the “Dads Book of Awesome Projects” idea for Fathers Day and it is definitely my favorite in this package. As long as you know, he starts AND finishes them. 🙂
Love the book of projects…and the speaker, as we listen to music on a set of falling apart 1072 speakers (really).
Love the Father’s Day art – what a great way to turn the zillions of paintings and crayon scribbles into something extra meaningful and sentimental!
Love the best dad book! Thanks, Maureen
I am totally making that handprint tree this year – love it!!
I love the photobooth idea and will totally be stealing it this year. Thanks!
The Dad book is great, and so is the homemade Nutella!
Love the homemade nutella!!
I love the Homemade Dad Frame
The Book for Dad is awesome! I’m going to work with my little on on making it this weekend. Thank you!
I love the handprint tree. We’ll make one for daddy & grandpa!
love the superhero coasters!
i love the Pop Box set! what a great idea!
I definitely like the Handmade Best Dad Book the most. But that crown is a fun idea too. Thanks.
I like the handprint tee!
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My favorite item on here is the super hero coasters. That is so clever! There are so many possibilities to! Can I mod-podge over photos?
Handprint tree!,! I love it!
I love the Daddy cutout DIY Father’s Day art.
The “Hero” keychain is perfect for our firefighter Daddy! He’s a hero to our kids and so many others.
Love the super hero coasters! so many good things to choose from!
Handprint tree is the cutest!
I love the DIY book–will be making for dad and grandpa!
My favorite item is the handprint tree! We’re SO doing this!
We might make the King For a Day Crown!
love the book!
Love the Father’s Day Handprint Tree
I love the Photobooth Bookmark. Great idea!
I like the Photobooth bookmark idea!
The homemade DAD frame would be awesome to put on Hub’s desk at work with the kiddos photos.
I like the homemade dad frame.
I think he would love a book all about what the kids think about him!
I love the photo booth bookmark. My husband is always in need of a bookmark.
I like the Photobooth bookmark with the funny faces and ways to say mother, or switch to father for this holiday. It’s neat to have an evergreen way of using those pics. The Dad’s Book of Awesome Projects looks like it would come in handy with plans for next year.
love the handprint tree – made me cry!
Nutella! Yum!
My father gave me the greatest gift, he believed in me. On Father’s Day, the hand made book on the best dad in the world will give me a chance to tell him that everyone can be a father, but it takes a lot to be a daddy.
Homemade Nutella would be a huge hit with every dad and grandpa in our lives!
i like the sew-your-own tie! my hubby has made his own before, so this would be perfect.
i adore the daddy cut out with the little girl or boy sticking there face through. just adorable!!!!!
Best dad book. Nice.
I love the Pop Box Set.
I love the Father’s Day Handprint Tree
Absolutely LOVE the Handmade Best Dad Book…great for all ages!
I like the homemade dad frame.
I like the super pop set
LOVE the book because both my 9 year old and my 3 year old can participate! Yay!
My husband would love the Bluetooth speaker and I think the kiddos and I are definitely making the Daddy cut-out artwork. Great ideas!
I really like the handprint tree, looks pretty simple and personal. But I am also going to do the booklet!
Thanks for the ideas!
The Super Pop Set is great!
I like the handprint tree best! I’m thinking of doing a new one each year to show my sons tree growing !
Love the do it yourself canvas!
I love the hand print tree!!
I like the JAck Spade MEssenger bag!
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These DIY are great for all 3 kids to work on together. Love the family tree!
I think we will make the crown along with the cut-out letter art and journals. ALL great projects!
The Super Pop set is really cute!
The handprint tree is great, since all our kids could do it, even the 16-month-olds. Of course the older girls will want to make him the King for a Day crown, too!
The king for a day crown
Superhero Coasters
The superhero coasters for sure!
I love the daddy is my hero keychain because Dads are every little boy’s hero <3
I am going to go with the complete season 1 blue ray collection of “Game of Thrones!” My husband would be completely shocked to see that I am giving him a reason to sit on the couch for the weekend to enjoy his favorite past time of watching television! He would love it!
My husband would love that Native Union Switch Bluetooth Speaker. He loves technology, a love he has shared with our daughters.
Love the king for the day crown.
My favorite is the Superhero Coasters! Can’t wait to make them!
The “Best Dad” printable book! He’s going to LOVE IT!
I got my dad a million different gifts and the only thing he ever used was a golf ball of the month subscription. Fickle man. I am going to try and go with the comic book gift.
I love the diy book! I’m going to make it with my kids!
love the “king for a day” crown
I love the handprint tree.
I think my kids would enjoying doing the handprint family tree.
Love the Handprint family tree card
I really like the photo booth bookmark!
Love the frame!
I love the handprint tree!
Love the handprint tree
The handprint tree!!!
I like the honemade nutella and the photobooth bookmark best. Consumable is key in a small apt. And the bookmark is great as an encouragement to try to find time to read again.
I really like the family tree idea. I think that will be perfect for my son’s little hands.
The bookmark is great and those coasters are awesome!
I LOVE the superhero coasters!! I got my husband a set of marvel tumbler glasses for christmas and this would be the perfect accompaniment!!
love that jack spade messenger bag!
All of these ideas are super cute, but as our son is still pretty little, the handprint tree is the winner!
LOVE the Jack Spade messenger bag!!!!!!
My Favorite is the Photo-Booth Bookmark! Every year (This one being our second) we take a photo-booth picture for Mother’s Day and this is the perfect match for Father’s Day! I love it!
The superhero coasters! For super dad 🙂
My husband is a voracious reader & he’s always dog-earing pages, so I love the bookmark idea! I’m totally going to make a whole set with our daughter! Thanks!
I love the Super Pop Set! Definitely going to do that this year… thanks for the great ideas!
LOVE the handprint tree
Handprint tree
I like the Handprint Tree!
DIY photo canvas
Love the pop box set!
My favorite is the Father’s Day Handprint Tree.
i love the homemade nutella idea!!!
The Handmade Best Dad book is my favorite! Going to make it this weekend with my kiddos! 🙂
We are heading to Hobby Lobby to pick up other stuff so we will try the Handprint Tree and maybe attempt the Super Pop set. My hubby loves Game of Thrones so would love to win the giveaway!
I love the homemade ties! I just might have to give them a try 🙂
love the sew you own tie- my son loves to sew with me!
I love the photobooth bookmark!
Love the Superhero Coasters – gonna make some w/my daughter for her dad
I like the handprint tree. It is really cute! love lots of these ideas! What a great giveaway!
I like the DAD frame from Martha Stewart
My husband would love the homemade Nutella.
I love the best dad book–can’t wait to make these with my girls. Thank yoU!
Love the book!
My fav is the DIY Photo canvas!
I love the handprint tree.
The dad over here would love that homemade Nutella! He could eat crepes with Nutella for every meal. Thanks!
I like the DIY book. Printing it out now!
Those superhero coasters are great! Everyone in this house would love those. Thanks for the chance!
Homemade nutella!! What could be better for a dad crazy about nutella?
love the handprint tree template
Love the homemade DAD book! Super cute!
The homemade ties- perfect for using some beloved shirts that my husband can no longer wear.
I love the dad book. I can’t wait to try it!
The Handmade Best Dad Book is terrific! My DH always draws me a card for Mother’s Day of the best moments over the past year, so this will be a good one to do for him.
I love the Jack Spade messenger bag! I know my hubby would love it!!!
Love the handmade Best Dad book!
The handprint tree is so cute and perfect for my little ones: ages 4, 3 and 17 months!
I like e homemade dad frame for his desk
My favorite is either the messenger bag or the keychain.
I like the idea of the Super Pop Set.
I like the photobooth bookmark and the superhero coasters. Both look easy and fun to do for our daughters.
I love the handmade book about Dad! What a great idea!
My husband is a major foodie and he would love the gourmet basket. My son and I are definitely going to make him the family tree handprint card. Such a cute idea and something my young son would easily enjoy doing. We would love to win these prizes for the best dad ever!
I love the handprint tree!
I don’t eat much candy, but I have to say the Pop bottles are quite adorable. That would make my day.
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I love the homemade Nutella (oh, wait, maybe that one’s for me!) and the homemade coasters.
I love the Father’s Day Handprint Tree
We made the crown for my husbands first Father’s Day and he LOVED it, wore it the whole day (even out to dinner!)
I love all of your homemade ideas but this year I think we’ll be making the hand print tree for dad and the pop bottle set for my son’s God father and grandpa!
I love the handprint tree!!
I’m going to make the handprint tree!! Love it! Thanks!!!
Love the “daddy is my hero” keychain!
My favorite is the homemade Dad Book. We love books and my kids want to add lots of photos in between the printed pages. Thanks for the great idea!
My kids and I are making the super pop bottles.My hubby will LOVE them!!!!!!
These are all so great but I think a personalized picture canvas is best. Actually, looked again, definitely the best dad in the world book! Thank you for all of the ideas!!
My favorite item is the handprint tree. I’m going to do that this week.
I love the handprint tree. Such a good idea for a gift from all of the kids together!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Handmade Best Dad book! Pinned it and Facebook-shared it, I loved it so much! I printed them yesterday and my girls each made one for their daddy. 🙂 megancrose@gmail.com
I like the super pop set. I will attempt to make it. Thanks for the idea!
I like the Handprint Tree the best!
the best dad book – how cute! but i think i’d like the nutella, myself 🙂
I like the super pop set. Maybe do popcorn, corn pops, and other things with “pop” (but no Popsicles)!
He’d LOVE the superhero coasters…
LOVE the DIY superhero coasters!
The Superhero Coasters! The kids will love them as much as we do!
I love the hand print tree! Great idea! Thanks 🙂
The pop box set. MY husband loves candy.
love the homemade DAD frame the best!
I love the Pop Box Set! I will have to remember this for next year, because I don’t have quite enough time to pull it off this Father’s Day. Thanks!
The “DIY Photo Canvas is my favorite gift from this list…Thanks, Cindi
That family tree handprint is the sweetest thing ever. Thanks for the great ideas!
My favorite is the Handmade Best Dad Book, such a great keepsake!
love the super pop set
The dad book is super cute
Love the Father’s Day Handprint Tree
I LOVE the handprint tree!
The handprint tree is so adorable!
King For a Day Crown !!!
I think my kids would love the king for a day crown for dad. He could wear it and we’d cater to him. He could relax, we’d cook for him, do his laundry etc. oh, wait, we do that every day for him! Lol.