10 Meaningful Father's Day Gifts
by Shenley Puterbaugh
Father’s Day is just around the corner! Choose a meaningful gift that will connect him with family! If he loves family history, he will love these ideas and if he doesn’t yet, this is the perfect way to inspire him! You will find gifts to BUY and MAKE! Don’t forget to…
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6. MEMORY BOOK
You can buy or make a memory book! If you make the book, you can add pictures to go with the questions and answers and it can be typed or handwritten. If you buy a book, then there is space to handwrite answers and tape or glue in pictures. Your dad will love to read what their children and/or grandchildren remember and appreciate about them. Some examples of questions are: My first memory of you is ____. My favorite thing to do with you was ____. When I smell ____ it reminds me of you. My favorite holiday meal was ____.
7. GENERATIONS PICTURE
Look for pictures of your father’s male line beginning with your dad and going back as many generations as you can find photos. Buy a frame with that many spots for photos. The frame can be a circular frame, up and down or side ways. Put the pictures in the frame in the following order: a son, his father, his grandfather, his great-grandfather, his great-great-grandfather and his great-great-great-grandfather, etc. It can be as simple as a son and his father or it can go back for many generations.
8. CREATE A MAP
Get a map and mark the places where your father’s ancestors lived. Frame it or put it on a tac board. He will love the visual but best of all, his curiosity will be triggered and questions will come!
9. CREATE A WORK OF ART
If you like to paint, do a painting. If you like to draw, do a drawing. If you like to cook, cook something. If you like to act, create a skit and perform it. If you like to write, write a poem or song. Any of these can be catered to your father. Your masterpiece can be inspired by a memory with him, one of his memories with his father or a memory or event from one of his ancestors.
10. ‘WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU’ LETTER
Writing a letter to your father will most likely be a surprise to him. We don’t send letters as often as past generations did. He is sure to be touched by a hand written letter telling him what you love about him and/or memories you have with him that have been special to you.