Homemade Father's Day Gift Ideas

Does your Dad have everything he could possibly use or want? Would you rather make something for him that he will cherish if by simple fact that you made it for him? Then, here are some great ideas for making homemade gifts for Father’s Day.

Golf Tee Puzzles

If your dad likes puzzles, he will probably love this puzzle idea. Get some wood. It can be scrap wood if you wish. Be careful of splinters. You can take course sandpaper and sand it down if you wish.

Cut the wood into a triangle shape at least six inches tall at the highest point. Then with the help of someone, maybe even your own dad, drill holes into the wood, at least big enough that a golf tee can sit into. Don’t drill all the way through.

There needs to be 15 holes (an odd amount) one at the top, then two, then three and so on until the bottom five. Once those holes are drilled, make sure some golf tees fit in each hole.

Paint and decorate the wooden base if you like. Once it dries, write down instructions on how to play the game.

Basic instructions: All the holes except one (usually in the middle, in the row with three) are filled with golf tees. The object of the game is to remove all of the tees completely. You can jump over a tee to remove it from the game. You have to jump to an empty space however on the other side.

Have a tournament to see who’s better, you or Dad.

Decorated Holding Tin or Box

Does your Dad need tins to organize things? If so, decorate a few tins for him. You can even personalize them with his name, or with photographs of the family.

Before you paint the tin, you may have to sand it down a little so that the paint will adhere to the surface. When choosing the type of paint, remember paints that adhere to a metal or a wooden surface if using a wooden box. The sandpapered surface will help the paint set. You can use a base coat of a primer paint.

You can build a simple wooden box from scrap wood. Use nails or screws and make sure you sand the pieces before putting them together. Use a primer paint or stain the wood with a favorite stain.

Homemade Keychain

There are several different ways to make a homemade keychain. Blank keychains are available. These keychains have a slot to put photographs or other pictures into the keychain to personalize it.

You can also buy keychain rings and make your own keychains with just about anything, from craft foam to pipe cleaners.

Business Card Holder

Does your dad carry around a lot of business cards? Make a business card holder using popsicle sticks. Take three popsicle sticks and lay them flat. Take a piece of burlap, felt or craft foam and make it cover the three popsicle sticks. Let that dry.

Make two more of these for the side walls of the card holder. Take two other popsicle sticks and cut off the ends, about quarter inch pieces. Add two end pieces, one on each end, onto the two walls of the holder. Give a little overlap. Glue the walls to the base using the overlapped pieces. You can put a book or prop something up next to the walls to keep it steady while it dries. Use super glue or a glue gun with glue that dries fast.

Once everything is dry, decorate the business card holder anyway you wish.

Picture Frames

Picture frames are always great gifts for Dad. Make a picture frame using popsicle sticks or twigs. Twigs give the frame a rustic look.

First, choose the picture to be used and note the size of the picture. Think about how you want to frame the picture.

Find twigs or sticks at the size that you will prefer usually the size of the picture. You can find some smaller ones to fill in any gaps.

Add a hard backing such as cardboard, wood or heavy stock paper to the picture. Attach it with glue, tape or other adhesive. Make this backing at least one or two inches bigger than the picture.

Glue on the twigs and any other decoration such as seashells, buttons, pressed flowers or other small objects. You can attach a picture hanger on the back or make a holder for the frame so that it can stand up.