51 Gift Ideas For Men: What Do I Get My Husband for His Birthday (Or Christmas)

Deciding what to get your husband for his birthday (or Christmas etc.) will depend on your financial situation and your husband's personality. Is he practical or sentimental? How does he prefer to spend his time- watching movies at home or being up in the mountains hunting for elk? Here are some gift ideas to help you with the brainstorming process.

A gift card to a store he likes.

Electronics, gadgets, and devices such as a new cell phone, computer or laptop, television set, camera, camcorder or MP3 player

A movie DVD in the genre he prefers

Coupons for a years worth of car washes

Voucher to get inside of his vehicle cleaned

New mats for his car

Coupons for his favorite meals or desserts, prepared by you

Tickets to the cinema

Hunting, fishing or camping accessories and gear if he enjoys any of these activities

Coupons for back, scalp or foot massage (given by you)

Books or a subscription to a magazine geared toward his interests

New shirt or personalized t-shirt

Shoes or comfy footwear for around the house

A pair of high quality sunglasses

A watch- whether you get a practical timepiece or a fancy one that looks good will depend on his preferences

Box of his favorite chocolates or other candy

A music CD or gift card or subscription to an online music store (if he enjoys listening to music)

New luggage if he travels frequently

A briefcase, messenger bag, or duffel bag

Personalized coffee mug (if he drinks coffee or other hot beverages)

A new BBQ grill or other grilling accessories

A good belt

A multi-tool- these come in a wide variety of components and prices. The key is in knowing for what your husband would most likely be using it.

Turntable or turntable with CD Recorder if he has a lot of records he'd like to put on a CD

Tie clip, bar or pin or cufflinks if he dresses up a lot

Gift basket with his favorite condiments or food items

Hat or cap or a good pair of gloves if he spends a fair amount of time outside in the winter.

Tools- if he enjoys working on cars, making things from wood etc.

Toolbox for his tools

Massager for neck and shoulders or back. If he is on his feet a lot, he might appreciate a foot and calf massager.

Remote control for TV or stereo etc.

Outlet or switch remote control

Remote control caddy (if the remotes tend to disappear a lot)

Personalized mouse-pad if he frequently uses a computer

Hidden message tie

Socks that never wear out

A new wallet, insert a photo of yourself, a gift card or maybe a crisp new $100 bill!

A tasteful glamor shot of yourself

Aftershave or cologne in his favorite scent

A getaway for the two of you (how about a quaint bed and breakfast in another town).

A new recliner or comfortable desk chair

A personalized key chain

A new golf club or other golfing accessories if that's something he enjoys

New gardening or yard tools if he enjoys working outside

Tickets to a performance, racing competition or other sporting event

Pajamas, robe, or towel wrap

GPS for his car- very helpful if he often drives to unfamiliar places

Remote car starter- especially good when it's cold outside

New bicycle

Walkie talkies- great for the man who spends a lot of time outdoors

Manicure, grooming or shaving kit

Stick n find sticker set- especially helpful if he often tends to misplace items

Picture or piece of art (that you know he'd like) to hang on the wall

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15 Father's Day Quotes from Daughter

• To her the name of father was another name for love. -Fanny Fern

• Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad. -Anne Geddes

•  It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home -- it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love. -Margaret Truman

•  He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.  -Clarence Budington Kelland                              

• Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown.  -Author Unknown

• Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. -Ruth E. Renkel

•  My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. - Jim Valvano 
• Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.  -Author Unknown

• My dad so convinced me that I was a wonderful woman. I would never be able to stay with a guy who continually mistreated me. 
  

• A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again. -Anonymous
   
• My dad laid down his life for us ... working 60 plus hours a week just so we could have a roof over our heads, food to eat and a car to drive.
   
• It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life. -Dawn French

•  It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping.-John Sinor

• My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. - Jim Valvano
  
  

             The greatest gift I ever had 
            Came from God; 
           I call him Dad! -Author Unknown

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20 Father Day Quotes and Sayings

*He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budington
Kelland

*How true Daddy's words were when he said: 'All children must look after their own
upbringing.' Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final
forming of a person's character lies in their own hands." -Anne Frank, German Jew and
Holocaust Victim

*Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!
-Lydia M. Child, U.S. Author

*My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and
say, "You're tearing up the grass." "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're
raising boys." -Harmon Killebrew

*The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad! -Author Unknown

*To her the name of father was another name for love." -Fanny Fern

*A Man's children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the
growing season. -Author Unknown

*It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. -Johann Schiller

*Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown. -Author Unknown

*A father carries pictures where his money used to be. -Author Unknown

*It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
-Pope John XXIII

*Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers- and fathering is a very
important stage in their development. - David M. Gottesman

*When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the
old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had
learned in seven years. -Author unknown

*The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. -Author
unknown

*A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most
valuable assets in our society." -Billy Graham, Christian Evangelist

*Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys.
-Anonymous

*One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters. -George Herbert, Outlandish
Proverbs, 1640

*You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together. - Erika Cosby

*Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. -Bill Cosby

*I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. -M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter

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8 Ideas of What to Get Dad for Father's Day

In thinking about ideas of what to get dad for Father's Day, I jotted down some gift ideas of things that I've seen given to my father, husband, and other men in my life.

• Arrange a fishing trip or golf outing-my dad is an avid fisherman, so my husband made all the arrangements to take him out fishing for a day. 

• Take him and his wife out to eat. Pick a restaurant you know has foods that he likes.   

•  If your dad is a social person and enjoys being around other people, arrange for family and friends to get together for a cookout in lieu of Fathers day. Make sure at least some of his favorite foods are served.

• Fill a gift basket for him with with items he likes. Some things I've seen given- specialty  tobacco for his pipe, his favorite coffee creamer, his favorite cookies and candies, a hunting magazine and a huge bottle of his favorite hot sauce.

• A book or magazine subscription of a topic he enjoys learning about. This will only work if your dad enjoys reading-otherwise the book and magazines will just sit around and collect dust.

• Tickets to a race or ball game (if he likes that sort of thing). You may need to ask him (or your mom) about it ahead of time to make sure he is free and able to go.  

• Movie DVDs. My husband enjoys watching adventure movies so that's usually one of the things he gets on Father's Day.  

• His favorite dessert.  Does he enjoy cherry pie with whipped topping, spice cake with cream cheese frosting or peanut butter cookies? You can either make it yourself,or buy it at your local bakery.

 

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7 Fathers Day Poems From Kids

In looking for Fathers day poems for kids, I ran across these poems by Nicholas Gordon. These could be printed on the front of a card, framed with a nice border or written inside of a card.
 

Daddy, I love you
For all that you do.
I'll kiss you and hug you
'Cause you love me, too. You feed me and need me
To teach you to play,
So smile 'cause I love you
On this Father's Day.
                    by Nicholas Gordon

You've been everything to me: a father,
Teacher, playmate, model, conscience, friend.
Sometimes I'm not certain why you bother,
If your feelings on my words depend.
I know I haven't been the child I should:
Far from it, and I really can't say why.
I know exactly what I'd label good,
But in the real world something goes awry.
Underneath my actions there is love,
Gratitude, respect, and admiration.
Sometimes I don't know what I'm thinking of,
But I thank God you're in for the duration.
I'm sorry, sorry for the things I do,
But please believe I cherish Mom and you.
                                       by Nicholas Gordon


A father and a dad are not the same:
One can be a dad and not a father,
Or one can be a father and not bother
To earn through love the more endearing name.
Some find fatherhood a bit too tame,
Leaving all the details to the mother,
Or dumping the sweet burden on another
Man with just a passing twinge of shame.
You have been our dad so many years
That you've become the landscape that is home,
The mountain that we look to from afar.
No matter where we go we're not alone,
For you remain within to still our fears
And be the word that tells us who we are.
                                by Nicholas Gordon


Children need a Daddy
For many, many things:
Like holding them high off the ground
Where the sunlight sings!

Like being the deep music
That tells them all is right
When they awaken frantic with
The terrors of the night.

Like being the great mountain
That rises in their hearts
And shows them how they might get home
When all else falls apart.

Like giving them the love
That is their sea and air,
So diving deep or soaring high
They'll always find him there.
                                       by Nicholas Gordon


To my dad on his day,
Of whom I am a living will:
May your happiness fulfill
Your goodness, as is just and right.
Deeds are seeds upon the night
As wind and wonder have their way,
Delivering the destined light.
                       by Nicholas Gordon

Happy Father's Day to my dear Dad!
As you have loved me, so have I loved you,
Pleased to tell you, now that words are due,
Pleased to have this chance to make you glad.
Your years of love and sacrifice have had
For me the force that you would wish them to,
A wind that takes me home to harbors new,
The inner voice in clothes familiar clad.
How might I be myself, except I see
Each gesture in the mirror of your grace,
Remembered as it was when long ago,
'Ere I knew why, I looked to you for love?
So am I of you inextricably,
Defined by trends not difficult to trace
As I grow into someone that I know,
Yet myself in ways that time will prove.

                                            by Nicholas Gordon  


 Happy Father's Day to one whose love
Asks nothing more than that it more might give!
Praised be those whose self-love selfless proves;
Praised be those who by such pleasure live.
Years of longing find no better plight,
For everything that is, is ever here.
A love that gives, gives unalloyed delight,
Taking in more breath than it can bear.
How lovely, then, to give this day to you,
Embracing who would rather us embrace,
Rejoicing in the ballet old anew,
'Twixt give and give a shy and awkward grace!
So may you ever be on Father's Day,
Despite yourself, the hero of the play,
Accepting from your loved ones what you would
Yet give yourself to them, if you but could.
                                    by Nicholas Gordon  


These poems are the property of Nicholas Gorden and can be found at Father's Day Poems

Funny Father's Day Cards: Father's Day Cards to Buy

In searching for humorous father's day cards, I was surprised and disappointed in how many were disrespectful to fathers. I personally think we need to honor our parents so I tried to stay away from cards that are not respectful towards dads.

Here is a funny one:

Here is a lighthearted way to let dad know you appreciate his discipline

 

Is your dad a golfer? This might work.

Is your dad a fisherman? 

And here are a few more:

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