Father's Day Gifts - Why Crafts Won't Work For Dad

Mom's gifts have never really been hard to buy, but buying for dad is a nightmare because few stores and even fewer magazines can give you a real suggestion and times like father's day you start to think about bringing out the old crafting box and making something for dad (you did it when you were little). Unfortunately, fathers day crafts are not the way to go if you're an adult or even a teenager. While crafts are something that work for mom, your dad won't appreciate them much. Here are three reasons why you shouldn't do a home craft project for your dad on fathers day.

He won't get it 
Remember when you were little and you'd draw stuff and whenever you showed it to your dad he'd say 'What is it?' He's very likely to say that again about whatever it is you decide to make because while women have the genes to appreciate a hand crafted gift item men just don't understand that kind of stuff. The only thing that would work is a hand knit sweater (try not to make any patterns on it) and he might like. The only problem is that he won't be able to use it till winter.

There isn't much to make 
If you were making a crafts project for your mom, you could scrap together some recipes and make a recipe book or a picture scrapbook but there isn't anything that you can make for your dad unless you count towels or bed sheets with hand prints and that only works as long you you're little and your handprints are cute. If you have kids you could put their handprints on it but men still don't get very enthusiastic about things like curtains, sheets or tiles.

Personalized may mean cheap 
While the best thing about making gifts yourself instead of relying on stores to sell them to you is that the gifts will have an extremely personalized touch, the thing with men is that they actually do put a price on a lot of things. The cost and value of something means a lot to every guy and while men know that gifts aren't about a price tag, a homemade gift might still mean you were cheap and being cheap on fathers day gifts doesn't come off very well.

As far as women are concerned, crafts are a high value gift but with men things tend to get complicated. If you want to buy a nice wholesome and useful or enjoyable fathers day gift for your husband, dad or son, try unique fathers day gift baskets. They're just as good as anything else that you'd make at home and your dad will actually be able to figure out what it is. If you don't think fathers day fruit baskets are special enough, try fruit bouquets. Fruit bouquets are fruit sculptures made with a large variety of fresh fruit. They look like flowers and some fruits like strawberries, pineapples, apples, and bananas are dipped in chocolate (dark or white). If there's one thing any guy can appreciate its food.

Many companies sell unique fruit bouquets and fathers day fruit baskets, and they roll out new lines of their products for special occasions like mothers day and fathers day. Try something different this year and buy a fruit bouquet for your dad. Fruit bouquets come with chocolate sauce.