Difficult to buy for dads/FIL

[batmanladybird]

You know the ones -boomers with ££

Have everything / buy it themselves

Experiences not that good because covid but also they are both pretty experienced
(I am making them sound spoilt)

They do love the DGC but I feel like they wouldn't really want a calendar or photos

As a Boomer who isn't loaded I would love a calendar with photos of my GC
Otherwise alcohol works for me

I realise some of these are a bit 'out there', but I have similar in-laws I can never buy anything for.

• Taxidermy class. Friend was given one as a birthday gift and stuffed a squirrel. Not for everyone clearly though but clearly memorable.

• quirky brandy or whisky glasses, or a little flame thing that heats brandy glasses

• giant ice cube trays (the ones that almost fill the whole tumble

• Hamper of things they may not normally eat. Bacon jam, hibiscus flowers for champagne, different chilli sauces or meat marinades.

• Funny BBQ apron and/or accessories for BBQ

• Home-made sloe gin

• Meat/cheese/veg smoker or the wood chips for smoking

• Glider experience (I was given one years ago and really enjoyed it)

• Magazine subscription (fishing, gardening, DIY, home and garden, pets, cooking)

We subscribed in my dads name to one of those charities such as water aid, to build loos for a village

Why not do something like that, a gift to a charity helping the third world

Coffee or craft beer subscription
Spicery meal kit subscription
Bird box with wireless camera
Space bullet pen
Lego artist
Personalised OS map jigsaw
Molton Brown daring adventurer gift set

• Taxidermy class. Friend was given one as a birthday gift and stuffed a squirrel. Not for everyone clearly though but clearly memorable.

This. You could also start looking for roadkill now and bung any suitable victims (internal injuries only, fur/ feathers prisitne) in the freezer for presentation on Christmas morning. Up to you whether you defrost or not.

Its always whisky for my Dad. There is a little whisky specialist shop not too far from us where you can get something different. I looked at a whisky club subscription, but they were a bit expensive. With FIL my DH always sorts out a gift based on their joint hobby.

Endoscopic wireless waterproof camera - about £30 on Amazon, plugs into a tablet or phone and you can see behind radiators or inside drains or under floorboards.

Wifi security camera to track postman or wildlife.

Utility gilet - basically a waistcoat/vest thing with all the pockets. Sometimes sold as a fisherman's jacket.

Socks.
Socks with your picture on.
Socks with your DC's picture on.
Socks with a picture of the dog on.

Omg the endoscopic camera idea is genius! That’s DH sorted

I've bought my dad an RHS book and a biography of Humboldt

@HugeBowlofChips

- Taxidermy class. Friend was given one as a birthday gift and stuffed a squirrel. Not for everyone clearly though but clearly memorable.

This. You could also start looking for roadkill now and bung any suitable victims (internal injuries only, fur/ feathers prisitne) in the freezer for presentation on Christmas morning. Up to you whether you defrost or not.

😂😂😂

@Allthelols

Omg the endoscopic camera idea is genius! That’s DH sorted

My dad would love this too

A bird box with camera and a heated gilet (that you charge up via USB!) have both gone down well with FIL