Get A Great Birthday Present For Dad

I'm a Dad, so please hear me when I tell you I don't need another tie this year, or even a new pair of argyle socks. Shopping for a birthday present for Dad doesn't have to be that complicated. In fact, it's really kind of simple.

There's lots of imaginative items for a birthday present for Dad. If he has a hobby or sport, it's a good place to start. Golf gives a range of possibilities from a box of fluorescent golf balls to a golf computer game featuring great courses of the world. If he's a fisherman, how about a new fishing basket or a keep net. Followers of a certain soccer or baseball team like to have the mugs, replica shirts and other memorabilia.

Most Dads, myself included, like gadgets for the home or the office. A stick on basketball net or a miniature air hockey table would be a good birthday present for Dad. There are smaller gadgets too, like a card shuffler or a combination bottle opener and lighter.

Men never quite grow out of penknives or model aero planes. If your Dad likes Star Trek, a scale model of the starship Enterprise would keep him out of mischief for a while. You can always get him something that you can challenge him with, such as a shoot 'em up computer game.

I'll tell you right now that I'm partial to gadgets. Yea I'm a bit of a computer nerd. My kids have trouble wrestling the Playstation 2 out of my hands. I also love computer sports games. If your father is a statistics nut like me, the perfect games are those put out by the Strat-O-Matic game company. Surely I'm not the only 45 year old geek on the planet.

Gardeners always need something for the garden, a new trowel or seed planter perhaps. A gardening gift would be a practical birthday present for Dad, especially if it was appropriate for the time of year. For example, you could get him some packets of seeds or some bedding plants. That will give him good exercise too.

Dads deserve to relax too, and they may appreciate a home brewing kit for beer. Another birthday present for Dad could be a year's supply of different wines around the world, delivered in installments each month. You may be able to arrange a visit to a local winery or whiskey distillery.

When Dad puts his feet up, he may like to watch some DVDs. There are plenty of good box sets in the shops with themed films such as war, westerns or spy movies that would make a good birthday present for Dad. Some of them feature one actor, very often a veteran like John Wayne or James Stewart. There are plenty DVDs of great sporting events too and ones that tell the history of sports like boxing and baseball. If he's a real film buff, he may appreciate a membership in a DVD club.

A lot of Dads are handy around the home and like to keep up to date with their equipment. A more expensive birthday present for Dad would be a power tool or work bench. You could buy a home improvement book with projects in.

What we're looking for here is not something that's practical. Any birthday present for Dad that caters to his interests will be appreciated. I believe birthday gifts should be fun. I bet your dad does too.