Your choices will be guided by your taste (/cruel sense of humour), and you know your intended better than we do- we're not proscriptive (just slightly overbearing).
However, the list below is to provide a guide to the kind of things that make good "Father Valentine" gfts- at least to get you started.
Please email in more suggestions / let us know what worked well for you.
Photo ideas to follow!
Gift Ideas
A book you’ve finished with
Sweets
‘Travel size’ soaps, shampoos etc
CDs (ask older brother, kids)
Handkerchiefs
Dog / cat treats (If they have one that is. Or not- that’s funnier)
Keyrings
A jigsaw. In instalments
That book you just have to force on others to read
Pens
Shoelaces. Or just the one…
Lollies
Riddles
A ‘mix tape’ (HAS to be on cassette- ask Dad, kids)
Tissues
‘Kids toys’- & not just for kids
Books. Always books
Homemade things
Space dust
Canvas shopper bag- a gift to the environment, too
Bird food
Dried fruit
Sugar mice
Random batteries
Books, of course
String. No one ever has enough
Notepads
Records (ask Grandpa, kids)
NO “hearts & flowers” stuff- we’re *not* that kind of Valentine
A random autograph
Puzzles
Sticky tape
Did I mention books?
A simple recipe + ingredients. That do not necessarily match
An invitation to a duel
A thoughtful list of funny URLs
Healthy fruit
Colouring pencils
Retro stuff- jumping beans, anyone?
A poem
(I quite like a good book)
Shoe polish
Wax cylinder recording (ask Great-Grandma, kids)
Bookmarks
Random tins of food- especially with labels removed
A useful torch
Clothes pegs
Seeds for some lovely flowers. Or cabbages
‘Borrow’ (low-value) things from your intended over time, and “gift” them back
I suppose a book, if you’re really stuck....
More, more! We're hungry for ideas-
"share and enjoy"
