Ideas for hard to shop for people

[lovely1m]

Everyone has those people on their gift lists who are hard to buy for, for me, its my dad, so those of you who are super creative, give some ideas to help us out, please.

[MamaBee]

oh my gosh - it's like my whole extended family is that way!!

Does he have he favs like popcorn? For thanksgiving a friend of the family that joined us gave us a hostess gift of popcorn, flavoring salts, and cocoa... my hubby thought that was awesome! He still talks about that... haha

[YepBrook]

Ha... Kind of like what Rebecca said, my inlaws sent us a big tin of Utz popcorn, pretzels and snack mix and he went nuts over it. My grandma sends Harry & David pears every year and he loves those too. Pretty much anything he can eat, he loves.

[kristijoy]

How about a 'car detailing' gift card? My Dad also loves anything for his kindle so I've just started buying him an Amazon gift card.

[kelley]

I agree on the food gifts for men! I always have a hard time finding anything besides that they will like. With Chris, I give him underwear and socks and clothes LOL, but for other relatives that isn't happening, so food it is.

[lovely1m]

Yeah, with my dad, he has no hobbies at all. He's into his cars and cleaning and that's about it. I normally end up buying him clothes. I have given him food before, but never really thought of it as the main gift and a car detailing certificate might be good though he's so into cleanliness, not sure they would find anything on his car to clean.

[abm234]

Mari, how about an annual pass to a carwash?

[Darcy Baldwin]

We love experience gifts - Gift certificates for their favorite restaurant or hobby or event.

[jacinda]

This would be awesome:

[lovely1m]

Originally Posted by abm234

Mari, how about an annual pass to a carwash?

Car washes scratch his car, he does it by hand. He's super anal. lol

[HeatherB]

Hmm...maybe a couple of really good leather car chamois? They actually are quite expensive here, and people who do their car at home really love them.

[*Celeste*]

what about one of those car detialing vacuums.
http://www.amazon.com/Metropolitan-V.../dp/B0002SDN7W

it has little tiny heads that can get into cracks and crevices!

[julifish]

My dad enjoys Automotive Magazine. Also, we get him tickets to the local car races for his birthday which he always enjoys - do you have anything like that near you? Also tickets to the Auto Show is always a big hit.

[julifish]

Originally Posted by jacinda

This would be awesome:

I"m getting my hubby an expensive gift this year, but this would be so cute for his stocking! Great idea Jacinda!!!! Thanks!