What to get my 80 year old Dad? ($100 limit)

[mesarobins]

My dad and mom are both very independant and active. They live half the year in northern Arizona mountains and then come down to Phoenix when it gets winter. They have a small 1 BR condo in Phx so not a lot of room for "stuff" besides which Dad buys whatever he wants before anyone can get it for him. My budget is $100.

[scrabbler]

My dad soon turns 78 and I ran out of time for a birthday present but for Xmas, plan on getting him a case of Jones soda with his pic on them. Think it runs about 40?

 

I also may get him some of the personalized M&M's but we are torn of what to put on them. Those run about 40 also.

 

I ran out of time for the birthday party which is this weekend so will do it for xmas.

 

Since my parents, too, have everything they want, I thought something odd yet fun would fill the bill.

[mrn8]

We did the Jone's Soda thing for our wedding party and it turned out really well. http://www.myjones.com/ Maybe you could do his wedding photo or a photo of your kids / you and your husband?

 

Does your dad golf? You could buy him a GC to one of the local courses or pro shops.

[able]

tickets to a nice dinner show for both him and your mom.. or a event.(sport or not)

[bayhaysay]

My dh's grandfather is hard to buy. He likes to tinker around with old lawn mowers and stuff so every year someone gets him a case of WD40.

 

Sorry, just realized that probably didn't help you any.

[tokanm]

My dad is 83 and very active still. Every year I get him a magazine

subscription to his favorite mags..National Geographic, Readers Digest

and Yankee. He loves to read and gets 3 new "gifts" every month.

This year I am also getting him a Netflix script so he can just watch

soem DVD's w/o having to leave home. Hope this helps. Good Luck

[mesarobins]

tickets to a nice dinner show for both him and your mom.. or a event.(sport or not)

That is a great idea. There is a dinner theater just around the corner that is very popular with the snowbirds. I think I just might go this route.

 

My dad is 83 and very active still. Every year I get him a magazine subscription to his favorite mags..National Geographic, Readers Digest and Yankee. He loves to read and gets 3 new "gifts" every month. This year I am also getting him a Netflix script so he can just watch

soem DVD's w/o having to leave home. Hope this helps. Good Luck

Magazines are a good idea too, I am not sure how much interest he would have in the DVD's though.

 

Thanks everyone for some great suggestions, you've been a BIG help.

[able]

your welcome .glad to help

[whitesocks]

You might get him a subscription to his hometown newspaper especially if it is out of state. Also they have digital picture frames that show a ton of pictures on it in a slide show. I don't know the exact name of it but if you have a computer you could scan pix and put them on it and they would not have to use a lot of space for quite a few pictures. Don't know if this helps or not.

[crix101]

This is a great gift for an older person. It is a digital picture frame. You can load up a memory card with all your pics and they will rotate through them so he can have a new picture all the time. I know my mom and grandmother love it! Sorry such a huge link.

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