Just (barely) in time for Father’s Day, here’s a Live By the Book style guide inspired by Made By Dad: 67 Blureprints for Making Cool Stuff by Scott Bedford. Scroll down to check out our list of 17 awesome gifts for dad (neckties not included!), including one free downloadable one.

FATHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE: 17 Gift Ideas for Awesome Dads

1. FREE Printable Father’s Day “My Hero” Badge: Just download, print, color in, and cut out!
2. Makey Makey: Only the coolest thing ever. All creative, musical, and engineer minded dads deserve this gift. With just the tiniest bit of coding you can make sounds out of anything. Banana pianos. Video game controllers out of carrots!
3. Baseball Glove Oven Mitt: This potholder looks just like a broken-in, traditional leather baseball glove! Perfect for the sports fan-chef dad in your life. He’ll feel like you’re catching a pitch so fast that it’s on fire.
4. FitBit FLEX: From timing a nap to counting calories and steps on a run, this band will help get Dad in motion; he’ll be amazed at how many steps it takes to just chase after the kids.
5. Custom Guitar Pick: A sweet, personable note for each time he strikes a tune.
6. Pixel Geek Glasses: Fake specs, for the goofy, geeky, gamer father.
7. Protective Eyewear: Safety first! Let your DIY dad know that you care about him–and his eyesight.
8. Zombie Air Shark: Let Dad patrol his man cave or workshop with his very own remote controlled air shark. Just think, it could be Shark Week every week!
9. Skateboard Chair: Is Dad in need of a new workshop seat? Made out of old decks for the skater boy at heart.
10. Mustache Mug: A little more of a classic father’s day gift, quirky and cute, he’ll think of you whenever he takes a sip.
11. Arduino Starter Kit:  For the mad dad scientist, this is the hobby of the future!
12. Sugru Hacking Putty: From Arduino projects (see above) to creating container seals and marking tools and power plugs, this is like advanced duct tape-only way stronger and more permanent!
13. Handmade Shaving Kit: Let’s (ahem) face it, Dad is the one responsible for sporting the majority of facial hair of the family, let’s get him shaving in style.
14. Beer Making Kit: Tried and true, this gift will have the beer drinking DIY dad giddy as a college kid at a kegger!
15. Bare Conductive Card Kit: Give him a card that will really light up his smile, with this conductive card kit, you’ll learn about basic conductivity through use of conductive paint, LEDs, and simple batteries. A fun educational project to do with the kids!
16. Sharpie Pens: For the dad who wants to make a mark–like this guy.
17. MADE BY DAD: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff: For dads who want to hang with their awesome kids and make cool stuff together.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

It’s time for the first-ever installation of The Wednesday Cute, a semi-regular collection of things from around the Web that make us say “Aww!” This week, a Jedi baby, a dog who wears glasses, tiny webbed platypi feet—and more.

From Megan Nicolay, awesome craft blogger and author of Generation T : Baby Niko helped dad Luke celebrate his first-ever Papa’s Day in a shirt that pays homage to one of the most famous fathers of all time.

• Speaking of dads, sometimes they just want to be left alone.
• In the category of absolutely brilliant web collections, here is Gigglers.tv, a site that compiles videos of people laughing—purely for your enjoyment.  It’s an “international laughter reservoir,” and it’s awesome. (via Jspace)

These baby platypi prove that you don’t need whiskers and a fuzzy tail to reach extreme levels of cute. (via buzzfeed)

• Arlo needs glasses, and there’s a song about it. I can’t even deal.
• Mr. Rogers also has a song! And here I thought he couldn’t get any more adorable.

I know I’m late to the party, but has everyone checked out Aled Lewis‘ photo project Toy Stories? Because you really should.

• Little free libraries! They look like they could be run (or inhabited) by elves. Must be seen to be believed.

—Avery, your resident Cute Curator (that’s Curator of Cute Things, not Adorable Internet Peruser. Although yes, that too)

“One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.”
– George Herbert

Memorial Day is the unofficial start of grilling season for many–the long weekend and warm weather being the perfect excuse to fire up the grill. Check out these samples from How to Grill, The Barbecue! Bible, and the brand new Planet Barbecue! for delicious recipes perfect for your grill’s seasonal debut–and don’t forget, all three are great gifts for Father’s Day!

Father’s day is an excellent excuse to splurge in the butcher aisle. Pick up a few classic T-bones and use these favorites head over to Steven Raichlen’s monthly newsletter for two different T-bone recipes; T-bones with Walnut-Roquefort Butter from How to Grill or Salt-crusted T-bones from Steven’s personal recipe arsenal.

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