What are you giving your dad for Father’s Day? You spoiled your mom so it’s only fitting to get dad something. You could give him something from Best Buy. I’m not saying you must buy something. You could pen a poem of appreciation and recite it over a loudspeaker for the whole neighbourhood to hear. He’d like that. But if you are planning on a quieter gift, one that you purchase from Best Buy, then this contest might inspire you with a few gift ideas.

Will this be the best Father’s Day ever?

I have days where I can’t help but think in superlatives. I wake up at the best time, eat the most amazing granola, drink what turns out to be outstanding coffee … and my day just gets better from there. Imagine if that was the kind of day your father had on Father’s Day. You can make that happen. But you have to start preparing immediately. Especially if you want it to be an over the top Father’s Day he’ll never forget.

A more than perfect day is within reach. And I’m going to suggest three over-the-top ways to make your dad surprised and amazed.

  1. Remind him of his first car: For most of us, our first car holds a special place in our hearts. For this surprise to work, you need to find out what your dad’s first car was. Once you get that simple piece of information the rest is easy: get some cardboard and recreate that vehicle in cardboard, as lifelike and realistically as your artistic skills allow. Your dad will be touched by the effort, the sentiment, and he’ll applaud your creative use of cardboard (just like many people have done for a different contest we ran on the blog).
  2. Get him in the gaming spirit: June is not only the month of Father’s Day, it’s also gaming month. Best Buy goes over the top during gaming month with the biggest contests, amazing deals, and fantastic announcements. Enter those contests and you might win a great gaming prize. However, if your dad is really into gaming then I suggest you create a gaming experience your dad will never forget: a neighbourhood tournament. Organize each home in your neighbourhood to plan one game. On Father’s Day, go from house to house playing Mario Kart in one home, Scrabble in another; charades in the third, etc. Win or lose, he’ll never forget the effort you made and fun you all had together.
  3. Gourmet day with dad: Is your dad a foodie? This is the day to make his food dreams come true. Make a list and prepare as many of his favourite dishes ahead of time as is possible. Scour the internet for recipes and perhaps even practice a few at a friend’s house to ensure you can pull off this once in a lifetime culinary experience. Is your dad into pancakes? Find the most extravagant pancake recipe like caviar and cream cheese or gold leaf and berries. Then repeat this process for lunch. If you are really adventurous, you could pretend that dinner too will be home-cooked, then surprise him with a visit from a personal chef (you can find one in most major cities these days)!

Over the top gifts also come from Best Buy

I know I said you don’t have to get dad a gift, and two of my suggestions above can be done with very little monetary expense. But if you do want to get him a gift, I prepared this amazing prize package full of gifts he’ll love. In keeping with the theme of this article, I’m going to explain each item in the prize pack as elaborately, and “over-the-top” as I can in a single sentence. Here are the five items pictured at the top of this article:

  1. Arlo Essential Cam Security Bundle: Incredible wireless security that he can put anywhere then view thieves (or more often raccoons and stray cats) right on his phone in vivid colour! (see the review on the blog)
  2. Nextbase 522GW dash cam: Yes your dad is the best driver, but this will protect him from all those other drivers on the road … capture their un-indicated lane changes like never before. (see the review on the blog)
  3. Instax Mini 12 instant camera: this pink wonder cam captures family memories and prints them out … yes, he’ll get hard copy photos of his children that he can string from one end of his office to the other. (see the review on the blog)
  4. Jlab GO Air earbuds: these are likely as good or better than the best earbuds he has worn. Seriously, they are low cost AND amazingly high quality (just like his children!). (see the review on the blog)
  5. Sizzle BBQ plasma lighter: this is my personal favourite. The coolest dads on the block have the coolest lighters on the market. It’s electric so no gas to burn; it’s electric so charge it up and it’s ready; it’s electri-fyingly cool (worth repeating if you ask me). (see the review on the blog)

The winner doesn’t have to choose which part of this prize they like best because for the best Father’s Day contest we are awarding the winner all five prizes. Imagine your dad’s face when he opens that prize!

How to enter

This contest is easy to enter and you can enter in two different ways.

  1. In a comment below, using as many superlatives as you can think of, tell us how great your dad is, and tell us which part of this prize pack would be his favourite.
  2. First visit the Father’s Day page at bestbuy.ca, then in a different comment below, still using superlatives in your comment, tell us which item on that page you consider to be the most incredible gift someone could get from Best Buy for Fathers Day.

What you can win

At the end of this contest, one random entry will be drawn. That winner will receive: a Arlo Essential Cam Bundle, a Nextbase 522GW dash cam, an Instax Mini 12 instant camera with film, Jlab GO Air earbuds, and a Sizzle BBQ plasma lighter.

This contest runs from June 9th to June 23rd.

Remember you can enter in two ways here on the blog. However, you likely know many other people who would love to have the best Father’s Day ever and might get a kick out of some of my stupendous suggestions above. They might also want a chance to win this contest, so you should tell them about this crazy, incredible contest.

Father’s Day Contest Rules and Regulations

Good luck.

Martin Renaud
Editor in Chief
Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.

993 COMMENTS

  1. Understanding, patient and caring. The plasma lighter because it’s great for the bbq and anytime you have a product with the word “plasma” in it. You can’t go wrong.

  2. My dad spends a lot of time with us and helps us with our school work. The Philips OneBlade Pro Wet & Dry Electric Shaver would be a great gift for him.

  3. My dad was family oriented, a hard worker and a man of faith who was honest and kind. He would have loved the Nextbase 522GW dash cam. My husband is a loving dad and I know he would appreciate it.

  4. My dad is caring, patient, outgoing, and generally just a really good guy to be around. He would like the security cam bundle

  5. Devoted and loving. Caring and kind. Generous and responsible. I think the best gift to get from Best Buy for Father’s Day would be the Citizen Calendrier 44mm Men’s Analog Solar Powered Dress Watch. It’s classy-looking and very practical.-

  6. Devoted and loving. Hard-working and reliable. Honest and generous. The dash cam would be ideal because he wanted to get one!

  7. My dad is hard-working, and super funny. I believe the most incredible gift someone could get from Best Buy for Fathers Day would be Apple iPad Air 10.9″ 256GB with Wi-Fi (5th Generation).

  8. My dad is hard-working, and super funny. He loves to take pictures, so the Instax Mini 12 instant camera with film would be his favourite.

  9. My dad would have loved the Contixo F31 Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller. Everybody will spend hours enjoying the great views we can get while soaring the sky. Can’t wait to fly it around and hope not crashing it.

  10. My dad was a great companion for my mother, a great father for us children and a terrific pal to all his friends. He is dearly missed by all.

  11. Dad would love the Apple iPad Air 10.9″ 256GB with Wi-Fi (5th Generation) – Space Grey as he could keep in contact with all his family! Dad is sweet, funny, strong, helpful, amazing, super, fun, happy, kind, caring, generous and the BEST!

  12. Dad would love the Arlo Essential Cam Security Bundle: Dad is amazing, super, fun, happy, kind, caring, generous and the BEST!

  13. My dad is very supportive, a great mentor and teacher, always handy and able to fix any issue, and most of all reliable.

  14. I think the most incredible gift someone could get from Best Buy for Fathers Day from the father’s day blog would be the Napoleon Rogue 425.

  15. my dad was the smartest, kindest person. The Arlo Essential Cam Security Bundle would be his favourite.

  16. The DJI Mini 3 Quadcopter Drone Fly More Combo & Remote Control with Built-in Screen (DJI RC) – Grey
    Model Number: CP.MA.00000613.01 would be the most incredible, amazing, super, well thought out, fun gift someone could get from Best Buy for Fathers Day. I know my husband, loving father of our two adult children, would absolutely love this Drone!!

  17. My Dad was generous, hard-working, caring, loving, honest, a family man who did everything he could for his family. He loved to grill on his BBQ so would have loved the Sizzle BBQ plasma lighter!!!

  18. My dad is the best dad ever. He is caring, honest and loving. He had a big heart and always put everyone else first. He would love the Instax Mini 12 Instant Camera because he always liked taking pictures whenever he could.

  19. He would love the Samsung galaxy watcg 5 pro Smartwatch with heart Monitor and he deserves it because he is wonderful, smart, kind, and caring.

  20. He is the best, fun loving, generous, caring, helpful, sweet guy who has nicnames for everyone and makes the best fried egg sandwiches for anyone who drops in. He’d love the security cameras.

  21. Dad…funny, quiet, amazing, honest, hard-working, serious at times and very compassionate. I think he’d like to have the Instax Mini 12 instant camera

  22. The most incredible gift someone could get from Best Buy for Fathers Day is an electric bike. My incredibly hard working, friendly, cheerful, funny sometimes incredible Dad would love an electric bike for Father’s Day.

  23. The most incredible gift someone could get from Best Buy for Fathers Day is an electric bike. My kind, hard working, friendly Dad would love an electric bike.

  24. . I think the plasma lighter would really be a great gift for my Dad who would really enjoy it! thanks so much for the chance.

  25. My dad is the most caring and helpful person I know, always willing to go out of his way to make another person’s day better. My favorite part of this gift is the dash cam.

  26. The Arlo Essential Cam Security Bundle would be wonderful for my Dad. Dad is a great family man who always has kind words us and for everyone, he is always helping his family and others and is cheerful and knowledgeable. He taught us mechanics, carpentry and he even plays the violin and has taught us to be musical we all sing and some of us play the guitar

  27. Arlo Essential Cam Security Bundle would make my Dad so happy. Dad is a wonderful family man who always has kind words for everyone, he is always helping his family, others and is cheerful and knowledgeable. He taught us mechanics, carpentry and he even plays the violin and has taught us to be musical

  28. The most incredible gift from Best Buy would TheNapoleon Rogue SE 525 76500 BTU Propane BBQ. A serious barbeque for a serious barbequer!

  29. My dad is the absolute best, he is funny, loving, caring, wise, so generous and helpful, great BBQer, loves playing games, very trustworthy, best pasta maker ever and very cool. Everyone loves him. He could really use the Nextbase 522GW dash cam

  30. My dad is the happiest and kindest person, who would enjoy the Arlo Essential Cam Security Bundle for extra safety.

  31. I’ve learned so much from my dad, from his compassion and empathy to his knowledge and experience in so many topics and subjects. I think the plasma lighter would really be a great gift for someone who has everything

  32. I think the most incredible gift someone can get from Best Buy for this father’s day would be the Citizen Eco-Drive Sport Casual 44mm Men’s Solar Powered Sport Watch.

  33. My dad is the most patient, most generous and most knowledgeable person I know. I think he would enjoy the Jlab GO Air earbuds the most.

  34. The most absolute best prize ever for father’s day would be Napoleon Rogue 425 42000 BTU Propane BBQ. Best grilling days ever!!

  35. My Dad is the coolest, chillest, best cheerleader and guitar player around. As a huge consumer of music the earbuds would be his favourite!

  36. I think an amazing gift for a wine loving dad would be the Koolatron 12-Bottle Deluxe Wine Cellar!

  37. My great Dad is long gone. He was mechanically inclined and could build anything including a house. I know a few other great Dads this prize could be shared with though.

  38. My dad is wonderful, thoughtful and kind. He would love the Nextbase dash cam as he drives a lot.

  39. Dad is inventive, caring, smart and handsome! He’d love the Arlo Essential Cam Security Bundle to keep all of his things safe!

  40. Oh, let me tell you about my incredible, stupendous, extraordinary, and truly remarkable dad! He is an absolute paragon of awesomeness, surpassing all expectations and radiating an unparalleled magnificence in everything he does. His wisdom is boundless, his kindness knows no bounds, and his love is absolutely boundless.

    My dad possesses an intellect that is positively mind-blowing, effortlessly solving the most perplexing puzzles and conundrums with his genius mind. He is the epitome of strength, both physically and emotionally, with a resilience that can withstand any storm and an unwavering determination that propels him to conquer the greatest of challenges.

    When it comes to generosity, my dad’s heart overflows with a generosity that can only be described as awe-inspiring. His selflessness knows no limits, as he goes above and beyond to help others without expecting anything in return. His compassion is like a gentle flame, warming the hearts of all who are fortunate enough to know him.

    In the realm of humor, my dad is an absolute maestro. His wit is razor-sharp, his jokes are legendary, and his laughter is absolutely infectious. He has an uncanny ability to brighten even the darkest of days with his quick wit and lighthearted spirit.

    As a mentor and guide, my dad is unparalleled. His guidance is like a beacon of light, illuminating the path towards success and fulfillment. He instills in me a sense of purpose, instilling in me the belief that I can achieve anything I set my mind to. His unwavering support and encouragement have been instrumental in shaping me into the person I am today.

    But above all else, my dad’s love is truly the greatest gift of all. It is an all-encompassing, unconditional love that knows no boundaries. He embraces me with open arms, providing a sanctuary of warmth and acceptance. His love is a source of strength, a guiding force that empowers me to reach for the stars.

    In short, my dad is an awe-inspiring, extraordinary, and exceptional human being. He is the epitome of greatness, a shining example of all that is good in this world. I am immeasurably blessed to call him my dad, and I can confidently say that he is the greatest father that has ever graced this planet.

  41. My handsome, well-groomed Dad could use the Philips OneBlade Pro Wet & Dry Electric Shaver on his intelligent, smiling face.

  42. My dad is caring, generous, wisest, and just the best. I think the most incredible gift for Fathers Day would be a electric bike from Best Buy.

  43. My dad is caring,. generous,wisest, and just the best. –I think he would like the plasma lighter because he is into cool things.

  44. My dad/husband is the finest, best, most wonderful, amazing delightful and generous man ever.

  45. My wonderfully supportive Dad makes my life easier knowing I can call him whenever I’m feeling frazzled, worried, or just need to talk. I am so grateful to have this very wise, kind and gentle man on my side and in my heart.

    • I was getting emotional and forget to add that Dad would appreciate the security bundle!!

  46. My dad is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious….. he would love the Google Nest Cam Wire-Free Indoor/Outdoor Security Camera …

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