Whether you’re already a father, plan on being one someday, or want some ideas for things to do with your old man, this list is in order. Each experience will impart a few skills and a few life lessons along the way. They also just happen to be bonding experiences each of you will remember forever (outside of the ones where you drink together).
1. Go Deep-Sea Fishing
2. Assemble His First Tool Kit
3. Get Lost in Nature and Find Your Way Out
4. Go to a Ball Game
5. Test Drive a Supercar
6. Start a Collection
7. Build a Workbench
8. Camp Somewhere Illegal
9. Go to the Barbershop
10. Spend the Day Playing Golf
11. Go Hunting for Your Dinner
12. Volunteer Together
13. Be Funny
14. Change a Tire
15. Plan a Trip
16. Play a Video Game so He Can Teach You a Thing or Two
17. Teach Him to Grill the Perfect Steak
18. Vegas
19. Shovel an Elderly Neighbor’s Driveway
20. Play a Prank on Mom
21. Teach Him How to Shave
22. Jump out of a Plane … or Do Something to Get Your Adrenaline Going
23. Brew a Batch of Beer
24. Drive Stick
25. Go to a Firing Range
26. Share His First Good Whiskey
27. Watch All the Star Wars Movies in One Sitting … Just the Good Ones
28. Show Him How to Treat a Woman
29. Also, Teach Him to Flirt
30. Attend a Car Show
31. Trespass
32. Build a Fire
33. Teach Him How to Drink Responsibly
34. Listen to Some Damn Classic Rock
35. Whittle
36. Share Your One Great Story