An easy DIY gift idea for Dad! A small crate filled with an assortment of root beer bottles! Can be swapped out for other varieties of soda or bottled beverages to try. Don’t forget a sampler list with the names and varieties so that he can mark the ones he likes the best!
I always have the hardest time coming up with fun gifts for my husband. He doesn’t “need” anything, he usually just buys what he wants, so when it comes to gifts, I usually try to go homemade if I can. This gift for dad isn’t completely homemade, but different. He loves his soda. And root beer is a favorite so I made him a root beer sampler!
I put this together for his birthday one year, but it is also a fun gift idea for dad for Father’s Day or Christmas.
I purchased 6 different types of root beer. 2 at Walmart, 2 at the Whole Foods Market, and 2 at Kroger’s. I anticipated doing 8-12 different types, but at $3.50-$5.00/pack, that would have been too expensive for what I was going for. I wish you could just buy 1 bottle of each kind! But it’s ok, I don’t care for soda much except for root beer, so the extras will go in the mini fridge downstairs. I may even make another pack like this to give to my dad or brothers this year when we go out west in December. Who knows, but it won’t go to waste 🙂
 I made a card that labeled each kind in order of where it was placed in the crate and gave a brief description of each brand. I found the small CD crate at Joanns.
 I think it turned out great and it was a lot of fun shopping for the bottles. Aaron helped me keep an eye out for bottled root beer in the stores, except he kept finding brown bottles with other beverages in them…not what we were looking for. I wish there were as many varieties of root beer as there were of the other bottled brown stuff!
Inspiration from Homemade By Jill.
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My husband LOVES root beer! I did the same thing for him one year! Our favorite is Virgil’s! It is so fun to shop for new and interesting “beers”!
Such a cute idea! I saw that on Jill’s blog too and I fell in love with the idea. Yours turned out fabulous!
ashley
http://www.littlemissmomma.com
That’s a great idea! My husband loves root beer too. lol. His favorite is Henry Weinhards root beer. He says it’s by far one of the best he’s ever tasted. Just in case your husband runs out of the samplers.
What a great idea! I love how cute you made this with the manly feel to it still!
~Jessica
THis would be a great gift for my son who also loves root beer!
You can take the extra root beer’s and make root beer reideer’s for your neighbors or vt’ers.
Great idea! I am always looking for things for my husband who has everything.
That is SOOO cute! That would be a cute idea for all the guys in my family that I never know what to give them.. Thanks!! I’m so excited to be on the lookout!
That’s perfect for my husband. He loves root beer. Isn’t it funny how many of us are saying the exact same thing. It must just really be a guy thing. I’m excited to put one more thing on his Christmas list that isn’t over 200 dollars–that’s probably also a guy thing.
I LOVE this idea!! I know some people who will love to recieve this gift… my kids!
LOVE IT!! My Dad loves his root beer. And will only buy Kroger brand because it’s the cheapest. I can really spoil him, make him something and give him something that he will love!! He isn’t easy to do that for…thanks for the idea!!!
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Debbie Chapman
Cute idea!
cool idea!
This is such a cute idea! I always serve the kids root beer on pizza night. This would be a fun idea for our gift exchange with their friends. So clever! Nice to meet you and thanks for sharing!
Vicki at Rusty Rooster Vintage
What a fabulous idea! Who knew there were so many kinds of root beer?
That’s really cute! I was thinking about doing this with beer for my dad and husband this year. I know some liquor stores sell individual bottles so that would work perfectly!
I love it!!
Laura from Italy http://chebirba.blogspot.com
I saw this idea a while back and I love it! Thank you! We have an awesome pop store nearby with hundreds of sodas. I’m making one for all the men in my life!
Thanks for your idea…I saw this back in November and ended up making a few with beer! My dad loved his and my husband gets his in a couple weeks. I know he’ll enjoy it. Thanks for the idea!
I did the same thing for my husband this year except I bought all of my soda from old52.com I know I had to pay for shipping but it was so worth getting a variety of different “vintage” sodas. I’m from wyoming and there aren’t any whole foods type stores around here. LOL i wish there were!!
But I love the idea of the cd crate! Just wish we had a hobby lobby or michaels closer than 45 miles away.
I am so making this for the men in my family next year. I can’t wait. Thanks so much for sharing.
I featured this idea today. Thanks again for linking Brandy.
Kalleen
this is a great idea and a great gift.
i love rootbeer.
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My hubby LOVES root beer as well (which I can’t understand at all..). Unfortunately you can’t get it here in Germany..
Fun idea!
Thank you so much for linking this up to {nifty thrifty sunday} last week!
xoxo,
Vanessa
Thank you for this great idea! My kids and I had a great time creating this for their dad. So thank you a ton!
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My husband is a root beer fan too! His favorite is our local brew, Fitz’s, then Virgil’s, Maine root beer, Bulldog and Vintage from Trader Joe’s. The middle three can be purchased at Whole Foods or World Market.
http://theindigobunting.blogspot.com/2009/12/root-beer_07.html