Memphis Zoo
Family membership: $99
(2 adults + 2 children)
Help Dad keep cool outdoors with this lightweight Boonie hat. • $28.50
Toting electronics and baby gear just got easier with this handsome canvas messenger bag. • $35
It’s hip to be square when you’re wearing a Hipsterpotamus T-shirt • $22
Fair Trade Products: Thousands of flip-flops wash ashore along the East African coastline. What to do? The company Ocean Sole recycles the shoes, which would otherwise go into landfills. The Nairobi-based company glues the rubber together and Kenyan artists carve the material into colorful animals. • Elephant, $34 Giraffe, $22
National Civil Rights Museum
Family membership: $75
(2 adults + 5 children)
Give Dad a gift that keeps on giving: Famous quotations from Dr. Martin Luther King’s most notable speeches. • $9.95
Show the world what you stand for with the Raise Your Voice cap. • $13.99
Dads who spend time with their kids make the world a better place. • “It’s easier to build Strong Children then repair broken men” T-shirt. • $16.99
Fair Trade Products: Discarded oil drums are commonplace in Haiti. What to do? The company Beyond Borders has the steel cleaned, flattened, and cut into workable scraps. From there, the material is handcrafted by Haitian artists into attractive metal wall art. • Musical quartet, $35
Pink Palace Family of Museums
Family membership: $100
(2 adults + 10 children; includes Lichterman Nature Center, Mallory-Neely House, & Magevney House)
Everyone can join in when it’s time to play the Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit game. • $19.95
Decorate Dad’s desk with a twister that swirls every time he turns on the Twister Light. • $13.95
For the Star Wars fan, patience will be rewarded by building the Metal Earth 3D Star Wars ship. • $13.95
Birds will flock when Dad hangs this colorful bird feeder outside the window. • $9.95
Get Dad’s morning off to a good start coffee from with this artful duck mug. • $16.95