A 3D printed father’s day gift is great for Father’s Day. It doesn’t have to be large or difficult. It also has the added benefit of allowing fathers to brag about what their daughters and sons have created for them!
Even in the best of circumstances, buying gifts for dads is notoriously difficult. But, in reality, people will appreciate anything that shows you care, especially if you took the effort to make it yourself.
We’ve put together a collection of 3D printed gift ideas that are either entertaining, useful or simply from the heart. They’ll all show Dad how much you value him.
Let’s go find something for Pop now.
Interesting 3D Printed Father’s Day Gift Ideas
- Who designed it? francfalco
- How printable/popular is it? This impressive design has been downloaded hundreds of times. There are encouraging comments but, so far, no one has posted pictures of their own print. Perhaps you could become the first?
- Where to find it? MyMiniFactory
- Who designed it? arron_mollet22
- How printable/popular is it? This design has thousands of downloads and six posted prints.
- Where to find it? Cults
- Who designed it? Lipscombcm
- How printable/popular is it? The print is easy and the design includes “Dad”, “Pop”, and blank (for customization) STL files. So far, there’s one posted Make.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
- Who designed it? b03tz
- How printable/popular is it? You’ll find almost 100 Makes and Remixes of this design on Thingiverse alone. Printing is straightforward although a little filing may be needed for the fastener.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
- Who designed it? GOODesign
- How printable/popular is it? Fab365 has a reputation for well-designed and tested models. The design is supported by great instructions, and based on the reviews, it has been printed many times.
- Where to find it? Fab365
- Who designed it? CJA3D
- How printable/popular is it? This is a featured design on Instructables and has been made or customized by at least one other maker.
- Where to find it? Instructables
- Who designed it? Nop21
- How printable/popular is it? You can find over 20 posted Makes of this design on Thingiverse and elsewhere. There are a few parts to print and these are best done at higher quality resolutions.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
- Who designed it? today-is-a-good-day (original idea by makkuro)
- How printable/popular is it? There are over 100 posted Makes of the original idea plus thousands of customized Remixes.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse (the original customizable version is also on Thingiverse)
- Who designed it? UnpredictableLab
- How printable/popular is it? This design has been printed more than 30 times.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
- Who designed it? sthone
- How printable/popular is it? These designs have been viewed thousands of times, have over 350 downloads, but no prints have been posted yet.
- Where to find it? Cults
- Who designed it? Hiob
- How printable/popular is it? The many hundreds of shared examples of this design prove how makeable this brilliant design is. There are also multiple Remixes and customized versions with different numbers of letters, display stands, among other details. They all can be printed at various scales and look especially great with metallic finishes.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
- Who designed it? exosequitur
- How printable/popular is it? Over 70 Makes can be found on Thinigverse alone.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
- Who designed it? Frank Deschner
- How printable/popular is it? There are well over 50 prints of this design across various STL design sites.
- Where to find it? PrusaPrinters
- Who designed it? Khaled Alkayedd
- How printable/popular is it? Very popular on several STL sharing sites, this design has been printed well over 100 times.
- Where to find it? Behance, Thingiverse, Cults
- Who designed it? AidanRose
- How printable/popular is it? There are a few Makes posted on Thingiverse, but we’re aware of many more.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
