How about rolls instead. I recommend double cheese and bacon rolls https://www.recipetineats.com/double-cheese-bacon-rolls/

That's a lovely idea and a) being a dad and b) having been unemployed several times in my life (once was for about 2½-years), I'm pretty sure he'll love it. If he has a favourite type of bread, you could bake a loaf of that, or if you know the sort of things he likes, or might like, but never has tried, go for something very different, such as pumpernickel bread or something more simple, ut for example, where you plait the dough into a twist (https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/eight-strand_plaited_57815)