Crafts and gift ideas for Grandparents’ Day to do with children

Did you know that October 2nd is Grandparents’ Day? I ask you this because this beautiful feast – born to celebrate the figure and the role played by grandparents within families – is slowly winning many hearts even if many still find it difficult to remember the anniversary.

Ok, now you know it and you have plenty of time to prepare together with your little ones some nice little jobs to give to grandparents. Invite the children to be your accomplices in the preparation of the surprise, decide with them which gift idea to create and have fun with paper, fabric, sticks, colors, tempera, glue, scissors and all those materials that you will be able to find at home. Children will be delighted to create with their own hands!

Are you lacking ideas? Here they are! I found on the web gift ideas for Grandparents’ Day really easy, nice and original.

Crafts and gift ideas for Grandparents’ Day

Family tree

Here is a nice gift of sure success: a family tree in 3D!
To make it you will need a few objects of easy to find such as a small vase, twigs and photographs to print, cut and paste on a flower of paper or cloth et voilà! Here is a little thought that grandparents will be happy to receive.

Cockade Best Grandparents

For the best grandparents in the world there is nothing better than building a beautiful cockade! To make it, all you need are strips of cloth or felt, ribbons and cardboard on which to print the cockade. In just a few steps you will be able to make a delicious gift that will make grandparents soften.

Photo frame with wooden sticks

The photographs of the grandchildren are for grandparents are a must and the best gift to receive. So why not create a delicious and colorful photo frame to keep always in sight? All you need is wooden sticks and washi tape. Tutorial→ photo frame with wooden sticks

Decorated gardening gloves

Grandparents are known to have a passion for gardening and use special gloves. Whether they do it in the garden or on the balcony of the house, with this tutorial I teach you how to decorate and customize work gloves with many colorful flowers in a simple way.

Decorated watering can

Let’s stay on the subject of gardening?
into a flower pot and decorate it as desired (perhaps with a dedication), all in a simple way using tempera, colored cardboard, scissors and glue. Tutorial→ Watering can decorated with flowers

Mark seedlings for the vegetable garden

Did grandparents sow or plant aromatic seedlings in the garden? Give him plant markers! To make them you need wooden sticks like those of ice cream, tempera glue and a brush and with a few gestures you will create a nice wooden flower on which grandparents can write and report the name of the plant.

The wall clock with photos

Here is another nice gift idea for grandparents’ day: the wall clock with photos of grandchildren! Just an old clock, double-sided tape and photographs printed from the PC that children will cut out and attach instead of hours.

Saucers in the shape of hands

Here are some hand-shaped saucers on which grandparents can place keys, coins, various objects. Children will have fun creating them by imprinting their hands on the Das and then coloring them. Tutorial→ Hand-shaped saucers 

Fingerprint keychain

Speaking of children’s footprints, you could give grandparents this soft polyshrink keychain with little hands.
Polyshrink is a plastic material on which children can leave their colored footprints. To do this, follow the → tutorials fingerprint keychain |

Grandparents gift box

Can the parcel be better than the gift? In this case yes!
You can wrap the gift for grandparents in a colorful hug made by copying and cutting out the shape of the grandchild’s open arms on a large sheet of paper! To do this, follow the