Grandparents Day crafts and activities for kids

Encourage Grandparents Day activities

Memory book

Expose your children to activities for bonding with grandparents while creating a family heirloom.

Materials:

• Tape recorder
• Construction paper or card stock
• Staples
• Pen, markers, pencil, stickers, ribbon and other items to decorate the book
• Old photographs of grandparents

Directions:

1. Have your youngster record their interview with grandma and grandpa while asking questions about their childhood, such as:

• Where were you born?
• What were your favorite games and activities?
• What did you want to be when you grew up?
• Did you have a pet when you were growing up?
• As a teen, when was your curfew?
• What was your first job?

2. Fold paper in half and staple into a book to write down answers

3. Adorn with old photographs, markers and old magazine or newspapers clippings that symbolize the time when grandma and grandpa were young.

4. Decorate the front cover with markers and ribbon for a craft for kids and grandparents to create together and keep forever!

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Serve up personalized crafts for kids

Personalized coffee mug

Create the perfect keepsake designed by your youngster for a functional and fun Grandparents Day gift.

Materials:

• Plain ceramic coffee mug
• Acrylic paint
• Paint brush
• Oven

Directions:

1. Help your kiddos customize the coffee mug with nicknames, messages of love or even your tyke's thumb prints for a personalized cup of love that is both sentimental and functional thanks to permanent paint.

2. Bake according to paint package directions.

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