10 DIY Craft Ideas To Make Your Kid’s Grandparents Melt!

10 DIY Craft Ideas To Make Your Kid’s Grandparents Melt!

#2 – Butterfly Footprints

This is definitely one for hanging on the wall! Have each of your children use finger paint to make a footprint on a canvas, or even a piece of paper. Add some cute antennae and add their names beneath each creation, and you have a beautiful piece of homemade artwork for nana and papa’s wall!

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#3 – Family Tree

This craft is a great way to introduce your children to a little bit more of their family heritage, perhaps even tell some funny stories about grandma and grandpa while creating this beautifully simple family tree made from their handprints!

#4 – A Bouquet of Flowers

Special delivery! These gorgeous paper flowers are incredibly easy and inexpensive to put together, you’ll want to create them for all of your family members! Have the kids help pick out the colors and the message they want to write on the card!

#5 – Silhouette Plaque

While this project may look expensive to make, here’s a little secret: it costs less than $5 to put the whole thing together! These would make a wonderful surprise for the grandparents to hang on their wall. They’ll love showing all their visitors how lovely their grandchildren are!

#6 – Nuts For Grandparents

This one is quick and easy, and doesn’t even require any glue! All you need is a clean jar, and some of your parent’s favorite nuts! With permanent marker, write a cute little message like “Nuts For Grandpa (or Grandma!)” and have the little ones sign their names on the back of the jar, so they can use it as a keepsake after the nuts are gone!

#7 – A Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words

A new take on an old tradition! Instead of sending photo prints of your children in the same old poses, why not have a fun and exciting photoshoot? The kids will adore the fun they’ll have with it, and you’ll love the keepsake photos at the end of the shoot. Pick out two or three of your favorites, and have them enlarged and sent to the grandparents!

#8 – The Kissing Hand

This sweet sentiment is certain to bring along some smiles with it! Bring out the fingerpaints and have the little ones make handprints, then glue a heart in the middle! Add the poem and you have an instantly sentimental gift!

Original article and pictures take lifeasmama.com site