Have you made your Grandparent’s Day projects yet? Here are the crafts that I made with my children. I took a picture of them and uploaded it to Picnik. Click on Effects and then scroll down until you see Pencil Sketch. Play around with it until you get a design that you like. Now you have a photo turned into coloring page ready for your little one to color!
I made a Footprint Heart Card using my baby girl’s feet. It reads “From the Bottom of my Heart to the Tips of my Toes!” on the front.
On the inside it reads “I Love You! Happy Grandparent’s Day!” I lightly wrote it in so my son could trace over it.
For Christmas last year, my mom bought him this giant book (also available regular sized) called I Love You, Grandma (affiliate link) by Jillian Harker. We read the book to go with our crafts and will will it again on Grandparent’s Day. It is an adorable book about a little bear who asks his Grandma all sorts of questions about why he has a big nose, long tongue, and sharp claws. Grandma, of course, knows all the answers and they set out on an adventure to show the little bear all the answers to his questions.
Amanda is an ‘artsy momma’ to 2 kids who love making crafts just as much as she does. Follow their creative journey over on the blog titled Artsy Momma. Besides crafts, they share fun food ideas, hands-on learning activities, mommy DIY, + lots more! If you love handprint art, head over to their Fun Handprint Art blog where you will find hundreds of their projects all made with little hands and feet.
Elle Belles Bows says
September 7, 2011 at 10:08 amSuper cute!! One day I will finally get to messing around on Picnik! Kerri
Sewandthecity says
September 8, 2011 at 12:12 amI love the footprint heart card…it is so cute!
artsy_momma says
September 8, 2011 at 8:28 amThank you! @Elle Belles Bow I love the Vignette feature on Picnik 🙂
Brimful Curiosities says
September 9, 2011 at 9:15 amOh goodness, I forgot to send a card. Thanks for the reminder.
Rachel@I Heart Crafty Things says
September 9, 2011 at 2:20 pmThat footprint heart card is absolutely adorable!! What a great idea!! I love your idea of having your little one trace what you wrote. I am for sure going to do that next time! We made gold medal awards for grandparent’s this year that you can hang on the fridge.
Richmond Hill says
March 15, 2012 at 10:53 amThe abstract design looks easy to do. Even my kids can manage to make something like that. That’s a good idea then. I should let the kids do the artwork stuff to make them more special! My mom and dad will definitely remember and cherish that day.
Dee Platt, Keepy Community Manager says
September 14, 2015 at 4:25 pmSuch sweet gifts for grandparents! That’s a lovely idea to stamp the child’s footprint onto the card, it’s so important to save these little moments in time. To make sure you have all these memories safe to cherish forever, check out Keepy. An easy to use app where you can organize and share your children’s artwork, photos, and videos with the whole family, including grandma and grandpa!