Spend a day with your grandparents sharing memories while making memories. Below are 10 Grandparents Day Activities that are certain to make your time together special. Whether you choose one or all, know your grandchildren will cherish doing them with you.
Grandparents Day Activities
- Ask your grandparents to bring out the old family photos and to share their memories. Draw a family tree to help your grandchildren better understand how everyone is related.
- Cook a favorite family recipe together and ask your grandparents to share memories of making and eating the special dish.
- Ask your grandparents to bring out the family heirlooms and to share the stories behind them. Ask you grandchildren to help you clean/polish the heirlooms so they will know how to take care of them.
- Teach your grandchildren a game you played when you were a child – cards, marbles, Jacks, pick-up sticks, etc. Pair it with a favorite childhood candy to make it extra special. You can usually buy both online.
- Describe an historical event and talk about how it impacted on you and your family. If you have any memorabilia from the event, bring it out for them to see.
- Tell your grandchildren about the entertainment available when you were their age and how different it was from today. Talk about your favorite movies, radio and television shows and how technology was different.
- Ask your grandchildren to set up online video calling such as Skype, FaceTime or Zoom and schedule a regular ice cream date.
- Share three of your most important life lessons and stories behind the reason you selected those.
- Introduce your grandchildren to a passion of yours. Gardening, bird watching, golf, piano, coin collecting, knitting, etc.
- Make an old fashioned sundae or rootbeer float. Make sure to have all the toppings!
Which Grandparents Day Activities did you choose to do with your grandchildren?
Do you have an activity to suggest? Post it in the comment section below for others to see!
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