The holiday season is upon us and gift-giving mania is in full blast. Grandparents are often some of the toughest people to buy for. If the grandparents in your life are like mine, they have EVERYTHING. Instead of rushing around the mall, why not make a homemade gift for the grandparents in your life? Homemade gifts are meaningful and sentimental, everything grandparents love. These DIY gifts for grandparents will make Christmas morning extra special!
Why a DIY Gift for Grandparents?
What do all grandparents love the best? Their grandkids, of course! The perfect gift for a grandparent is a homemade one that involves their grandchildren. DIY gifts for grandparents are sentimental keepsakes that your children can be involved in making. What grandparent wouldn’t love that?
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Kits to Make DIY Gifts for Grandparents
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When doing a DIY project, my go-to is a DIY kit that has all the materials supplied. That way I have the right supplies and just the right amount needed.
Here are a few of my favorite DIY kits. These are perfect for your grandparent gift!
DIY Family Photo and Hand Print/Footprint Kit
This kit has everything you need for a photo/hand print or footprint collage with a beautiful 10 X 17”
Picture Frame Painting Craft Kit
This will give your burgeoning artist a chance to decorate a frame for their grandma and grandpa. Just add a picture of your little sweetie and voila, the perfect Christmas gift!
What grandparent wouldn’t want to drink their coffee from a mug lovingly painted by their grandkids? This kit comes with two porcelain mugs, ceramic paint, a paintbrush and simple instructions. The mugs are safe to drink out of after painting!
Make a lovely sign for the grandparents in your life and give them a place to display photos of their grandkids. This kit includes a pre-stained and sanded piece of wood, stencils and paint. So much easier than trying to paint a sign by hand!
Personalized Christmas Tree Ornaments
Have your kiddos paint some ornaments for their grandparents to display on their Christmas tree! This kit includes three ornaments, eight non-toxic markers and a tree-shaped ornament holder that spins, allowing your little cuties to make beautiful designs on their ornaments!
DIY Gifts for Grandparents Tutorials for Crafty Moms
If you are really crafty, I’ve listed some amazing tutorials from around the internet. These DIY gifts are sure to bring a tear to the eye of your favorite grandmother or father!
Photo Collage Sign from Where the Smiles Have Been
Easy DIY Sharpie Mug from Coupons and Freebies Mom
Fingerprint Salt Dough Necklace from Spaceships and Laser Beams
Papa Picture Frame from Cookies, Coffee and Crafts
Clay Footprint Keepsake Bowl from Messy Little Monsters
Mason Jar Lid Magnets from from Amber Oliver
Handprint Calendar from Joyfully Thriving
Rose Handprint Canvas from Toot’s Mom is Too Tired
Christmas Handprint Cards from The Best Ideas for Kids
Personalized Snow Globe from The Best Ideas for Kids
Whether you purchase a kit, or make a gift entirely from scratch, any of these DIY gifts for the special grandparents in your life will be the perfect gift!
What are your go-to gifts for the grandparents in your life?
These are all great ideas. I need my kids to come up with something for the grandparents and I love that little footprint bowl. Thanks for the post.
It can be hard to think of creative gifts for grandparents. Thanks for the inspiration! We are doing the mugs this year!
This is brilliant! I love the handprint cards ideas! Lovely ideas for grandparents who live far away and don’t get to see the grandchildren as often! I will b sending some over to them. Thankyou for lovely ideas xx
I love the clothes pin pictures and the snowglobe! some really great suggestions!
My neighbor and I are having a Christmas Craft Extravaganza this Sunday to make gifts for the relatives with our tiny people. Thanks for adding some ideas to that list of what we can make. We figured it’s better to be in the messy company of other adults while attempting all the painting projects!
These are such sweet ideas! I love the Christmas ornament diy kit so much, my parents would love receiving that from the kids!
I LOVE these gift ideas! They would each make for a very special gift. Thank you!
These are wonderful ideas! My parents love recieving handmade gifts from the kids! How perfect!
Love the snow globe idea! We have done the ornament and the mug…maybe we will try the ornaments!
I love these ideas! Thank you for sharing! I know my mom would love to get one of these!
I love the idea of painting a picture frame and them putting their school picture in it. So cute.
I love these gift ideas for grandparents! I might make some of these this year for my baby’s first Christmas!
These are absolutely ADORABLE ideas!! We always have a tough time coming up with something the grandparents don’t already have so will be stealing an idea or two from this list (and pinning the rest for later years)!
Cute list. My daughter is getting to that age where she wants to give things just from her so this is perfect!
These are SERIOUSLY sooooo cute. I love it!