Secret Grandparent



Something real easy that I am going to do with my kids You take a strip of construction paper about 18 inches long by about 4 inches high. Across the 18 inches you have the child write "I love you this much!" Love, Child's Name.  Then you have the child fold another piece of construction paper and trace their hand on it. When they cut it out they have 2 identical hands. You glue these at each end of the 18" strip. Then fold the strip so the hands match. On the outside the child can write "Happy Grandparents Day"  (Idea by Dianne)



Family Home Evening Lesson on Grandparents from Deseret Book
Family Night with Grandparents



Grandmother's Glasses
These are Grandmother's glasses
(make circles around each eye with fingers)
This is Grandmother's cap
(hold fingers interlocked over head)
This is the way she folds her hands
(fold hands)
And lays them in her lap
(lay hands in lap)



Grandparent Gift Idea



  Life
  This will shock you (Joke on aging)
Two elderly women (90's plus) were on their front porch discussing life when one said, "You know what's really worrying me?" Her friend answered, "No, what's really worrying you?" "I am so old all my friends in the Celestial Kingdom will be thinking I didn't make it!"



Let's Go See Our Grandparents (Sung to "Take Me Out To The Ball Game")



Give them a tight squeeze



A pattern for living (handout)
Family Night with Grandparents
Grandparent Cook Book - Interview each child, and ask what the "yummiest" food they have had at their grandparent's home is. Collect these recipes, illustrate with children's drawings, and photocopy to create a cookbook to share with families.
Party with Gram and Gramp - Some of the most memorable family activity is one that we call Grandkids Parties with Gram & Gramp.  On each holiday, each family, my family has 5 siblings so we each take an activity or a food assignment to help my parents out.  My parents have 16 grandkids and they vary in age from 12 to one years old.  We have activities for the older kids and then some activities for the younger children.  We have a craft that goes along with the holiday theme like Twinkies that are made into a bunny face. (The twinkies are actually the two ears and then a pink snowball from Hostess is the bunnies round face.  Then decorate with jellybeans for eyes and string licorice for whiskers.  They are adorable and each child loves them.  We have a game and snacks that go along with the holiday we are celebrating. (cupcake walk, plinko, fish pond, or relay races)  My two girls especially love the holiday parties with their gram & gramp! (Idea by Jana Williams / 091502006)
Reading with grandparents by Barb Bennett



Grandma's and Grandpa's
When I'm a little old lady
 

One Liners



Singing with Grandpa
Singing with Great-Grandma
Your angel

  Check your church library to see if they have any of these videos...

The Mailbox - An elderly widow anxiously awaits mail from her family, but no letters come. The neighbors make life bearable, but they cannot replace her family. Helps to motivate children and adults alike to maintain communication with their elderly parents and grandparents. (Video Clip 3)  24 minutes