by Chanell Gautreaux

Created on: September 07, 2009   Last Updated: June 07, 2010

Grandparents day is a time to show our family elders how much we appreciate them and to honor them for all they have done for us.  Crafts and activities for children on this special day can be done along with grandparents or completed ahead of the date to be given as gifts.  Decorated photo frames, custom coffee mugs and fingerknitted scarves are practical items grandparents can get a lot use out of while handprint art or custom videos can be enjoyed again and again.

Color Your Own Coffee Mug

Almost everyone drinks coffee, tea or cocoa out of a mug, but who says mugs can’t be used for water, soda or juice?  That is exactly what will happen when grandparents receive their custom-made coffee mug.  Trading Company has a selection of plastic mugs with paper inserts for children to color.  There are also travel mugs for taking beverages on the road.  Use the pre-prined designs or flip them over and create your own for one of a kind mugs grandma and grandpa will love.

Want something a little more permanent?  Take a favorite digital photo of the grans and the kids to the local photo center and have it transferred to a ceramic mug or get paints suitable for glass and cerammics from the craft store and let the kids have at it.  (Might be a good idea to encourage them to make a drawing first as a design guide and copy it to the mug.)

Fingerknitting

Your little ones can help grandparents get ready for the cool weather with a custom knit scarf that they make themselves.  The best part of this project is that it doesn’t require knitting skill or even needles!  To fingerknit a scarf take the end of a skein of yarn (use the outer strand not the one inside) with your working hand and lay it across the palm of your other hand so that there is a tail of six or eight inches of excess yarn hanging over the side.

Take the tail and wrap it under and around your index (pointer) finger bringing it back to the front of your hand.  It should be between your index and middle fingers.  Lay the same tail strand of yarn over your index finger and wrap it around your ring finger the same way you did for the index finger.  Now lay the tail over your pinky (fifth) finger.

Pick up the other end of the strand that has been lying across your palm.  Bend your middle finger and place this section of the yarn behind it.  Do the same for your pinky finger and then take the loose tail end and tie it around the the

• 1
• 2
• 3
• Next Page >>