With Grandparent’s Day just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to set up 3 stations for the kids to make Grandparent’s Day gifts. Personally, I think grandparents have the best job in the world. Don’t you? We know grandparents are here to help us grow. And nothing says “grow” and “handmade” like trees and handprints. So, when I saw the Apple Tree Keepsake Craft and the Palm Tree Tissue Paper Craft, I knew these would make the perfect gifts! They are just so adorable!
SETTING UP THE STATIONS
I think rotating the kids in 3 different stations during some filler time or at the end of the day would be best. And I love creating 3 different gifts because the students might have more than one set of grandparents. Of course, they could give all 3 gifts to one set and they could always give the gifts to an older friend. Flexibility is key when it comes to gifts and crafts.
STATION 1:
The Apple Tree Keepsake is a special gift because of the handprints. Need I say more? They will melt any hearts. We rolled some paint on our little hands and then made handprints as the leaves of the tree. Then, while the paint dried, we could move on to another station.
Once the paint dried, we wrote words on the apples to describe activities we liked to do with our grandparents.
Finally, we glued the apples to the trees.
We added their names and the first station is complete! I guarantee you, this will melt their hearts.
STATION 2:
In this station, kids can write a letter to their grandparent, thanking them for helping them grow. You can even pull in elements of a letter. They can also write about *how* their grandparents help them grow. Maybe something they learned from their grandparent or a special memory.
STATION 3:
The picture of this palm tree is so incredibly sweet. This 3rd station, the Palm Tree Craft, shows two trees leaning into each other. You can just picture grandpa leaning down to whisper something to the child. Kids will love making this and the grandparents will LOVE receiving this.
I hope the kids enjoy making these special gifts for these very special people in our life!
