Are you wondering what your child can give in addition to their grandparent ‘s and grandparent’s day laurel? Check out our latest suggestions and get inspired by our cards for Grandparents’ Day!

You’ve come here because you’re looking for an interesting gift addition or an original alternative to the usual laurel for grandma and grandpa’s day? Explore our ideas for DIY gift cards for Grandparents’ Day!

Cards for Grandfather's and Grandmother's Day

Grandma’s Day Laurel

Homemade gifts for grandma and grandpa – a handful of inspiration

A DIY gift is always a pleasant surprise and a wonderful keepsake. So it’s worth taking the time to prepare a gift for grandma and grandpa yourself. Children can make flowers out of paper, felt, tissue paper or crepe paper and then carefully pack them into bags.

Handmade gifts for grandma and grandpa’s day

Are you missing an idea for an original grandchildren’s day gift for grandparents this year? We encourage you to opt for handmade crafts! Why opt for handmade gifts? Discover 3 important reasons:

  1. Firstly, handmade gifts signify commitment and help to emphasise how much the children care about their grandparents. Preparing gifts themselves involves the little ones in giving pleasure to others. This is a great opportunity to teach your child to enjoy preparing gifts for their loved ones.
  2. Secondly: Children’s handicrafts usually generate more joy than shop-bought gifts. Such a gift is very personal, because it has been prepared with a specific person in mind. A gift created by a child will be a wonderful keepsake in the future, because handmade grandparent’s day gifts are original and unique!
  3. Preparing DIY gifts can be great fun and an opportunity to spend time with your child creatively! Play handymen this year and create unique gifts for grandma and grandpa’s day together!
    grandparent's day cards

    A heart-shaped Laura for a beloved grandparent

Original DIY gifts for grandma and grandpa

Glycerine soaps

To begin with, we present our hit! Glycerine handmade soaps. Are you wondering why these are our number 1? Firstly, making them is fantastic fun for children! Secondly, grandparents will receive a beautiful and practical gift. You will find that a handmade soap decorated by a child is a great handmade gift idea. If you don’t know how to make such soaps with your child check out our post: Homemade soaps step by step – creatively with your child.

DIY homemade soap can be poured into silicone moulds

DIY homemade soap can be poured into silicone moulds

Scented dry bags

You can also prepare fragrance pouches – just prepare dried lavender flowers, ready-made dried fragrance potpourri or even cinnamon sticks, cloves, aniseed stars and slices of dried oranges. You can also use pieces of bark, which you soak in fragrance oil. Simply place the composition created by your child in the pouch and you’re done!

Christmas bags wholesale - organza bags with dried fragrance

Christmas gift idea – organza pouches with dried fragrance

DIY flowers

Homemade decorations – a flower made with a 3d pen, a cup holder made from thermo iron-on beads.

handmade gifts for grandma and grandpa's day

Paper flower bouquet

handmade gifts for grandma and grandpa's day

A bouquet of paper flowers – an interesting alternative to a Grandparent’s and Grandparent’s Day laurel

handmade gifts for grandma and grandpa's day

Flower – decoration made with a 3D pen

Sweet baked goods – muffins or cookies

  • Looking for a gift idea for Grandma’s Day? You can bake delicious gingerbread cookies and decorate them with icing. Gingerbread in the shape of a heart will perfectly emphasise the character of this special holiday. Wondering how to make your grandparents happy? Show off your creativity and prepare a gift for them yourself. You can then wrap it up in a stylish gift bag, to which you can tie a charming bow.
  • Imprint of a baby’s hand
    Heart-shaped cookies prepared by grandchildren for Grandma and Grandpa

    Heart-shaped cookies prepared by grandchildren for Grandma and Grandpa

Is your baby too tiny and you can’t involve him or her in the gift selection? If you’re the parent of a newborn or baby, consider giving the gift of a frame with an imprint of your little one’s hand or foot. A handprint is a craft (literally!) that no child is too young for.

Organza bag for baby's handprint

Baby handprint frame

Grandparent’s and grandparent’s day gift ideas

Don’t want to give up on your Grandparents’ and Grandmother’s Day laurels? In that case, you might consider unusual Grandparents’ and Grandmother’s Day laurels with 3D decorations. If your child likes to play creative games with colored paper and scissors, make sure to see the laurel proposals below:

Original grandparent's day greeting cards

Paste-out laurel for Grandma and Grandpa’s day

idea for a card for grandma and grandpa

Laurel with paper flowers and 3d bow

Grandparent's Day gift cards

Original laurel – bouquet with jute and macaroni

Many people have a great appreciation for traditional paper laurels in the form of simple cards for Grandparents’ Day made from a folded sheet of paper, decorated on one side with a drawing. Some grandparents have a special fondness for these, as they used to make similar ones for their loved ones when they were children.

grandparent's day cards

Laurel for Grandma decorated with colourful hearts

Would you like to opt for such a classic laurel , but want to give it a bit more chic? All you need to do is provide the right gift wrapping! A nice gift wrapping will emphasise the respect and dedication in preparing a gift for Grandma and Grandpa!

See more inspiring gift ideas for Grandma and Grandpa’s Day – ideas are waiting for you HERE.

Gift - greeting card for grandparents packed in an organza bag

Gift – a greeting cards for Grandparents’ Day packed in an organza bag

How to prepare a gift for Grandparents’ Day?

Wondering how to wrap your own gifts for grandma and grandpa? Then reach for elegant pouches to give the gifts a personal touch. In this case, pouches made of velour, organza or satin are ideal. Remember that even the smallest details will help to express your feelings for the recipient. So pay attention not only to the gift itself, but also to how you wrap it.

Gift wrapping and gift cards for Grandparents’ Day

Grandparents' Day, gift ideas

Painting on a linen bag as an alternative to a laurel for grandparents’ day

Wondering how to wrap your own handmade gifts for grandma and grandpa nicely? Then choose gift packaging that is so attractive that it can even be a gift in itself already. A drawstring pouch decorated by the child is more than just a pretty gift wrapping. The fabric pouch, which the child has decorated themselves, can be used by the grandparents as a handy home organiser or they can store various souvenirs from their grandchildren in it.

Want to take care of a really beautiful gift setting for grandma and grandpa’s day? Order the adorable fabric gift bags today! You will find fabric gift bags and large decorating bags available in many designs (different types of fabric, colours) and sizes in the Saketos online shop.

If you are lacking inspiration for gifts for grandpa and grandma, use our hints – this way you will have more time to prepare them. You can make massaging bath hearts to help relax in the bath. Grandma and grandpa love spending time with their grandchildren, but they will also enjoy DIY gifts.