Grandparents Day activities are enjoyable, year-round activities that grandparents and grandchildren may enjoy together. While grandparents like receiving gifts, they prefer spending time with their grandchildren even more.
These Grandparents Day activities can range from easy and brief to a full-day affair with numerous events. Do as much as the grandparents and children can do while yet taking time to enjoy one another.
Grandparents Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September following Labor Day. Grandparents Day is a time to express gratitude and affection for grandparents (and other significant people in your children’s life).
Table of Contents
- Grandparents day activities at school
- Preparing for grandparents day celebration in school
- Grandparents day decoration Ideas for grandchildren.
- 10 Free Grandparents Day Activities
Grandparents day activities at school
One of the most special and memorable ways to celebrate is by inviting grandparents to the school to celebrate grandparent day in school. If you are considering hosting such an event, here are some of our favorite Grandparents Day classroom activities and ideas that promote speaking and listening skills, writing, and connection-building.
Preparing for grandparents day celebration in school
It can be daunting to plan an event involving classroom visitors, but it doesn’t have to be! Take a page from the “good old days” and keep things straightforward. The following suggestions can help make a Grandparents Day celebration in school as simple as possible:
- Choose a simple topic that does not need a large investment of time or money. For instance, you can have a “Grandparents Lend a Helping Hand” theme and use their hand prints to decorate your classroom door.
- Create a free invitation with Canva. You can also print a template and have kids help produce invitations by completing them in detail or adhering cardstock to it.
- Consider students who do not have grandparents to accompany them. Communicate clearly on the invitation that a parent or other family member may attend in their place.
Grandparents day decoration Ideas for grandchildren.
During the celebration, you should likely plan at least one activity for grandchildren and their grandparents to participate in together. Here are some simple-to-implement ideas:
School tour: Grandchildren should give their grandparents a tour of their school. You could choose to print a school scavenger hunt to present children with particular examples of things to demonstrate.
Sing A Long: Have the students perform a song for their distinguished visitors. A Song for Grandma and Grandpa by Johnny Prill is a popular choice, or you might have them sing a throwback tune such as Twist and Shout. Throw in some basic hand gestures, and you’re all set! Grandparents will enjoy hearing their grandchildren sing to them.
Photo Booth: On Grandparents Day, have your students and their guests capture their special experiences with a photo booth.
This can be as intricate or as basic as you choose. I’ve taken photographs with and without a backdrop of butcher paper. You don’t even need a dedicated area, so long as you remember to take pictures of the family.
And photo booth accessories are always popular. Since Grandparents Day occurs in September, I’ve typically only offered grandparents and grandchildren seasonal props to choose from and photograph with.
10 Free Grandparents Day Activities
Read on for 10 exciting ways to celebrate grandparents and other special people on Grandparents Day.
Share a Poem
Take a look at some of these Grandparents Day poems if you’re searching for a way to celebrate Grandparents Day that gets right to the point and touches people’s hearts.
You and your grandchild can read these poems aloud together, or the grandchild can print them off and use them to create a card for their grandparents for Grandparents Day.
On a day as important as today, they are an excellent instrument for assisting your child or the grandparent in articulating their emotions in a meaningful way.
Make a Card Together
It would be a nice activity for Grandparents Day to print out a Grandparents Day card and have the grandparents and their grandchildren help decorate the card together once it has been cut out.
After completing the task, the grandchild can give the grandmother the card they created together as a gift.
Spend Time Together Coloring
If you choose to print out one of these amazing coloring sheets for Grandparents Day, you will immediately have the activity ready to go.
This is a wonderful opportunity for grandparents to spend meaningful time with the children and grandkids they have raised.
The completed coloring page may be saved and displayed in a frame so that the grandmother can always remember the quality time they spent together.
Me and My Gran Hand in Hand Activity
The grandparent and grandchild can have fun together with this exercise in which they take turns tracing around their hands.
You may take it a step further by decorating the handprints with paints or markers once you’ve done them.
This lovely exercise will result in a sentimental keepsake that both the grandparent and the youngster may treasure.
Sing Together
Have you heard that there are a few songs that have been written specifically for Grandparents Day? These upbeat and heartfelt songs are an excellent way to express the joy and significance of the occasion.
When a grandparent and their grandchildren sing together, it makes for such a lovely and heartwarming sound. They could even put on a show for the rest of the family during one of the future holiday celebrations if they have the courage to do so. Raise the volume, and try singing along with these videos.
Start a Tradition Together
It’s never too early to begin a new ritual with your grandchildren, and Grandparents Day is the perfect occasion.
These activities, such as reading aloud to one another or sipping tea, are bound to spark creativity in you. Browse through these innovative new customs for inspiration, or come up with one of your own.
Spend Time Together Outside
Grandparents and grandchildren can form strong bonds through the shared physical activity experience.
Spend time together enjoying the great outdoors by going on a walk, fishing, or visiting a park.
Complete a Puzzle Together
Word searches, crossword puzzles, and jigsaw puzzles are all fun activities that grandparents and grandchildren can do together to celebrate Grandparents Day.
The youngster and the grandparent will enjoy themselves tremendously while participating in this enjoyable and simple activity.
Hold a Grandparent-Grandchild Interview
Grandparents are natural storytellers, and I love to hear them! Because this is an activity for Grandparents Day, the grandkids get to serve as the interviewer and pose questions to their grandparents. Either Grandma or Grandpa answers the questions. It is possible to either write down or record one’s responses to play them again later.
Thirty questions are provided for you to use as a jumping-off point; however, feel free to deviate somewhat off the path and have the children ask any questions that pique their curiosity. These are the most interesting kinds of tales! The questions range from light-hearted inquiries, such as “what was their first car,” to more in-depth inquiries, such as “how do they deal with stress?” Whether you pick and choose which questions to ask or ask them all, this interview with the grandma and the grandson cannot go wrong.
Cook Together and Gift a Keepsake
Cooking a snack, dessert, or even a whole meal with your grandparents is a fun way to spend Grandparents Day. You’ll have a good time doing this, and in the end, you’ll get a tasty reward. It is a good opportunity to teach your grandchild about cooking and qualities such as problem-solving and patience. You can take advantage of this opportunity. Share the meal with the rest of the family or have it as a special occasion when everyone is together.
