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Keepsake Ideas To Make Grandparents

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Share a piece of your life with your grandparents that they can keep forever! Make them something special and show them how much you appreciate them.

Keepsake Ideas To Make Grandparents

Handmade Gift Ideas For Grandparents

Have you heard of Grandparent’s Day? It’s coming up on Sunday, September 9th this year.

I’ll admit it but I’ve never heard {or celebrated it} until I became a blogger. But surprisingly, National Grandparents Day is a holiday that has been celebrated in the United States of America since 1978. Just like Mother’s and Father’s Day, it’s a day to pamper and shower your grandparents with love & affection.

Anyways – since I’m all about celebrating each and every holiday, I wanted to share with my lovely readers a quick roundup of ALL the keepsake ideas currently featured on Glued To My Crafts, that would make great gifts for grandparents on the special day.

All these kid made craft ideas are super simple and budget friendly too! Plus you can make them super quick, on the fly! Heck, there are even several with FREE PRINTABLES to get you started and they make for easy framing in a pretty picture frame!

So be sure to scroll and click on through this fabulous roundup below! Remember – every memorable holiday project begins with an inspiring message! I hope Glued To My Crafts can be the one to spark it!!! Happy crafting and gifting, my friends!

Make these heartfelt gift ideas with your child today:

A handmade card with fingerprint flowers in a pot, perfect for National Grandparent’s Day. Text on the pot reads, If grandparents were flowers I would pick you! Happy Grandparents Day! A @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS label is at the bottom right.

I’d Pick You Flower Keepsake Printable

A framed, handmade torn paper bunny art on pink paper with red hearts; the bunny is made from torn white paper, has googly eyes, and the text SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU! appears at the bottom. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is in the corner.

Torn Some Bunny Craft

A painting of two blue birds made from handprints sits on a tree branch, surrounded by painted leaves. This Easter Kid Craft is decorated with red and pink felt hearts and has the text @GLUETOMYCRAFTS at the bottom.

Handprint Birds On A Branch Canvas

A handmade space-themed card features a Handprint Astronaut Keepsake with a gray handprint body, surrounded by stars, a planet, rocket, and moon. Text at the top reads, I love you to the moon and back! Love ____.

Handprint Astronaut

A framed craft features the phrase “handprint love you to the moon,” with a yellow paper handprint forming the O in MOON and a red heart on the palm, surrounded by stars and a crescent moon.

To The Moon and Back Keepsake

A handmade card shows a green handprint flowerpot as a plant with fingerprint flowers blooming in a pot. The pot says, If flowers could talk, they’d say, I made this with love. Happy Grandparents Day! Surrounded by art supplies, it’s the perfect keepsake to celebrate family.

Handprint Flower Keepsake

A handmade card featuring a purple handprint, heart stickers, owls, and the phrase “Hold my hand today but my heart forever. Love Jason.” Set on a floral background with @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS at the bottom.

Hold My Hand

A handmade Mother's Day card with a pink handprint pig, heart stickers, and “hogs and kisses!” sits next to the children’s book The Night Before Mother’s Day. The background features floral and purple papers.

Hogs & Kisses Pig

A painted dandelion on white paper with MAKE A WISH text is showcased as a charming dandelion wish craft. Paint pots and brush are nearby, inviting creativity. Orange felt leaves and patterned paper frame the art, while the handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

Thumbprint Dandelion

A handmade Valentines card features a bear made from a brown cut-out handprint inside a pink heart, with the text Love You Beary Much! Surrounded by small heart decorations, yarn hearts, and a Corduroy book.

Love You Beary Much

A handmade card features two pink owls made from handprints and cupcake liners, with googly eyes, on a branch surrounded by colorful hearts. This “owls always love you keepsake” is bordered by flowers and reads: Owl always love you!.

Owl Always Love You

A blue Easter card features a white bunny made from a child’s footprint, surrounded by foam Easter eggs and red hearts. This adorable Easter Kid Craft reads, "Some bunny loves you! Happy Easter!" with @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS at the bottom.

 

Easter Footprint Canvas

A blue rocket ship soars above a red handprint that looks like rocket flames, creating a charming Handprint Rocket Keepsake. Gold glitter stars and the words "you rock!" decorate the scene on a star-patterned background.

You Rock – Handprint Rocket Keepsake

Two handmade Grandparents Day cards with mason jar art, thumbprint bugs, and heart decorations, placed on colorful balloon-patterned paper—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

Grandparent’s Day Love Bug Cards

A handmade card with a handprint fish bowl and an orange fish, captioned SWIMMING BY TO WISH YOU A GREAT DAY!, rests on top of children’s books Dads Runaway Butt! and How to Catch a Daddysaurus.

Swimming By To Wish You A Great Day

A handmade Valentine’s Day handprint dog keepsake features a dog’s face drawn and a brown handprint for its body, surrounded by red hearts, pink felt envelopes, and flowers. The text I RUFF YOU! is written below—perfect as a ruff you keepsake.

Handprint Dog – “I Ruff You”

A children’s craft features a grey Hershey’s Kiss outline with a handprint and red heart in the center—a sweet kisses keepsake! "KISSES FOR YOU!" is written below, with Jayden on the tag. Chocolate candies and colorful paper surround it.

Kisses For You – Handprint Keepsake

Two paintings made with handprints: the top one shows two pink flamingos forming a heart shape with their necks, and the bottom one shows two white swans with a pink heart above them. Both have dotted borders.

Handprint Flamingo Canvas

A framed craft features a red handprint strawberry with a green stem, surrounded by drawn hearts and strawberries, and the words I love you berry much! at the bottom—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day.

Berry Much Handprint Card Idea

Two white cloths decorated with pink and purple handprint flowers make charming Mother’s Day keepsakes. One is tied with red and white string. Colorful paper and wooden tulip decorations are in the background.

Flower Decorative Napkins

A craft card featuring a handprint apple made from green paper, complete with googly eyes and a paper leaf. Perfect for Grandparent’s Day, the card includes the sweet message: “If grandparents were apples, I would pick you!” The background is decorated with patterned paper layers for an extra special touch.

Grandparent’s Day Apple Keepsake Craft

Two Grandparents Day cards with handprint suns, clouds, large YOU, red hearts, and the message: Grandma/Grandpa, you are my sunshine! Happy Grandparents Day! on a patterned background—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day with love and creativity.

 

You Are My Sunshine Keepsake Craft

A handmade card with an ice cream cone and a pink handprint as the ice cream, decorated with colorful sprinkles, hearts, and the text “My grandparents are the sweetest!”—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day.

My Grandparents Are The Sweetest Keepsake

 

Glue That Holds Us Together Keepsake Craft

Two handmade heart crafts with cut-out handprints and sweet “hold my heart” messages for Grandma and Grandpa, perfect for Grandparent's Day, surrounded by pumpkins and flowers.

Hold My Grandparent’s Heart Keepsake Craft

A heart-shaped clock drawing with red fingerprints as numbers, a handprint with a glittery heart, and the text, I cherish every second, every minute, every hour of every day spent with you—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day.

Cherish Every Second Handprint Keepsake Craft

A handmade Valentines Day card features a handprint walrus drawing with googly eyes, a heart-shaped nose, red crocheted hearts, and black cut-out hands. The card reads, I will walrus love you! Hearts and yarn are nearby.

Handprint Walrus Keepsake Craft

A children’s craft project featuring a torn paper muffin on a colorful background, decorated with brown paper pieces, googly eyes, and purple paint. Text below reads “MUFFIN COMPARES TO YOU!” Craft supplies are nearby.

Muffin Without You Photo Ornament Craft

A handmade torn paper penguin Valentine craft features a white heart belly, yellow beak, googly eyes, and orange feet. Surrounded by felt hearts, envelopes, a glue bottle, and a striped paper background.

Torn Paper Penguin Card Craft Idea

A torn paper apple craft featuring red torn paper, googly eyes, glue, and felt leaves is displayed on a dotted background. The text reads "You’re the apple of my eye!" and @GLUETOMYCRAFTS.

Torn Paper Apple of my EYE Card

A colorful "I love mom because" flower craft made from a yellow paper plate center and handprint-shaped petals, each listing reasons for loving mom like “She cooks for me” and “She plays with me.”.

Paper Plate & Handprint Flower Craft Idea

Framed craft with a large yellow smiley face, two yellow handprints on each side, red glitter hearts around, and the text SO MANY SMILES START WITH YOU! on white paper—a perfect Mother’s Day keepsake. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS at the bottom.

Every Smile Starts With You Keepsake Printable

A blue card with a bear made of torn brown paper, googly eyes, and a drawn smile. It says Love you bear-y much!—the perfect craft for National Grandparent’s Day. A bottle of glue and patterned paper are nearby.

Torn Paper Bear Craft Idea – Free Printable

A handmade card shows a cartoon s’more with googly eyes and a smile, stamped graham cracker edges, and the message LOVE YOU SMORE! Perfect for National Grandparent’s Day, the background features autumn-patterned paper to make this sweet greeting extra special.

Thumbprint Smores – Love You S’more Printable

A handmade cat face craft with googly eyes, black paper cutouts, and a note saying Happy Grandparents Day from your little rascal—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day. Autumn leaves and plaid paper are in the background.

Handprint Raccoon Craft Idea – From Your Little Rascal

Apple core craft with a child’s photo in the center, red painted edges, green paper leaf, and handwritten messages: Love you to the core and Happy National Grandparent’s Day! Nearby are a marker and patterned papers.

Paper Plate Apple Core Craft Idea – Love You To The Core

Handmade card with a brown paper hand, a baseball with a red heart in the palm, small red hearts, and the text “You are a great catch!” on a gray card. Perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day, this thoughtful design features decorative berries and polka dot paper in the background.

Handprint “You Are A Great Catch” Card Idea – perfect for Grandpa!

A kids craft card with “My grandparents are out of this world amazing!” in white writing, featuring a purple paper plate spaceship, a green handprint alien with googly eyes, and paper planets and stars on a black background—perfect for those looking for creative handprint gift ideas.

Handprint & Paper Plate Alien Craft Idea

A purple paper features a blue valentine's day handprint cutout, each finger topped with a pink heart listing reasons for loving grandparents, like “their hugs” and “we go to the park.” Marker, hole punch, and papers sit nearby.

Five Reasons Why Craft Idea

A honey pot coloring page with thumbprint bees and hearts, surrounded by fake flowers, reads: I’m as happy as can bee because the best grandparents belong to me! @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

Thumbprint Bees – I’m As Happy As Can BEE Because…

A handprint craft for National Grandparent’s Day features a peach drawing with an orange handprint inside, heart stickers, and the phrase “You got a peach of my heart!” on decorated paper.

Handprint Peach Keepsake Printable

A handmade card features a cupcake with a brown handprint as the muffin top, pink hearts above, and the text: I’d be muffin without you! Love ______. Perfect for National Grandparent’s Day, the card is surrounded by floral and purple paper.

Handprint “I’d Be MUFFIN Without You” Craft Idea

A framed handmade card with flower art and the words Thanks for helping me grow! on white paper—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day. Decorative paper with flower patterns peeks from behind. The @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS handle is at the bottom.

Fingerprint “Thanks For Helping Me Grow” Printable

A handmade card with blue handprints, a piano keyboard, musical notes, red heart stickers, felt hearts, and envelopes—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day. Text reads: You are the music of my heart. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

Handprint “Music of My Heart” Craft Idea

A gray elephant outline with a child’s handprint as its ear, googly eye, and red felt hearts, perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day. Text reads I LOVE YOU A TON! Felt hearts and a checkered pattern are in the background. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS at the bottom.

Handprint Elephant – Love You A TON!

A cute card with a fingerprint caterpillar on a green leaf, surrounded by red hearts—perfect for National Grandparent’s Day. Text at the bottom reads, INCHING BY TO SAY… with the handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS beneath.

Fingerprint Caterpillar – Inching By To Say Card Printable

Handmade card on black paper with Grand M a written in blue marker, a purple paper hand cutout with an a, star and heart stickers—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day—and a green marker nearby. Username @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS at the bottom.A craft project for National Grandparent’s Day features Grandpa spelled with a handprint on black paper, decorated with stars and hearts. Two markers and patterned papers are in the background. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS text appears at the bottom.

Handprint Grandparent’s Keepsake Craft Idea

Handmade card with a handprint painted pink and decorated with glitter and donut stickers. Perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day, the text reads: Glazed on top and round as can be, a donut made with love from me! @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS at the bottom.

Handprint Doughnut Keepsake – A Donut Made With Love From Me!

A handmade card featuring a scarecrow made from a yellow handprint, decorated with a hat, sequins, and surrounded by paper leaves. The card wishes a happy National Grandparent’s Day to celebrate your special grandparents.

Handprint Scarecrow – All Stuffed With Hay To Wish You A Happy Grandparents Day!

A handmade card with a purple handprint flower, decorated with confetti, green crepe paper stem, faux flowers, and the message: A handprint flower planted with love to show grandma how much I care! Perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day.

Handprint Flower – use green crepe paper for the “grass”

A handmade card with a pink paper handprint decorated with sprinkles, surrounded by colorful felt stars. The card says, My handprint is here! I love you in every way! Happy Grandparents Day! Celebrate National Grandparent’s Day with this heartfelt keepsake.

EASY Keepsake Idea – My handprint is here to say, I love you in every way!

A handmade card with a brown heart decorated like chocolate, a purple paper hand cutout, and a message about grandma—perfect for celebrating National Grandparent’s Day. Glue, craft paint, and scissors are nearby. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

Handprint “A grandma like you is a dream come true!” – use torn pieces of brown crepe paper to make the chocolate

Text saying LET'S GET CRAFTY! in teal letters, surrounded by colorful stars and heart shapes on a white background—perfect inspiration for making handprint clay ornaments.

Celebrate the cherished bond with your grandparents by creating heartfelt keepsakes that they’ll treasure forever. Whether it’s a handprint, footprint, or a creative craft, these simple yet meaningful ideas are perfect for showing your love and appreciation.

With free printables and budget-friendly options, you can make these gifts quickly and easily. So, gather your supplies, spark your creativity, and let your grandparents know just how much they mean to you. Happy crafting and gifting!

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