Easy Craft Ideas for Grandparent gifts

[Anonymous]

I need an easy craft idea to do with the kids for the grandparents and of course I waited until the last minute! Any ideas for something not too tough that a 1 and 5 year old can do? Thinking something with photos, drawings, hand prints, etc.

TIA!

[Anonymous]

1 year old and 5 year old: finger painting!

or hand prints

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1 year old and 5 year old: finger painting!

or hand prints *sorry, in clay (they sell kits)

[AnaBanana]

One year we made nativity blocks. I think my kids were 2 & 4. I'm not sure if this would work for the 1yo but your older child could do this with little or no assistance after the wood is cut. We bought a set of nativity stickers at a scrapbook store. Each character from the nativity was a separate sticker. We trimmed some wood pieces to fit the individual stickers. Painted the wood blocks black. Stuck the stickers on. Painted a layer of mod podge over the top to seal and keep the stickers from peeling up.

The grandparents loved to have something nicer than the usual kid art to display year after year (they have plenty of the regular kid art too, not knocking it). The kids loved seeing their work displayed every Christmas. And because they were blocks, they were able to play and act out the nativity story which the grandparents thought was precious and added sentimental value to the gift.

[Anonymous]

clear plastic ornaments from michaels. stuff with: feathers, sequins, pipe cleaners, etc.

[Anonymous]

Globe ornaments for the tree. I bought some glass ones from a thrift store. Non toxic ink pad for handprints, baby will do a footprint right onto the ornament. You can add name and year.

Also look at pinterest, lots of handprint and footprint art and other ideas.