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Gifts for Grandparents
SEE ALSO Gifts for Seniors Ask the right questions and you'll likely find these folks to be the easiest people to engage in conversation—complete with anecdotes and pictures. Many will tell you it's truly the grandest way to be a parent. Here are some gift ideas for telling your favorite grandparents just how grand you think they are. Create a scrapbook of grandchildren's artwork, pictures, progress reports, and programs from school plays, concerts, or sports events. Give long-distance calling certificates or a prepaid phone card for keeping in touch with their grandchildren. Or have a toll-free line installed on which they can call their grandchildren. Give a mailbox with the promise of weekly or monthly letters from the grandchildren. Commission a genealogist to prepare a family tree, genealogy, or history of the recipient's ancestors and descendants. Produce a day-in-the-life-of-the-grandchildren photo album. Specify a day on which you and your siblings will photograph and chronicle the activities of your children. Assemble the photos and narratives in an album and present it to your parents. Organize a trip for her to her birthplace. If possible, arrange for her to see the house in which she was born or raised, or to meet with friends from long ago. Present a grandchild's best art matted and framed or reproduced on a plate or mug. Make a tablecloth decorated with the handprints of the grandchildren. SEE ALSO Gifts for Seniors
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