{"id":3518,"date":"2013-04-04T08:04:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T14:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andersons.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2022-03-28T21:24:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T21:24:19","slug":"5-fun-grandparents-day-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/5-fun-grandparents-day-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Fun Grandparents Day Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Grandparents\u2019 Day is the first Sunday after Labor Day, but many centers and schools host their own Grandparents\u2019 Day or Special People Day at other times of the year. Here are 5 fun ways to make Grandparents\u2019 Day special for both kids and grandparents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Movie Day With Grandparents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Host a movie day with family-friendly movies kids and grandparents will love. Don\u2019t forget the popcorn!\u00a0Plastic Fun Cups make perfectly-sized popcorn holders with your school or center name imprinted on them, they make a great keepsake.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few movie ideas to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hotel For Dogs<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dolphin Tale<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Wild Thornberrys<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Grandparents\u2019 Day Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Memory Quilt<\/p>\n<p>Have each child and grandparent draw a picture of a special memory. Attach all the pictures together with ribbon to create a memory quilt to display in your classroom. The\u00a0Classroom Quilt Craft Kit works great for this project.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2022 Create a Calendar<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nHave children and grandparents create their own\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Supplies\/Arts-and-Crafts\/Classroom-Crafts\/Create-It-Calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calendar<\/a> with photos or pictures they draw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Host an award ceremony with grandparents as the guests of honor. Have kids present certificates or awards made from paper plates to their grandparents or special people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior Center Field Trip<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Supplies\/Arts-and-Crafts\/Classroom-Crafts\/Color-Me-Puzzle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Celebrate Grandparents\u2019 Day by sharing lunch with residents of your local senior center or nursing home. Bring an arts and craft project for residents and kids to make together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grandparents\u2019s Day Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keep everyone participating with fun activities for all levels:<br \/>\n\u2022 Balloon volleyball<br \/>\n\u2022 Indoor picnic<br \/>\n\u2022 Tea Party (include apple juice, finger sandwiches and cookies)<br \/>\n\u2022 Learn to say \u201cGrandpa\u201d or \u201cGrandma\u201d in a foreign language<br \/>\n\u2022 Board games<br \/>\n\u2022 Dance party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Grandparents\u2019 Day is the first Sunday after Labor Day, but many centers and schools host their own Grandparents\u2019 Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early-childhood","category-holidays-celebrations-early-childhood","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3518"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4866,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518\/revisions\/4866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alphabetu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}