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Picture Frame Craft

Make a picture frame gift for parents or other special people. Great for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparents’ Day, etc.

Grandparents Day Crafts and Cards

On Grandparents Day, people honor and thank their grandparents. Grandparents Day was declared a holiday in the USA by the US congress in 1978.

Back in the Olden Days

Students will discuss what it might have been like when, and where, their parents and grandparents grew up. The students will conduct interviews to see if their guesses were right. They will conclude by drawing pictures of their relatives living in this time and place.

Letter Writing Lesson Plan: Create a Grandparents’ Journal

Delight the elders of the family with a letter writing project. Get a journal and pass it back and forth between the Grandparents and teenagers in the family.

Long Ago & Maybe Far Away

Interview relatives about your family history. Write and illustrate the story of your family’s past on a scroll you can save for future generations!