What kind of gift can you give your grandmother with your own hands for your birthday?
The family is an important component of everyone’s life, therefore you should not lose a single opportunity to reveal your feelings, love, respect and support to your family. Sure, parents for any child are the most important people, but the love for grandparents is also strong. If the grandmother will soon have a birthday, it is very important to prepare a good present for her, even without the means. Homemade gifts made by grandchildren are the most valuable for grandparents, so do not give them up in favor of purchased options.
Simple homemade paper gifts
No matter how old the grandmother is, she will always be pleased to receive something from her grandchildren. Often children do not have enough money to buy something significant, because gifts are often homemade. Despite the apparent simplicity of such a surprise, for grandmothers there is nothing more important and necessary than such children's creativity, which took place especially for her.
Paper gifts are the simplest and easiest to make, so you can start creating them from the earliest years.
As soon as the grandchildren begin to understand at least a little what is a birthday, how to draw a particular plot on paper, you can combine the two skills and make a postcard. A child can draw anything and please his grandmother, however, it is better if such a picture is agreed with the parents so that the plot is really interesting and beautiful.
Among the paper presentations that you can make with your own hands, you can highlight such options as:
- postcards;
- applications;
- origami;
- drawings;
- cardboard products.
At any age, grandmother can give a card, it can be drawn with pencils, paints or have an applique inside. If the art of creating paper products is at a high level, you can try your hand at the voluminous works that will definitely please the birthday girl.
Applications can also be presented as a card, if they have congratulatory words for grandmother.
If a grandson or granddaughter attends a kindergarten, then there they must learn to make the simplest applications for various occasions, which can be very useful in a particular case.
Among the most suitable applications, it is worth highlighting:
- flowers cut from colored paper and pasted on the main background;
- voluminous paper flower located in an improvised vase;
- family scenes with the participation of grandmothers and grandchildren who walk in the park, relax on the sea or any other interesting story that can be done with colored paper, glue and scissors;
- applique-heart to your beloved grandmother or great-grandmother;
- multi-colored paper balloons cut out for a beloved birthday girl;
- quilling, for older grandchildren who have well-developed fine hand motor skills.
No less original paper gifts will be origami, which the grandchildren of school age can do. Among the most common options for such a presentation are most often:
- beautiful baskets with or without flowers;
- multi-colored paper cake for memory for the grandmother;
- a tulip, rose or other flower;
- origami in the form of grandparents from your beloved grandchildren;
- Origami card with flowers, hearts, butterflies.
The product can be anything, the main thing is that it should be made with a pure heart and with love for the grandmother, then this birthday present for her will be her favorite.
Drawings of the birthday girl can have any size, color scheme and plot.
The older grandchildren are, the more creative options they will select for the image.
Kids can work on simple A4 sheets, and schoolchildren with a talent for drawing can try their hand at whatman paper or picture blanks that can be bought at the store.
If you want to make not only a beautiful, but also a useful birthday present for your grandmother, then it’s best to create a cardboard box or box. If you carefully build such a product, glue it with colored paper, then you can store the necessary little things in it: threads, pennies, buttons and even money.
Any gift from grandchildren will bring a lot of positive emotions to grandmother, the main thing is not to rush in the process of creating this or that work so that it turns out to be truly beautiful.
Interesting ideas
If you don’t want to give something standard that your grandmother annually received from a grandson or granddaughter, then you can think about creating something interesting and unconventional that you can build on your own from improvised materials. Often at home you can find such materials for creating crafts:
- paper;
- tissue;
- knitting threads;
- thread floss.
The more grandchildren have the skills, the wider the range of gifts that they can create. A grandmother's gift with her own hands can be any, but it is best to choose the one that will be needed or useful for her so that she can use it and remember her grandchildren.
Needle beds
Often, people of the old generation did not have the opportunity to buy things in stores in bulk, so they had to sew a lot. This habit does not go away over the years, which means that grandmother even now uses thread with a needle if necessary.
Since the eyesight of people in the older age group often deteriorates, it becomes more difficult for them to thread the needle, and sometimes to find the very needle, especially if it does not have a standard storage location.
To help grandmother, and at the same time make a nice and necessary gift, you can sew a needle box for her.
A granddaughter is usually engaged in such gifts, for whom the ability to sew in the future will be very useful.In the absence of any experience in creating such a product, it is worth trying the simplest option in the form of a small square or rectangular pillow. It is best to select such material so that it is convenient to stick a needle into it without applying excessive force for this, but at the same time so that the needles are held securely in the needle bar.
The second important point is the color of the material, it is best to choose it so that the needles can be clearly seen against its background, and the grandmother can easily find them.
In the event that you already have experience in tailoring various products, you can try to create something beautiful and extraordinary for your grandmother from your beloved granddaughter. The most original options will be:
- fabric heart with lace along the edge;
- decorative hat-needle;
- a sewn flower in a pot, where needles will be inserted into the core of the flower;
- miniature toy.
When there is a desire to tie a needle bed, then in this case you can be creative. It will look very original:
- knitted imitation grandmother - her head or the whole figure in a beautiful outfit;
- knitted flower;
- knitted toy - turtle, mouse, cat.
If you want to make not just a needle bar, but a multifunctional gift, you can build a container for small things with a lid, on top of which there will be a needle bar. The combination of two necessary items in one will be convenient for grandmother, allowing you to save space and store the necessary things nearby. If you wish, you can make a small organizer for scissors, threads and needle beds, which will hang on the wall or lie in a certain place, which will allow grandma to easily and quickly find all the necessary tools for the sewing process.
Small bags
A birthday present from grandchildren can be different, but grandmother will like it anyway, because it was made by her grandchild's hands. With age, the presentations will become more beautiful and better, most importantly, do not stop putting your heart and soul into them to congratulate your beloved grandmother.
In addition to the needle case, which the little girl can handle, a bag sewn on her own will also be an excellent gift.
Older people usually don’t really watch how they dress and what accessories they carry with them, so you can often see worn purses and bags at grandmothers. Of course, now there is a huge selection of various products in the store and on the Internet, but for grandmother it would be much nicer to get a home-made version of a particular product. The bag is the most useful and necessary for the household needs of the grandmother, therefore, sewing it will be preferable as a gift.
The appearance, material and size of the product will be dictated primarily by the purpose of the thing. It may come in handy for:
- use in the kitchen and serve as a kind of organizer for the necessary little things, which do not always have a place in the kitchen furniture;
- socks on the street as a container for the necessary little things, such as a wallet, keys, glasses and so on;
- placing cosmetics and similar goods in it;
- for shopping, so that you can comfortably transport any goods from the store.
If the granddaughter wants to make an organizer bag for the kitchen, you should think about how it should look.
A simple square or rectangular product will be inappropriate and uninteresting, but the option in the form of a kitchen apron with a voluminous pocket will be the most suitable solution.
The material should be such that it can withstand any weight that will be placed in the product, and at the same time have a presentable appearance. In addition to creating the basis, it is important to think over decorative elements, ruffles, buttons, bows, all that will make an ordinary-looking scrap of fabric unusually beautiful and original.
If the granddaughter wants to make a small bag for her grandmother, which will easily accommodate those things that she takes with her when she goes outside, it is important to correctly determine the dimensions of the product, find the right fabric and think about the pattern so that it is logical for a person of mature age. Beautiful tailoring and ease of use will be the main criterion for such a gift, because these factors should be given the most attention.
Decorating such a handbag is not worth the unnecessary details, you can add any one interesting pendant or an original small item.
In the case of creating a cosmetic bag, you can allow yourself to use bright fabrics or decorate the product to your liking, since this accessory will most often be used at home, and it does not have to be simple and concise. The size of the cosmetic bag should not be too large so that it does not take up too much space, but also not very small so that it is possible to place everything you need in one place. The grandmother’s name will be originally embroidered or the product will be signed, for example: “Beloved grandmother from her granddaughter,” and set the date.
A shopping bag should not be large, because the grandmother is not at the same age to carry heavy bags.
It is very important to choose a strong and at the same time beautiful fabric from which to make a pattern and sew the product. In this case, it is also not worth making a large number of decorative elements, you can make interesting fabric stripes or add a voluminous pocket so that the gift does not look too simple.
Candle holders
If the grandmother lives in a remote village, and from time to time she has problems with electricity, then she is simply forced to use candles in her house. In order for this procedure to bring her some positive emotions, it is worth creating original candle holders as her birthday present.
Doing it yourself is not always easy, but there are several options that grandchildren can handle:
- decorating a glass jar into which a candle will then be placed;
- creating a candlestick from a cut of a tree, where a small depression is burned inside, into which the candle is placed;
- wax candlestick - made of softened material that wraps around a cup, balloon or tin can, and after complete hardening is separated from them;
- metal containers that are subject to transformation or decoration.
Glass can be decorated with paper, wrapping it beautifully, paints, drawing a particular pattern, beads and other elements that can be put on glue.
Woodwork is best done by boys, whom dad can help with.
Work on wax products on the shoulder of both the granddaughter and grandson, but without any experience, it is worth securing the support of parents. The transformation of metal containers will not be difficult for boys, and the decor will be more successful for girls.
Baskets for little things
In the grandmother’s house, sometimes you can find a whole bunch of interesting gizmos that have been stored there since her youth. Some of them have long been thrown away, and some deserve special attention and it would not hurt for them to create places for storage.
The easiest option in this case is the construction of baskets for any little things that may be in the house. Such a grandmother's birthday present can be made by both a grandson and a granddaughter.
The boy can work on the construction of wooden baskets in which the grandmother can put something in the kitchen or in the pantry, for which there was usually no place. The girl will make a basket for sweets, cutlery, napkins or other small items without any problems.
Larger and stronger containers can be made of wood, plywood, fiberboard or plastic bolted to the frame. The complexity of such work is that the resulting product is difficult to somehow decorate and decorate in order to make a full-fledged birthday present. Small baskets can be created using fabric, thick threads and woven materials.
Stitched laundry baskets, home-made containers for bakery products will look very good. Wicker baskets for eggs, certain purchases, or for home use under a cosmetic bag or a gathering place for useful little things will be very convenient.
What else can be done?
If you couldn’t find a gift for your grandmother, and you want to do something special, you need to move in a different direction. To please the birthday girl for an anniversary, it is worth giving her the right gift, which will be a symbol of the care of her grandchildren.The easiest option is to knit a scarf or hat, but a much more difficult choice is a knitted sweater or jacket.
Depending on your talent and skills, you need to choose one or another option.
When planning to create such a gift, it’s worth considering the season for which the gift fits, if it is spring or autumn, then the sweater should be lightweight, it can be crocheted, creating delicate patterns, which looks very impressive. Winter will require warm and thick knitting threads and knitting needles, with the help of which a convenient and practical thing is created, of suitable color and design, so that the grandmother is warm at any time of the year, feeling the love and care of her grandchildren.
If there is a desire to leave a gift for the grandmother from the family, then the best choice would be the decor of the photo frame and a collage of photos of all family members.
For those who are not able to see their grandmother quite often, this will be a great opportunity to remind themselves. Also a great option might be a book of photographs describing the most significant moments of a family’s life with grandmother. This present, which is very dear to the heart of the birthday girl, will always be near her, recalling those people who love her very much. Grandchildren should not forget about their grandmother, especially on their birthday, and therefore creating a gift with their own hands will always be proof of a special attitude to a dear person.
Master class on creating postcards see below.