Grandparent Gift Guide 2021: The Best Gifts for Grandparents

I have such a clear vision of grandparents opening this gift, hanging it in their yard and grandchildren playing on it for years to come. The swing is hand carved and can be personalized. The shop also carries different sizes/rectangle shaped swings. Honestly, I would love this for my parent’s house! 

2. Video Scrapbook 

One of my fave finds of 2021, this video scrapbook was created out of necessity! The inventors wanted to send videos to their elderly grandmother but she wasn’t a fan of new tech. So they created the video scrapbook – all the recipient has to do is open the book. It arrives fully charged and playback begins instantly with nothing to download, no buttons to push, and no need for WiFi or an internet connection. 

The video will play for up to one hour, and recharging is simple with the included USB cable.

3. Long Distance Love Lamps* 

If you’re a fan of the Guides you recognize the Long Distance Love/Friendship Lamps! We gifted my parents a pair of these lamps a few years ago and I’m not sure who loves them more – my parents of my kids.

Here’s how it works: one lamp lives in our house and the other lives at my parents. When one lamp is tapped, the other lights up, letting the other person know you’re thinking of them. Each tap changes the color of the lamp. It really is sweet to see that lamp lit up, knowing we’re being loved from afar.

4. Grandparent Table Topics

This edition of the popular TableTopics conversation starter collection will help grandparents and grandchildren enjoy getting to know each other better. The questions are designed to help them share all the important things – personal stories, fun ideas, plans for the future, and a ton of joking, too.

5. Gratitude Tree 

Here’s my thought for this one: have your kiddos/all of the grandchildren and children fill out the leaves of this gratitude tree. Gift it to the grandparents as the truest, most pure form of gratitude. Little ones can draw a picture of a special memory or place, big kids can show off their handwriting skills. 

6. Custom Pet Portrait* 

An all time best seller! This artist has an amazing talent for capturing the special details of a beloved pet. I’ve seen some of the work commissioned from the 2020 guides and they are just gorgeous. And also, we all know a set of grandparents who fell in love with a new pup once they became empty nesters! 

7. Photo with Memory Caption 

I chose this little frame for one reason: it can be personalized with a caption that looks handwritten. Show your kids the photo that you want to frame and ask them what they thing of, feel or want to remember about it. Use that as the caption and gift to the grandparents! 

8. Custom Cake Serving Platter

This custom cake serving platter gives me Braverman outdoor-dinner vibes. If the grandparents are the ones who always open their homes for special family birthday celebrations, then this is the perfect gift to honor that hospitality. Also, if one of them is a baker, sweets lover or hostess, this is right up their alley.

9. Custom Family Member Ornament Set 

A whimsical ornament set with each family member personalized for their tree.

10. Custom Family Tree Print* 

A select a custom family tree print every year and this year’s is modern and clean. With room for up to six generations, this gorgeous print will be a stunning labor of love. 

11. Personalized Stadium Chair 

For the grandparents who are always in the stands! Soccer games, football, volleyball, band grandparents – all of them deserve a more comfy stadium set up. This foldable chair has a thick back rest, leg flap and can be carried as a backpack.

12. Custom Photo Map 

Here’s my idea for this gorgeous photo map: if you have grandparents that love to travel the country, give them this map as a goal to fill each state! Or if the family lives all over the country, travels together or loves to road trip, fill up each state with a memory for your adventures.

13. Photo Memory Display Plate 

For either display or serving, I love this photo plate. I see it more as a display piece, imaging giving one for every grand-babe with photos of them around the same age, displayed on a wall in the grandparents home. 

14. Custom Silhouette* 

We have gifted these custom silhouettes and have a set for our own home! They are the easiest silhouettes I’ve seen on the market. All you need is a photo of your babe or pet from the side – even a poorly shot phone photo – and the rest is easy to do online. You can personalize everything from the color to the frame. And the quality is really gorgeous. 

15. Personalized Mixing Bowl Set For Two* 

A major hit last year, this set of two personalized mixing bowls is really a special gift for a chef and his kitchen helper. 

16. Home State Tea Towels 

My husband’s family has children that have lived all over the country – how fun would it be to gift them a tea towel for every single state we’ve all lived in and currently reside in! 

17 . Custom Engraved Rolling Pin* 

So thoughtful and personalized, handmade by a small maker and engraved with a name or message

18. Personalized Hand Cut Glass Map

This hand cut glass maps are just so delicate and lovely. Commemorate a special travel location, a marriage location, birthplace or hometown.

19. Custom Wind Chimes* 

Another best seller! These personalized wind chimes are perfect to hang at the grandparents house so that every time the wind blows them, they’ll hear the chime and think of their grandchildren.

20. Custom Mixed Tape Print

For the music loving grandparent! I especially adore this if you know the grandparents first dance song, a song you all sang in the car as kids or a special song between the grandparents and their grandkids.