Great Gifts for Grandparents

We collected a list of fabulous gift ideas for grandparents!

Kedzie - Triple Threat Foldable Duffle Bag

For grandparents on the go, this foldable bag is an excellent travel bag. Kedzie's Duffel Bags hold as much as a suitcase but can be squished into smaller places in the car! Choose this versatile option from Kedzie. It converts to three-way styling making it perfect for road trips. Available in olive, black, and charcoal, you can also mix and match adorable interchangeable straps for a look you'll love. Available on Amazon

YES Cacao Endurance Chocolate Bar

You can't go wrong with chocolate for Grandparent's Day Gifts! Yes Cacoa offers organic, ethically sourced chocolate. YES Cacao chocolate bars also provide a little boost for the mind, body, and nervous system. The chocolate comes in beautiful packaging, each with words of encouragement. Their Endurance Bar with Shilajit, Reishi, and Maca features the flavor of dark chocolate with a hint of mint - this was my top pick. INGREDIENTS: Organic Wild Cacao, Endurance Formula (Organic Lucuma, Organic Maca, Organic Mesquite, Organic Reishi, Organic Vanilla Bean, Shilajit, Organic Tulsi, Gynostemma, Organic Fennel Essential Oil, Organic Peppermint Oil) Organic Raw CleanCane™, Organic Wild Cacao Butter, Sea SaltFlavor: Dark and earthy with a hint of mint. Highlights: Shilajit, Reishi, Maca. YesCacao.com 

Terra Delyssa - Organic Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil Set

I love to experiment with new flavors in the kitchen. Terra Delyssa's Olive Oil Set is a great gift for parents and teachers. These organic, infused olive oils add a flavor to any dish! Assortment includes Chili, Rosemary, Lemon, and garlic-infused oils. I love the lemon-infused oil on baguette, and my husband is partial to the garlic. Ideas include dipping bread, brushing on fish and meats, roasting vegetables, enhancing the dullness of leftovers, and as an ingredient in salad dressing and marinades. Available on Amazon.

Classic Alpaca Throw

Grandparents LOVE blankets and throws. As far as natural fibers rank, alpaca is at the top in many characteristics including its fineness, warmth, and drape – not to mention its sustainable and eco-friendly properties. Despite being a type of wool, alpaca fiber is lightweight and breathable, which allows air to circulate and keep you cool in hot weather. Alpaca wool even has moisture-wicking properties that help to absorb sweat and keep you dry (along with being naturally resistant to UV radiation), making it a great option for sunny outdoor activities. Alicia Adams Alpaca’s sustainably farmed, ready-to-wear garments and throws are soft like silk will keep you warm as the night gets colder, and are easy to pack when you’re on the go. The Classic Alpaca Throw is available in over 90 hues. FUN FACT: The White House gave one to Prince George which is since on display in a royal exhibit inside Buckingham Palace. Proudly fair-trade made in Peru. AliciaAdamsAlpaca.com

Magnificent101 Indoor and Outdoor Candles

Magnificent101 Aromatherapy Indoor and Outdoor Candles by Creative QT are made from 100% natural soy wax, scented with essential oils, and featuring blank labels to fill in your intentions or message making it the perfect gift. There is a wide variety of scents to choose from including: Pure Sage, Orchid, and Cherry Blossom just to name a few! Purchase here.

MantraBand 

Meaningful jewelry is always a great gift and MantraBand sells beautiful and timeless statement bracelets, necklaces, and rings engraved with words of affirmation to help you power through your day. Find inscriptions like, “I Love You More.” MantraBand.com

PediPocket Blanket

If you're like me, your feet are often cold. The PediPocket blanket is the perfect solution.  PediPocket's plush blankets are extra long and have a genius foot pocket to make sure her feet stay warm as well. Their NEW Lux blankets add an extra layer of warmth because they are double-lined with faux sherpa. PediPocketBlanket.com

Pillow Covers, Bags & Tea Towels

Gooseberry Designs makes delightful products showcasing states and major cities. Collect a souvenir of your hometown or a favorite vacation spot with a new, soft pillow that is customizable to where they live or a place that is special to them. Made from 100% organic cotton, you’re sure to find the perfect map pillow cover to charm them with Gooseberry’s signature hand-drawn full-color map designs available for all 50 states and most major cities including other countries! The Gooseberry Designs team happily accepts custom orders, just contact hello@gooseberrypress.com! 2 sizes available: 16x16 inches and 12x18 inches. You will also find bags, tea towels, and cutting boards. Also available on Etsy. Price: Pillow Covers $48-$55

WerkShoppe Puzzles

Puzzles are a great way to enjoy family time. WerkShoppe Puzzles are beautiful, well-crafted pieces of art.  The company sells 1000, 500, 300, and 250-piece puzzles, each including reference art inserts. They even sell Snax Size Jigsaw Puzzles that are 8"x 10" and only 100 pieces - perfect for quick puzzle building. Best of all the female-founded company makes its products in the U.S.A., sustainable, ethically produced, and supports emerging artists. Sustainable. Gives back to art education. WerkShoppe.com

Pando

Grandparents in our family enjoy playing games with the kids. Pando is an excellent and easy game you can play over and over. Billed as the "trivia game about us," you guess and learn random facts about one another. Readers ask three trivia questions on each card about themselves and guessers must correctly answer all three to score a point. Turns are taken around the table so everyone can answer. Some questions are general (favorite movie), others are thought-provoking (what superhero attribute would you like to have), and some are more specific. Note that the game is intended for ages 14+ as some questions are a bit grown-up. Our family chose to alter or eliminate a few questions that were a bit ruder than we enjoyed (see sample questions on the back of the box at the purchase link). Purchase Pando online here.

TableTopics

TableTopics has become a nightly dinner-time ritual for our family - and a favorite for grandparents. We have now enjoyed two versions: Family and Family Gatherings. These little boxes are beautiful and jam-packed with fun questions. We choose a few questions each night to discuss as a family.  We've learned a lot about one another with these great topics. In addition to these versions, they also sell teen, dinner party, grandparents, what would you do, book club, and MANY more themes! Purchase TableTopics online here.

We found the Family Box to be more individual and the questions varied from casual to more thought-provoking. Samples from the Family Box include: What’s your favorite thing to do at recess? If you could speak another language, which would you choose? Is it more fun to be a parent or a child? What family or school rule would you most like to change? The questions range from silly to thought-provoking and there are no wrong answers.  Many answers lead to stories and deeper sharing making this an EXCELLENT gift for families.

The Family Gathering questions are a bit more in-depth and personal and great for cross-generational sharing. Samples from the Family Gathering Box include: What are your most treasured family recipes? What memories do you have from family weddings? What family object do you most treasure? What Halloween costumes do you remember? These questions are wonderful to share among extended family too.

The Spice Girl Kitchen

For grandmothers who love to experiment in the kitchen, try Spice Girl Kitchen spice blends with salt-free and sugar-free culturally-inspired blends like Okie Rub (spice showcasing local pride in being based in Oklahoma City! The founder’s “meat and potatoes” spice! Great for grilling and making burgers), Mexican, Thai (contains peanut butter powder, making it smell like Thai peanut sauce in a seasoning), Greek, Cajun and more. The Spice Girl Kitchen is the brainchild of Kelsey, a registered dietitian, an accidental private chef, and a self-proclaimed “spice girl” who wants to inspire and ignite others' passion for cooking along with realistic tips on how to be the hostess with the mostess!

magicOpener EXTREME

For aging grandparents, symptoms such as arthritis can make tasks such as opening cans and bottles a struggle. The magicOpener is an ergonomic solution to difficult bottle caps and pull tabs. The magicOpener does all the heavy lifting by providing all the leverage points needed to open bottles and pull tab cans. Made from high-quality plastic and metal, the magicOpener can hold up to daily use while opening the 4 most common sizes of caps. The new design of the magic Opener EXTREME now includes a tab to open pet food and soup cans. Since it's magnetic, just stick it to the fridge to keep it on hand to grab at a moment's notice to pop open lids and bottles effortlessly! Born from a place of love, inventor Pablo Corredor constantly saw his friends and family struggling to open water bottles, aluminum cans, and other plastic bottles, so he envisioned a practical and intuitive solution to this problem and set out to change peoples’ lives in a meaningful way. Also available on Amazon.