Valentine's gifts for grandparents
Updated
The best Valentine's gifts for grandparents come from the grandkids: a handmade card, a coupon book of calls, a list of reasons they love them, or a short video. If you want to buy something, choose a gift that keeps you in touch after February 14, like a shared book, a photo frame the family updates, or a weekly game.
What can the grandkids make for Valentine's Day?
- A card with a drawing and a sentence finished in the child's own words: "I love you because..."
- A jar of reasons: one reason per slip of paper, enough for one a day through March.
- A coupon book of calls: a story call, a joke call, a cooking call, a "teach me something" call.
- A traced hand, cut out and signed, for the fridge.
- A short video: each grandchild says one favorite memory with the grandparent.
- A cooking gift: cookies baked from the grandparent's own recipe, with a photo sent if the cookies can't travel.
Which small Valentine's gifts can you buy for grandparents?
- A framed photo of the grandkids, or one of the grandparent with the grandkids.
- A digital photo frame the whole family can send pictures to.
- Two copies of the same book, one for the grandparent and one for the grandchild, to read together on calls.
- Stationery and stamped envelopes addressed to the grandkids, for real letters.
- Their favorite treat from their hometown, ordered for delivery.
What gift keeps you in touch after Valentine's Day?
Flowers fade by the end of the week. A gift that sets up regular contact lasts: a monthly letter exchange, a book-of-the-month you read together, or a weekly activity the grandparent does with the grandkids. Ours is a weekly mystery where the grandparent and grandkids each hold half the clues, given as a printable card with a code, and the buyer picks the start date.
What if the grandparents live far away?
- Mail early: post a card a full week before February 14 if it's going across the country, longer if it's going abroad.
- Valentine's Day 2027 is a Sunday, which makes it a good day for a family call: open the cards together on video.
- Send something digital on the day (a video, a voice message from each child) even if the card is late.
- Ask the grandparents to send a valentine back. Kids love getting mail with their name on it.
What should a Valentine's card for a grandparent say?
- "Happy Valentine's Day, Grandma! You make the best pancakes and the best hugs."
- "Grandpa, thank you for always asking about my soccer games. I love you."
- "You're my favorite person to call on Sundays. Happy Valentine's Day!"
- For a grandparent couple: "Happy Valentine's Day to my two favorite valentines."