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Grandparent's Day 2017

Honoring those special people in your life

By Julie Petty September 8, 2017

Grandparents Day is Sunday, September 10th. In honor of those wonderful people, I have put together some fun crafts to make for them or with them and gathered some fun facts to impress them with!


Three things you can make for them:

-Handmade Card.
-Write a poem.
-Thumbprint Heart Magnets (directions here).


Three things to make with them:

-Their favorite treats.
-Their favorite dinner.
-Mod Podge Flower pot with their favorite pictures (directions here).


Three fun facts:

-Grandparents Day has been the Sunday following Labor Day each year since President Jimmy Carter declared it in 1978. Each year the President issues a proclamation to keep it going.ย 
-The official flower of Grandparents Day is the forget-me-not.
-The official song of Grandparents Day is โ€œA Song for Grandma and Grandpaโ€ by Johnny Prill.


Check over at Macaroni Kid Lakes Region Facebook page for some more ideas and share what you are planning on doing and show some love for those special Grandparent's in your life!ย