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It can be easy for me to pull out the same idea repeatedly. That’s certainly not bad, but trying something new, or bringing out an idea from the past is also a great way to give our connections a Spring refresh!
Here are a few options for you to consider. They just might get your own creative wheels spinning!
1. Check Your Local Listings for Classes
If you live near each other, look for free or low cost options of classes to take together at local craft or hardware stores.
2. YouTube for the Win
For free how-to options, don’t overlook YouTube.
You might do a little bit of research first, and then offer your grandchild some options to try.
Send any materials, or a gift certificate, ahead of time to minimize the work and/or cost of supplies for parents.
You can also find plenty of options to learn something that doesn’t require any ‘assembly’ – think cool dance moves or projects/activities that use items commonly found in the home. Find that deck of cards to perform some awesome card tricks. Consider something that requires zero supplies at all, learning some words in another language! My granddaughter recently met a new student who uses sign language. We’ve been texting pics of words and phrases so that she can learn to communicate with him!
3. Paint Night
For older kids, you might want to try a kid-oriented paint night, or purchase a couple of paint kits and send one of them their way.
How much fun would it be to have ‘Grandma and Me’ artwork displayed in each of your homes?! Start your own gallery on a little used wall.
Read: 5 Simple Easter Egg Activities for Grandparents Short on Time
4. Show and Tell
Show and Tell is a great way to help your grands share in a fun way about a favorite item.
This always-popular sharing time at school can be just as fun virtually.
Just set a date and time, and select your items. Then have fun sharing with each other.
You can share or ask things like:
- Where did your item come from?
- How long have you had it?
- Share what YOU like most about it
- What is it made out of?
- How do you use it?
- What do you use it for?
5. 20 Questions
This classic game encourages deductive reasoning and creativity.
It’s one of my granddaughter’s favorites. It’s also a great game to play when we can’t see the same things.
One person thinks of something in a category (people, place, or animal, or be even more specific – such as a board game or family member to help out younger kids playing).
Then the other person can ask up to 20 yes or no questions to try and guess the correct answer.
This is a great way to connect with more than one grandkid at a time!
6. Spring Training!
For the baseball enthusiast, cut a piece of paper into a pennant shape, and design your own team pennant.
With older kids try your hand at creating origami baseball jerseys, and then add your own look to them.
What ideas have you tried in the past? How can you pull them out again and give them a Spring refresh?
We hope you have fun being creative and thinking creatively with your grandkids this Spring!
