Gifts for new grandparents, from the pregnancy news to the first year
The best gifts for new grandparents connect them to the baby: a framed first photo, a pregnancy announcement they can keep, a standing visit on the calendar, or EverTold, so their stories are kept for the new grandchild, who will one day hear them told just for them, at bedtime and when they are grown.
Becoming a grandparent changes how people see their own life: suddenly there is someone new to hand it down to.
These gifts work from the pregnancy announcement through the baby’s first year.
Ideas for new grandparents
EverTold: their stories, kept for the new baby
Give it with the news. EverTold asks the new grandparents about their own lives, and every answer becomes a narrated story. When the baby is older, every story is told for them, with a story time version for bedtime.
A pregnancy announcement they can keep
The ultrasound photo in a frame with the due date, or a card from "the baby".
A framed first photo
The first picture of grandparent and grandchild together, printed well.
A first year photo book
One picture a month, made at the first birthday.
A standing visit
A day each week or month on the calendar, so they are part of the baby’s routine.
Their own baby photos, framed with the new one
Grandparent as a baby beside the grandchild as a baby.
A recorded read aloud
They record their favorite picture book, for the baby to hear over and over.
A letter to the grandchild
Ask them to write a letter for the baby to open at eighteen.
A handprint and footprint keepsake
From the baby, framed for the grandparents’ wall.
Hear what it sounds like: one story, two listeners
Grandma told this story once. Here is how two people in her family hear it.
as she grew up hearing it, heard by Sarah, her daughter
The cow that followed Uncle Jimmy home
The summer your mom turned eleven, your uncle Jimmy came walking up the farm road at dusk with a brown cow behind him. He swore she had followed him home. Your mom knew better: she had seen the bucket of feed swinging from his hand.
at story time, heard by Noah, her grandson
Great-Uncle Jimmy and the cow
A long time ago, when Grandma was a little girl, her big brother, your great-uncle Jimmy, came home with a cow! “She followed me,” he said. But Grandma saw his bucket of cow food. The cow was following the bucket!
What Grandma actually said: Jimmy swore that cow followed him home. She did not. She followed the bucket.
Ideas for every kind of new grandparent
- For a grandpa who loves to tell stories: EverTold, so the baby can hear them one day.
- For a grandma who has everything: the framed first photo.
- For grandparents far away: the recorded read aloud and a monthly video call.
- For first time grandparents: the pregnancy announcement they can keep.
How to choose
- Connect them to the baby: photos, visits, routines.
- Look ahead: letters and stories the child will want later.
- Make it easy: new grandparents want time, not projects.
What only EverTold does
Each relative hears the story from their own place in the family
When Mom tells a story about her brother, her daughter hears it as a story about "your uncle" and her grandson hears "your great-uncle", read aloud in a warm storyteller’s voice. Every listener gets the version that makes sense to them.
Story time for the grandkids
A grandchild can tap a story at bedtime and hear it retold for a child: the same true story, simpler words, a gentler pace. Adults get the faithful telling.
A real conversation, not a writing assignment
EverTold asks a question out loud, listens, and follows up, like a patient grandchild on a phone call. It waits for them to finish. Nobody has to write a thing.
Their real voice, kept
The recordings of their answers are saved privately for the family, right next to the written stories, so you keep the way they actually sound.
Handed down for generations
A family library that keeps growing, paid for once. No subscription, no renewal, nothing to cancel.
The family can ask for more
Anyone in the family can send a question like "Mom, tell me about the farm". It goes to the real person, and their answer comes back as a new story.
The EverTold Forever Promise: One payment, no renewals, for as long as EverTold operates. Download everything any time. If EverTold ever closes, you get at least 6 months’ notice and then 90 days to download everything before anything is deleted. Read the full promise
A note from Dustin and Gabi
We are a husband and wife, and our family speaks two languages: Gabi’s side Portuguese, Dustin’s side English. When our kids asked about their great-grandfather in Brazil, who left home for the city as a teenager to build a life from nothing, we realized the details that make a person come alive had already been lost. He passed away before we asked him the questions that mattered most.
We still have parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles on both sides, with decades of stories we had never thought to ask about. So we built EverTold for our own family first, and we write these guides the way we choose gifts for them.
Our kids are why we built EverTold: they wanted to know about the family before them. A new baby is the best reason to start keeping those stories.
Give EverTold
One storyteller, a lifetime family library, paid once.
Two storytellers, usually Mom and Dad, sharing one family library, paid once.
One payment, no subscription. 30 day refund. Delivered by email on the day you choose.
Give EverToldQuestions
What do you give new grandparents?
Something that connects them to the baby: a framed first photo, a standing visit, a first year photo book, or EverTold, which keeps their stories for the grandchild.
What is a good pregnancy announcement gift for grandparents?
A framed ultrasound photo with the due date, a card from the baby, or EverTold given with the news, so they can start telling the stories the baby will hear one day.
Can a child listen to the stories when they are older?
Yes. Every story is told for each listener from their place in the family, and children get a story time telling with simpler words.
Is EverTold a subscription?
No. It is a one-time payment for lifetime access.