Grandparents Day gifts for 2027, from the grandkids
Good Grandparents Day gifts come from the grandchildren: a handprint keepsake, a drawing in a frame, a recorded interview, a letter, or EverTold, where the grandkids choose the first questions and then hear their grandparents’ stories told for them. Grandparents Day falls on the first Sunday after Labor Day in the United States.
Grandparents Day is the one day of the year that is about them, and the best gifts for it are the ones the grandchildren have a hand in.
Most of these can be made at the kitchen table in an afternoon, with a parent organizing.
Ideas for Grandparents Day
EverTold: their stories, told for each grandchild
The grandkids pick the first questions, like "What was your first pet?". Grandma or Grandpa talks, and EverTold asks and listens. Each grandchild hears every story told for them, and young children get a story time version with simpler words, perfect for bedtime.
A handprint keepsake
Clay or paint, a small hand, the child’s name and the year. Ages 1 to 6.
A grandchild interview
Five questions written by your child and recorded on a phone. Ages 6 and up.
A framed drawing of Grandma’s house
Let your child draw it from memory. Frame it as it is.
A letter from each grandchild
One page each about a favorite day together.
A day planned by the grandkids
Breakfast, a walk, a movie, all chosen by the children.
A "teach me" coupon book
Lessons only a grandparent can give: fishing, knitting, the pancake recipe.
A family tree drawn with the kids
With a photo or drawing for every relative, and blanks for Grandpa to fill in.
A video call with a song
For grandparents far away: the kids sing their favorite song and show what they made.
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 grandparent
- For a grandpa who loves to tell stories: EverTold, so every grandchild can hear them.
- For a grandma who has everything: the handprint keepsake.
- For grandparents far away: the video call with a song, and EverTold so the stories reach every grandchild.
- For great-grandparents: a letter from each great-grandchild, read aloud.
How to choose
- Under 6: the handprint or the drawing.
- Ages 6 to 12: the interview or the coupon book.
- Teens: the letter. Theirs are often the ones read again and again.
- Every age: EverTold, which grows with the grandchildren.
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 asked about their great-grandfather and we could not answer. Grandparents Day is a good day to start asking.
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
When is Grandparents Day?
In the United States, Grandparents Day is the first Sunday after Labor Day. This year it is Sunday, September 12, 2027.
What can grandkids make for Grandparents Day?
A handprint keepsake, a framed drawing, a letter, a recorded interview or a coupon book of lessons. Pick by age: handprints for little ones, interviews for school age children, letters for teens.
What is a meaningful gift for grandparents?
One that involves the grandchildren or keeps the grandparents’ stories for them, such as EverTold, where each grandchild hears every story told for them.
Can young children listen to the stories?
Yes. Every story has a story time telling for children, with the same true facts, simpler words and a gentler pace.