Grandparents Day Gift Ideas

Easy and affordable gifts can be homemade or just be thoughtful.  If the grandparents are really involved in your children's lives and help take care of them and raise them maybe they need a night out.  Treat them to a gift certificate to their favorite restaurant.  If they like wine get them a bottle or even a wine basket.

Homemade cards from the kids are especially nice since it gets them involved in the gift giving and in understanding the nature of the special day, appreciating grandparents.

If the grandparents are not able to spend a lot of time with their grandchildren pictures and/or home movies are a simple yet usually much appreciated gift.  My mother-in-law can never get enough pictures and sometimes we don't take the time to go through those pictures in our hard drives.  You can put them in traditional picture frames or buy a digital one where you can load more than one.

You can make an album or slide show type of movie with pictures you just haven't had the chance to do anything with.  Recently I have been using a software program called Muvee to produce slide shows accompanied by music and titles.  My parents were blown away by one I sent them with pictures from our last visit with them.  Not everyone likes video editing but you may already have an application that you can do this with on the computer you have.

You can always keep to the basics of flowers and wine and most importantly your time!

Most Mom's nowadays have some form of digital photo taking device.  It could be as simple as her phone or as advanced as a Digital SLR Camera.  I admit that I am someone who has a hard drive loaded with beautiful pictures of my children and family.  I am not as good about printing them and sharing them as I would like.

Last year my husband and children got me a digital picture frame where I could transfer pictures and use them in slide shows right on the frame.  It is like having 10 frames in one or even more depending on how much memory the photo frame comes with.  Mine came with a usb connection, a flash drive connection and an SD card connection.

It has definitely made it easier to display my favorite pictures in the house.  I keep mine in the living room to display my beautiful children proudly to any guest that may stop by.

Choosing the right digital photo frame depends on the Mom involved.  You want to understand where she currently keeps her pictures (her camera, cell phone, computer…) so that the digital frame that you buy includes an easy way for her to transfer the pictures over.  You also want to take your budget into account.  The bigger the frame the higher the price and they span from 7" to 10" or more.  For more detailed breakdown of what to consider visit this Digital Photo Frame Guide.

Amazon is currently offering a Mother's Day Special on a digital camera/digital picture frame combination.

If you are reading this this year you may have to use my late gift strategy since you may not get it delivered in time.  Here goes :

1. Get a Great Mother's Day Card
2. Include a Printed Picture of the Present
3. Make sure the Mother involved gets the card on or before Mother's Day!