Games and activites grandparents can engage in with granchildren

If you need some suggestions for activities with your grandchildren, here are some:

• a hike to a nearby natural place, assuming Grandma/Grandpa are up to it
• a trip to the park
• fishing, boating, swimming
• a trip to a museum (appropriate for children, of course)
• scrapbooking
• a trip to a spectator sport such as a baseball game
• state or county fair
• a train trip is always fun
• hunting (older kids, of course)
• music or art festival
• trip to the beach or a lake
• if Gramma or Grampa are tech-savvy, maybe they could do a cross generational blog!
• Zoo
• a big jigsaw (with snacks of course!)
• a movie (good or bad) but if it’s bad, the G.P may wish to host a “bad movie party”
• amusement park
• shopping
• baking cookies or doing crafts at the grandparents’ house
• making a meal that you can all eat together
• a visit an old folks home
• depending on the age of the kids, a weekend camping trip

Older grandchildren can be requested to help Grandma and Grandpa with cleaning or home improvement projects and get an excellent meal out of it.

Older people have a lot to offer. They lived at a different time, and they may transmit ancient skills, stories, and outlooks to children that parents can’t. They say every time an old person dies, a library burns down. Take advantage of grandparents and grandchildren that live