In Nana’s Corner Store you will find gifts for yourself or your favorite Nana, Grandmother, or Grandfather. The inventory in Nana’s Corner Store will be updated whenever I find Nana, Grandmother, or Grandfather merchandise that I think you might enjoy. Happy browsing!

New ~  Nana’s Corner Store: eBooks for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, added 7/25/08…click here to view the list 

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Everything Nana for Nana

Nana Clothing

Nana’s Kitchen Apron

Nana’s Kitchen apron. 100% cotton duck embroidered apron with adjustable neck. Front pocket and bottom have plaid ruffle. Chocolate chip cookies embroidered on front with “Nana’s Kitchen”. Machine wash, tumble dry. Available in Burgundy.

I LIKE BEING CALLED NANA! Women’s Light T-Shirt

Of all the names that I’ve been called, I like NANA best!!! Great Christmas gift or birthday gift for Nana. Makes a wonderful gift for new grandmothers too! T-shirts, sweatshirts, jerseys, mugs & more.

Nana Frames

I Love My Nana Photo Frame by RUSS
Place that perfect grandchild’s picture in this adorable Scribbles ceramic picture frame and give it as a gift anytime of the year. A picture of a grandchild always brings a smile to every Nana, including this one!

Go Ahead, Nana, Spoil Me! - Picture Frame Gift

Go Ahead, Nana, spoil me! How can you resist? This picture frame comes with a gift box and choice of ribbon color.

Nana’s House is the Sweetest Place to Be! - Picture Frame Gift

A picture frame for the Nana who loves to spoil the grandchildren with lots of homemade sweet treats! Perfect frame to place in the kitchen where your favorite baker will feel close to her grandchildren while she’s baking those special treats!

Nana Framed Poems

If you don’t have time to create your own framed poem gift with poems found on Nana’s Corner, here are some that Nana may enjoy…

“For My Nana With Love” touching 8×10 poem, double-matted in burgundy over dark green. Fast shipping!

“At Grandma’s” touching 8×10 poem, double-matted in dark green over burgundy

Nana Framed Verse - Unique Gift for a Special Nana

Nana Jewelry

“#1 Nana” Pendant Charm 14K Gold Bracelet Chain Jewelry

This is a beautiful new 14 karat yellow gold diamond cut “#1 Nana” charm. This makes the perfect gift for yourself or your Nana. A Chain is not included. I received the same charm for my first Mother’s Day as “Nana” and I wear it on a chain close to my heart.

Nana Novelties

Boyds Bears Grandpaw and Nana #903514

Grandparents everywhere will appreciate getting Grandpaw and Nana. Grandpaw’s plaid neckbow and Nana’s earbow matches the sky blue and brown sign they hold together with embroidered “#1 Grandparents” on the front. Complete with button applique, and designed to coordinate with the Out of the Blue Cafe collection for Spring of 2007!

Going to Nana’s Funny Tote Bag

Our That’s It, I’m going to Nana’s House design features our adorable peeking baby holding a red suitcase. This cute & funny design is available on bibs, onesies & t-shirts

Nana’s are the Best Large Mug

Is your Nana the best? Why not tell her with this great Nana’s are the Best large mug. Perfect for birthday’s or mother’s day gifts for nana’s! Can make a great pregnancy announcement, also!

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Our grandchildren are busy this summer playing in the New Jersey sun (with sun block, of course). Kaitlin, finally decided last week it was time for her to ride a two-wheeler like her friends, and just took off one day down the sidewalk after one go around with her daddy holding on. She’ll be 7, one month from today, and started day-camp today at a school where her daddy works. This year she’s going five days a week instead of three. She gets to take the bus everyday which is a big change. For the past two years three days a week, we drove down to pick her up from her mommy’s school and drive her back up here to camp…then pick her up at the end of the day and drive her home. It was a lot, but we enjoyed it. Now with the price of gas, it’s just impossible for us since our son just moved 30 minutes away in another direction and we’ll be driving out there also to visit and help paint the place.

You know, as grandparents, we still worry…that seems to never change. Today we were worried how she would react this morning, but she ran up to the bus with a great big smile and no hesitation.  We are all hoping that will last since the camp is about 30 minutes away and she’s the first one to be picked up in the a.m. Hopefully, she’ll be the first one let off, too. She’s signed up for tennis, newsletter staff, swimming, music, and soccer. She’s a very active young lady and this should keep her from being bored. 

Emily, who is 2 1/2 next month, attends daycare where her mommy teaches. Her big accomplishment, just this past week, is that she isn’t afraid anymore of going in the above ground pool they have in their backyard. Poppy and I started her off in a kiddie pool two weeks ago, then a 3 foot pool last week. Now in the big pool (Daddy’s pool), she kicks and moves her arm to get around (in her tube).  But would you believe it, she wants no tube and no one holding her in the big pool!  No fear in that child!  Last year she was petrified.  You just never know!

Well enough about my grandchildren, here are some summer poems I’ve gathered for grandparents to enjoy with your grandchildren. Remember the sun block, and have a safe, Happy 4th of July!

In My Little Swimming Pool

I can stay real cool
In my little swimming pool.
On a sunny summer day,
I can splash and play.
When I wear my bathing suit,
I’ll be cool and I’ll be cute
In my little swimming pool.

~Author Unknown~

Splash and Kick

When the sun is shining,
I like to go swimming,
Swimming in my backyard pool.
Splashing and kicking
Water all around me,
Splash, splash, kick, kick,
Keeping cool.

~Author Unknown~

Summer Sun

Summer sun in the sky
Shining, shining up so high
Makes it warm for outside fun
To play at the park and run
To swim, hike, and fish
And go on a picnic, if you wish!

~Author Unknown~

Summertime

See the shining sun.
See us play and run.
Summertime, oh, summertime,
We are having fun.

Watch us as we play.
We play and run all day.
Summertime, oh, summertime,
Please don’t run away.

~Author Unknown~

Bright Sun

Bright sun shining down,
Shining on the ground.
What a lovely face you have,
Yellow, big, and round.

~Author Unknown~

Fun in the Sun photos by Nana
Fun in the Sun Fun by Emily and Kaitlin

The 4th of July is a day for grandchildren and grandparents together to celebrate our nation’s independence and continued freedom. Take the time to talk about what the 4th of July celebration means to you and your family. Tell your grandchildren how you celebrated the 4th of July when you were their age. What traditions did you enjoy? Start them up with your grandchildren now.

Where there are grandchildren, there are bikes. When I was a young girl in Connecticut, we would decorate our bikes and have a parade through our community’s safe, side streets. Our families would line up along the curb and cheer us as we rode by. The younger ones were in decorated wagons pulled by older siblings or parents. The last year we lived there, the local country club held a 4th of July costume contest. My older sister was Martha Washington and I was Miss Liberty with a Flag Dress and Crown. We both won prizes and it is something I haven’t forgotten over these past 50 years!  After the parade, we all gathered for a block party while we waited to leave for the local fireworks display that night.

All your grandchildren will need to decorate their bikes and wagons are rolls of red, white, and blue steamers, flowers, etc. and your imagination their imagination. Include their pets, too, for added fun!

Here is a YouTube video of one community’s 4th of July Bike Parade:

From Nana, Poppy, Kaitlin, and Emily
to all grandparents and grandchildren:

Have a safe and happy Fourth of July together!

Find more 4th of July fun here:

• ZiggityZoom.com
• HelloKids.com

See the shining sun.
See us play and run.
Summertime, oh, summertime,
We are having fun.

Watch us as we play.
We play and run all day.
Summertime, oh, summertime,
Please don’t runaway.

~ Author Unknown ~

In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people’s feet
Still going past me in the street.

And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?

~ R. L. Stevenson ~

Father’s Day is almost here!  Are you looking for Father’s Day handmade gifts for a special Grandfather? Our friends at ZiggityZoom.com are generously sharing two of their Father’s Day handmade gifts, perfect for every grandfather (and father, too). Look what grandchildren can make from things they can find inside and outside the house. On Father’s Day, make the gifts together and make a memory.

Penny Frame

Twig Pencil Holder

ZiggityZoom.com has also added some printable images to be used on transfer paper for making t-shirts (in Activities section under Printables, T-shirts & ZZ Extras )  They have designs for Grandad, Grandpa, and Pappy, besides the usual … Dad.

For directions and more, give Ziggity Zoom a visit and enjoy making memories.