Grandparents and grandchildren, Nana’s Corner has discovered a wonderful digital photo software free download for you to check out! Grandparents, you can create custom personalized digital photo books for your grandchildren. Grandchildren, you can create custom personalized digital photo books for your grandparents. Even better yet, create memory books together! 

If my children read this: HINT! HINT! … I’d love a Nana Brag Book and I’m sure Poppy would just love one, too! (a great project for the three of you and the girls!)

Not only can you create books with themes for pregnancy, brag book, Baby Photo Book, ABC, family vacations, graduations, holidays, and much more including Mother’s Day and Father’s Day presents, you can also design custom cards.

Our Kaitlin’s 7th birthday is in one month - I’m going to make a memory book for her with pictures of her wonderful 7 years with Nana and Poppy, including other family members and friends, of course.

How do you get started? Here’s what you need to do:

1. click on the link above or below
2. download the free software
3. customize your book with just a few clicks
4. choose backgrounds, page layouts, themes, custom photo book covers
5. easily drag and drop those many digital photos you have stored on your computer…using StoryFlow
6. use photo tools to enhance your pictures
7. visit the idea center and online resources to help you get creative
8. add journaling and captions to add details to the photos
9. enjoy your favorite soundtrack to get in the mood while creating your picaboo photo book
10. visit the site through the link below to learn more and to download the free software

Create a Photo Book. Starting at Just $9.99. Try it!

 A great bonus! I’m going to save 50% off my first order…and you can, too!

50% off offer expires Jan 01, 2009

Get started now to create Holiday Presents for friends and family!

Just got an idea! I’m going to make a 37-year

memory book for our anniversary in October…

and then there’s our pet, Buddy, and…well,

the ideas for photo books are endless!

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

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. 

The following handprint gifts can be easily made by grandchildren as gifts for Grandfather, Grandad, Grandpa, Poppy or any special person to give on Father’s Day. Add one of the 10 Handprint Poems or other special poems for grandfathers found in Nana’s Corner Poem Directory to complete the gift.

Grandchild’s Salt Dough Hand Print

What You Need:

• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup water
• wax paper
• large bowl
• rolling pin

Directions:

1. Mix 1/2 cup salt, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, and 1/4 cup water in a large bowl.
2. When mixed, add 1 cup white flour and knead well.
3. Form dough into a softball-sized shape and roll out with a rolling pin.
4. Press your child’s hand into the clay (with fingers spread).
5. Bake at 250 degrees F. for several hours.
6. After it’s cooled, your grandchild can paint her handprint using acrylic paint.
7. Label the handprint with your grandchild’s name, age, year the handprint was created, etc.

You can also etch into the clay before baking something like “Hands down best Granddad”, “Handy Granddad”, etc.

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I’ve been searching for more gifts for grandchildren to make for grandmother, grandma, nana, gammy, gamma, mema…or anyone thought of as “grandmother.”  A gift made with love and kisses from grandchildren is the best present for a grandmother. The following homemade gifts are ones that I, personally, would love to receive (hint, hint): Decorated Keepsake Box filled with Homemade Truffles and a Matching Flower Pot filled with a Flowering Plant. (more…)

For Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Grandparent’s Day, and Father’s Day or for mother’s, daughter’s, grandmother’s or grandfather’s birthday, handmade gifts are the most appreciated gifts of all.  Actually, any handmade gift received on any day is special because it comes from a grandchild.

The following handmade grandmother gifts should be made with adult supervision if younger grandchildren are involved. These gifts are perfect for grandmothers, mothers, wives, or daughters.  Below you’ll find directions for a Jeweled Heart Pin, Heart Ornaments, Bouquet in a Pot, Growin’ Love Basket, and a Ribbon Rose Gift Card.

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